Your English writing platform
Discover LudwigExact(11)
The lowest voice stutters rapidly on "He was," forming a dronelike, almost electronic-sounding undertow.
In the early 1600s, the first years of the Baroque era, composers became increasingly enamoured of constructing works over brief, incessantly repeated melodic figures in the lowest voice of the piece.
Only two of the three parts were notated, a plainchant melody together with the lowest voice a sixth below (as e below c′); occasional octaves (as c c′) occurred as well.
("Tenor" derives from Latin tenere, "to hold"—i.e., the voice part that holds the plainchant.) During the Renaissance, masses and motets commonly featured a cantus firmus in the tenor, which was by then no longer the lowest voice.
The offical Guinness Record holder for lowest voice and indeed astonishing range of 10 octaves is US singer and composer Tim Storms – most people struggle to reach a full two octaves.
In Sardinia, in a tradition known as cantu a tenòre, four men stand in a tight square and sing harmonies pitched to the sounds of their livestock: the lowest voice is a cow, the middle voices are a sheep and the sound of the wind, and the soloist on top is like a shepherd singing to his flock.
Similar(49)
That's the lowest voiced sopranos, and a good place to start.
Man replied in low voice.
I have a very low, low voice.
"£80," he replied in a low voice.
"She has a low voice, yeah".
Write better and faster with AI suggestions while staying true to your unique style.
Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com