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The weird thing is that they even hire all those singers to perform. The way it's done in my country is that there's an orchestra that plays the melody, and the

The weird thing is that they even hire all those singers to perform. The way it's done in my country is that there's an orchestra that plays the melody, and the people in the audience are expected to sing, which they always do :) But maybe that's because our national anthem is much better suited to be sung by a crowd than the American one?

cafard 3y ago
The Star Spangled Banner is a strain for most of the population.
- overstay8930 3y ago
  It is not that hard to sing unless you want to sound ridiculous on purpose
  - fragmede 3y ago
    it's got a wide vocal range, and a bunch of high notes. of course setting yourself up for failure and trying to sound rediculous makes it even harder, but as far as songs go, it's on the harder end
    - tzs 3y ago
      Here are some ways to check with other songs if you've got a range that can handle "The Star-Spangled Banner" (SSB). • Starting from the note you would like to start SSB with, start singing "What Do You Do With A Drunken Sailor" (DS). That repeats the opening note though to the "drun" and then drops a fifth for the "ken". A fifth is also the lowest SSB goes below its starting note, so if you are OK with the first drop in DS you should be fine with the low parts of SSB. Alternatively you can use the "Flintstones" (FS) theme. It drops a fifth from the "flint" to the "stones". To check the high end, "Over The Rainbow" (ORB) works. The jump in the first word, "somewhere", from the "some" up an octave to the "where" is the same as the interval from the start of SSB to the highest note of SSB. That actually fits in nicely with DS. After that drops down a fifth in the middle of singing "drunken" the next word, "sailor" goes back up in a couple thirds to get back to the starting not. So just keep going from there but switching to ORB. • Instead of checking from the note you want to start with, you can check from the lowest note you can comfortably handle. Starting from that low note, start singing "Scarborough Fair" (FAIR). This jump in "are you going" from "you" to "going" is a fifth. Then switch to ORB. So sing "are you going somewhere over the rainbow" starting with FAIR melody and switching to the ORB melody at "somewhere". If you can reach the high note on "where" you've SSBs range covered. Instead of FAIR you can use the opening two notes of the "Star Wars" them or of "Also Sprach Zarathustra".
- jltsiren 3y ago
  National anthems usually are, if you try to sing them correctly. But you don't have to. If you have a culture where everyone participates, the crowd version of the anthem evolves into something that works and sounds similar enough.
krisoft 3y ago
> The weird thing is that they even hire all those singers to perform. Where i am from the national anthem is usually sang by a choir, and people in the crowd can join in the singing with them. What is even more weird to me is why would anyone choose a popstar to sing the anthem? They are known to be show-offs and highly individualistic. It is kind of like hiring a formula-1 champion to drive a hearse and then being surprised that they drive it fast. What were they expecting?

cafard 3y ago

The Star Spangled Banner is a strain for most of the population.

overstay8930 3y ago
It is not that hard to sing unless you want to sound ridiculous on purpose
- fragmede 3y ago
  it's got a wide vocal range, and a bunch of high notes. of course setting yourself up for failure and trying to sound rediculous makes it even harder, but as far as songs go, it's on the harder end
  - tzs 3y ago
    Here are some ways to check with other songs if you've got a range that can handle "The Star-Spangled Banner" (SSB). • Starting from the note you would like to start SSB with, start singing "What Do You Do With A Drunken Sailor" (DS). That repeats the opening note though to the "drun" and then drops a fifth for the "ken". A fifth is also the lowest SSB goes below its starting note, so if you are OK with the first drop in DS you should be fine with the low parts of SSB. Alternatively you can use the "Flintstones" (FS) theme. It drops a fifth from the "flint" to the "stones". To check the high end, "Over The Rainbow" (ORB) works. The jump in the first word, "somewhere", from the "some" up an octave to the "where" is the same as the interval from the start of SSB to the highest note of SSB. That actually fits in nicely with DS. After that drops down a fifth in the middle of singing "drunken" the next word, "sailor" goes back up in a couple thirds to get back to the starting not. So just keep going from there but switching to ORB. • Instead of checking from the note you want to start with, you can check from the lowest note you can comfortably handle. Starting from that low note, start singing "Scarborough Fair" (FAIR). This jump in "are you going" from "you" to "going" is a fifth. Then switch to ORB. So sing "are you going somewhere over the rainbow" starting with FAIR melody and switching to the ORB melody at "somewhere". If you can reach the high note on "where" you've SSBs range covered. Instead of FAIR you can use the opening two notes of the "Star Wars" them or of "Also Sprach Zarathustra".
jltsiren 3y ago
National anthems usually are, if you try to sing them correctly. But you don't have to. If you have a culture where everyone participates, the crowd version of the anthem evolves into something that works and sounds similar enough.

krisoft 3y ago

> The weird thing is that they even hire all those singers to perform. Where i am from the national anthem is usually sang by a choir, and people in the crowd can join in the singing with them. What is even more weird to me is why would anyone choose a popstar to sing the anthem? They are known to be show-offs and highly individualistic. It is kind of like hiring a formula-1 champion to drive a hearse and then being surprised that they drive it fast. What were they expecting?