Talk:J. D. Sumner

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[edit] Double Low C

Um... what is a double low C? Is that C1 or C0 or C-1? I've never heard of it before, maybe telling the reader what note it is compared with other notes would be better('# octaves below the lowest C on a piano' or just 'C(number here)' would do) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fernoe (talk • contribs)

It's the bottom C on the piano. "Low C" is the next octave up (2 leger lines below the bass staff), which most deep basses can reach. I will never forget hearing "Way Down" on the radio in 1980, having no idea who sang that bass tag at the end. Over 20 years later I found a very low-quality version of it on the Internet, and the last several seconds were exactly as I remembered. Now, to be fair, he is doubled by the synth bass there, and if you listen at double speed you can hear that his voice doesn't quite reach that last C; it's somewhere between D and E-flat. But I won't quibble: he's breathing it, not growling, and at actual speed it's so low that the ear believes it. As for editing the article, I think the vague Guinness claim is best as it stands, because he didn't actually reach the note and because the record's been broken since. MJ 14:29, 15 August 2007 (UTC)