Best performance of the Star Spangled Banner

dar512 · 04-29-2008, 07:21 PM

Mrs. Dar just turned the radio on to listen to the Cubs game at the moment the anthem started. It was pretty uninspiring.

It's a very difficult song to sing well - an octave and a half range and they usually play it in Ab or Bb which shoves it even higher. I don't think I've seen any single person handle it well without screeching.

Groups have an easier time of it. The range isn't such an issue then. I think the best job I've ever heard was a four-part mens group (probably the Statler Brothers, but I don't remember for sure).

Have you ever heard it done really well?

04-29-2008, 07:21 PM	#1
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Best performance of the Star Spangled Banner Mrs. Dar just turned the radio on to listen to the Cubs game at the moment the anthem started. It was pretty uninspiring. It's a very difficult song to sing well - an octave and a half range and they usually play it in Ab or Bb which shoves it even higher. I don't think I've seen any single person handle it well without screeching. Groups have an easier time of it. The range isn't such an issue then. I think the best job I've ever heard was a four-part mens group (probably the Statler Brothers, but I don't remember for sure). Have you ever heard it done really well? __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

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