Who hit the longest note ever?

American singer/songwriter Shawn Phillips made a continuous sound for 40 seconds on the track “Planned “O””, from his 1973 studio album Bright White, but the note has an ascending pitch and has been discounted (see below).
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What song has the longest note?

The longest same-pitch vocal note in a song that made the US Billboard Hot 100 chart was “Dim All the Lights”, from Donna Summer's (US) seventh studio album Bad Girls, which contains a note lasting 16 seconds. The disco track peaked at No. 2 on 10-17 November 1979.
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What is the longest note played?

The longest sustained note on a wind or brass instrument is 1 min 23.04 sec and was achieved by Hav Shambhu Kumar (India) in New Delhi, Delhi, India, on 27 March 2021.
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How long can singers hold a note?

A good singer should be able to hold a note for twenty+ seconds. There are a few things to consider when talking about sustaining notes: Breathing is the most important thing when singing… and that includes length of sustain.
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How long is Mariah Carey's longest note?

Mariah Carey also admitted that she has no "idea" in which song she sings her longest note. The singer guessed it was "Emotions", but the real answer was "Lead The Way" in 2001, where she held a note for 21 seconds.
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Longest continuous vocal note - Guinness World Records



What is the hardest note for a singer to hit?

The highest note on record is a G10 sung by Georgia Brown, a Brazilian dance/electric singer. You can hear it here (it's really something!). While a G10 is extreme, many of the coloraturas I know sing up to the 7th octave.
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What is the shortest note ever?

The 1024th note

The piece contains the shortest note value ever used in a published work – a 1024th note. It's actually notated incorrectly as a 2048th note – but after that many tails on a note, who's really counting?
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What is the lowest note ever hit?

It's the musical note G-7, and it registered at 0.189 Hertz. He also holds the record for the widest vocal range, of 10 octaves. And when you hear him sing the song"Lonesome Road", you'll understand.
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What is the shortest note?

In music, a two hundred fifty-sixth note (or occasionally demisemihemidemisemiquaver) is a note played for 1⁄256 of the duration of a whole note.
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What is the longest number 1 song ever?

"Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus

"Old Town Road" holds the record for the longest stretch at No. 1 with 19 weeks.
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What are the 3 longest songs?

The longest songs ever recorded
  • The Stone Roses - Fool's Gold (9.53) ...
  • Primal Scream - Come Together (10.21) ...
  • David Bowie - Station To Station (10.14) ...
  • The Doors - The End (11.43) ...
  • Orbital - Chime (12.46) ...
  • Flowered Up - Weekender (12.53*) ...
  • Mogwai - Mogwai Fear Satan (16.19) ...
  • Spiritualized - Cop Shoot Cop (17.14)
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What note is worth 1 beat?

The quarter note has become the de facto standard 1 beat music note. This has happened as the 4/4 time signature is the most popular (with 3/4 and 2/4 following close behind) and quarter notes have a duration of 1 in these time signatures.
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What note has 2 flags?

A semiquaver has two flags, halving the value again. Two sixteenth notes equal the duration of an eighth note. Two semiquavers equal the duration of a quaver.
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What note has 2 beats?

Half notes last for 2 counts, or twice as long as a quarter note. Half notes are probably the second most common type of rhythm after quarter notes. You can think of half notes as half of one measure, or the same thing as two quarter notes.
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Do 128th notes exist?

Likewise, 128th notes are used in the explicitly notated ornamental runs in the opening Adagio of Bach's g minor Sonata for Unaccompanied Violin (BWV 1001).
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What is Ariana Grande's lowest note?

What is Ariana Grande's lowest note? Ariana's lowest note is D3, although it's possible that she sang as low as C#3 on “Just A Little Bit Of Your Heart,” but this is disputed. How many octaves can Ariana Grande sing? Ariana Grande can sing in four octaves; her vocal range spans approximately D3 – B5 – E7.
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Who has the best voice ever?

The greatest singing voices of all time
  • 1 of 35. Celine Dion. Kevin Winter/Getty Images. ...
  • 2 of 35. Barbra Streisand. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for BSB. ...
  • 3 of 35. Etta James. ...
  • 4 of 35. Nina Simone. ...
  • 5 of 35. Aretha Franklin. ...
  • 6 of 35. Whitney Houston. ...
  • 7 of 35. Smokey Robinson. ...
  • 8 of 35. Mariah Carey.
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Who is the highest male voice?

Tenors. Tenors are the highest male voice and, like sopranos, they are capable of delivering thrilling high notes and often have a brilliant shining timbre.
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What is the second longest note?

In music, a double whole note (American), breve, or double note lasts two times as long as a whole note (or semibreve). It is the second-longest note value still in use in modern music notation.
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What is a 512th note called?

U+E1E4. note512thDown. 512th note (hemidemisemihemidemisemiquaver) stem down. 
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What is a half beat note called?

An eighth note (quaver) is 1/2 of a beat.
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What is the scariest note in music?

It's this interval that folks in the dark ages and the Renaissance called diablous in musica—literally, ”Satan in music.” Modern music theorists know it as the tritone (as well as a diminished fifth, or an augmented fourth), though it's also called the devil's interval or the devil's triad.
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Who has the deepest voice in the world?

Tim Storms (born August 28, 1972) is an American singer and composer. He holds the Guinness World Record for both the "lowest note produced by a human" and the "widest vocal range".
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How many octaves did Elvis sing in?

Elvis Presley was a baritone whose voice had an extraordinary compass — the so-called register — and a very wide range of vocal colour. It covered two octaves and a third, from the baritone low-G to the tenor high B, with an upward extension in falsetto to at least a D flat.
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What does a ghost note look like?

Ghost notes are notes that are muted by a single fretting hand and are displayed by an “X” on guitar tabs.
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