No woman on earth can sing as low as Joy Chapman.

The Surrey-based singer is now a world-record holder after hitting a very deep 33.57-hertz C1 note.

鈥淚t鈥檚 all official, ,鈥� Chapman said of her 鈥淟owest vocal note by a female鈥� world record, achieved Feb. 21 and recorded for a video posted to her Youtube channel.

鈥淚t鈥檚 not even my lowest note, so I鈥檓 going to do another attempt to smash the record,鈥� she promised.

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In the minute-long video, Chapman introduces herself as a 52-year-old Surrey resident who works as a singer, songwriter and tribute artist. As a 鈥渞etro-modern country鈥� musician, she has a 15-song album coming out called .

Her world record is one way for Chapman to get noticed in the music world.

鈥淎bout a year ago, I was just doing scales and vocal training, and through the years I noticed different vocal coaches kind of freaking out as I鈥檓 going down the vocal scale, that it was creeping them out,鈥� Chapman recalled with a laugh.

Her niece did some research and discovered that the female record for low-note singing was well above how low Chapman was able to go. 鈥淭hat kind of started this,鈥� said Chapman, who lives in the Clayton area, on the Surrey-Langley border.

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Turns out, the record attempt was a long, nerve-wracking ordeal over the past year.

鈥淓verything had gone wrong with all the tries before this one,鈥� Chapman said. 鈥淚t was ridiculous, the number of things that went wrong.鈥�

First, there were problems with a low-end limiter on the mic. Days later, Joy鈥檚 mother slipped into a coma and died, resulting in a sad delay. Later, studio noise aborted another session, and yet more camera issues caused problems.

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Understandably, Chapman said she was nervous in the moments before she finally hit the record low note in February. 鈥淪o uptight with everything,鈥� she said her vocals tightened up, so she wasn鈥檛 able to go as low as she typically can.

鈥淲hat I can sing is at the end of the sonogram, apparently,鈥� Chapman explained. 鈥淚鈥檓 being lined up with a specialist to scope my vocals to see what鈥檚 actually happening, for science, that allows me to go that low. It鈥檚 hypothesized that because I have a condition called hyper-mobility syndrome in my body, that I鈥檓 able to lower my larynx than most humans. We鈥檇 like to get some universities involved because we need more forensic equipment.

鈥淭he sonograms and mics have trouble picking up the notes,鈥� Chapman added, 鈥渂ecause when you鈥檙e going as low as I am it becomes difficult to hear the notes. It鈥檚 almost not notes, it鈥檚 vibrations at that point.鈥�

Online, Chapman鈥檚 music can be found on and , among other websites.

tom.zillich@surreynowleader.com
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