Longest sustained note on a wind or brass instrument (2024)

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The longest sustained note on a wind or brass instrument is 13 min 26.95 sec and was achieved by Álvaro Rúa Manso (Spain) in Verín, Ourense, on 3 August 2023.

Currently, the world record for the longest note held by a vocalist belongs to Richard Fink IV, an American singing instructor who managed to hold a single continuous note for an incredible 1 minute and 43 seconds! If playback doesn't begin shortly, try restarting your device.

A drone is defined as: "A harmonic or monophonic effect or accompaniment where a note or chord is continuously sounded throughout most or all of a piece."

Kenny G earned a place in the Guinness Book of World Records in 1997 for playing the longest note ever recorded on a saxophone. Using circular breathing, Kenny G held an E-flat for 45 minutes and 47 seconds at J&R Music World in New York City.

The brass family members that are most commonly used in the orchestra include the trumpet, French horn, trombone, and the tuba.

A flight from Nairobi to Kampala is approximately 1 hour – that's how long Nigeria's legendary musician, Femi Kuti, held a single note on his saxophone for – 51 minutes and 33 seconds to be exact.

A singer's impossible peak

You might imagine Mariah Carey or Maria Callas would top the scales, but Brazilian soprano Georgia Brown set the bar by hitting a G in the high 10th octave. Musical experts later confirmed the note, which translates to about 25,000 hertz, earning Brown a Guinness World Record in 2004.

While you're singing, breathe in quickly and steadily throughout the song. Stand with good posture, and try to push out your voice with your sternum. Intentionally release less air when you first hit the note you want to hold, which will help you save your breath to carry you through the end of the note.

Melba Moore's 36-second note at the end of “The Other Side of the Rainbow”, the title track of her 1982 studio album, is the longest studio-recorded note by a female singer and the longest-held single note on an album track, but it was never a Hot 100 hit in the US.

The act of letting a musical note ring or sound out without cutting it off. In keyboard and synthesizer envelopes such as an ADSR the sustain parameter determines how loud a sound will ring out while the note is held.

Did Kenny G hold a note for 45 minutes? ›

In 1997, a Guinness World Record was set for longest held musical note when Kenny G used circular breathing to sustain an E-flat on a saxophone for 45 minutes and 47 seconds. In February 2000, Vann Burchfield surpassed G's record by playing one note for 47 minutes, 6 seconds.

ThrustSSC, driven by Royal Air Force pilot Andy Green, holds the current land speed record at 1,227.986 km/h (763.035 mph) set October 15, 1997. FIA LSRs are officiated and validated by its regional or national affiliate organizations.

In conclusion, this study has shown that healthy adults simultaneously breathe in through the nose and mouth when they speak. This pattern appears to be an efficient way to take quick inspirations during speaking, and may preserve some of the benefits of nasal breathing.

The long and short of it is that some brass instruments are harder to get to grips with than others. For instance, The trumpet is arguably the second-hardest brass instrument to properly learn after the French horn. Conversely, the trombone can be a lot easier to get those first sounds on and start playing properly.

The trumpet is the oldest brass instrument, dating back to around 1500 B.C. It is also the highest brass instrument in terms of pitch, which makes it well-suited for playing melodies and other feature parts.

History of Brass Instruments

The earliest brass instruments were straight or curved open horns made from wood, bone and animal horns. These usually consisted of a mouthpiece affixed to a cylindrical tube that produced only one note.

Her godmother is Patti LaBelle. Used to be a backup singer for Brenda K. Starr. Her longest note is in her song "Lead the Way", where she holds a note for about 21 seconds long.

Tim Storms is an American singer and composer who holds the Guinness World Record for the lowest note produced by a human. His lowest note is a G -7 (0.189 Hz), which is eight octaves below the lowest G on the piano. He also holds the Guinness World Record for the widest vocal range.

Withers holds a sustained note towards the end which, at 18 seconds long, is one of the longest ever recorded on an American pop song. The song was listed at No. 402 on Rolling Stone's "Top 500 Best Songs of All Time" in 2021.