Deep C
Deep C is the C two octaves below Middle C, and is also named C2. It is two ledger lines below the bass clef and is the depth opposite of Soprano C or C6, two ledger notes above the treble clef. Few men are capable of such depth, although the thickest basses can reach Bb1; R&B singer Barry White was able to drop down to G#1, and Adam Lopez can reach A#1.
It is rare for choral music to include notes this low, though a few pieces go even lower (notably Rachmaninoff's Vespers and Gustav Mahler's Symphony #2). However, Russian choral music has been known to feature basses who can sing an octave lower than this. Yuri Wichniakov sings a G1 in "Do Not Reject Me In My Old Age". The timbre of the Russian Basso Profondo resembles that of the low notes of an organ.
It is rare for choral music to include notes this low, though a few pieces go even lower (notably Rachmaninoff's Vespers and Gustav Mahler's Symphony #2). However, Russian choral music has been known to feature basses who can sing an octave lower than this. Yuri Wichniakov sings a G1 in "Do Not Reject Me In My Old Age". The timbre of the Russian Basso Profondo resembles that of the low notes of an organ.
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