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.

含羞草研究社淚t含羞草研究社檚 all official, ,含羞草研究社� Chapman said of her 含羞草研究社淟owest vocal note by a female含羞草研究社� world record, achieved Feb. 21 and recorded for a video posted to her Youtube channel.

含羞草研究社淚t含羞草研究社檚 not even my lowest note, so I含羞草研究社檓 going to do another attempt to smash the record,含羞草研究社� she promised.

(Story continues below video of Chapman含羞草研究社檚 world-record low note)

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 含羞草研究社渞etro-modern country含羞草研究社� 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.

含羞草研究社淎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含羞草研究社檓 going down the vocal scale, that it was creeping them out,含羞草研究社� 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. 含羞草研究社淭hat kind of started this,含羞草研究社� said Chapman, who lives in the Clayton area, on the Surrey-Langley border.

(Story continues below Facebook post)

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

含羞草研究社淓verything had gone wrong with all the tries before this one,含羞草研究社� Chapman said. 含羞草研究社淚t was ridiculous, the number of things that went wrong.含羞草研究社�

First, there were problems with a low-end limiter on the mic. Days later, Joy含羞草研究社檚 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.

(Story continues below video of Chapman working on scales before the record attempt)

Understandably, Chapman said she was nervous in the moments before she finally hit the record low note in February. 含羞草研究社淪o uptight with everything,含羞草研究社� she said her vocals tightened up, so she wasn含羞草研究社檛 able to go as low as she typically can.

含羞草研究社淲hat I can sing is at the end of the sonogram, apparently,含羞草研究社� Chapman explained. 含羞草研究社淚含羞草研究社檓 being lined up with a specialist to scope my vocals to see what含羞草研究社檚 actually happening, for science, that allows me to go that low. It含羞草研究社檚 hypothesized that because I have a condition called hyper-mobility syndrome in my body, that I含羞草研究社檓 able to lower my larynx than most humans. We含羞草研究社檇 like to get some universities involved because we need more forensic equipment.

含羞草研究社淭he sonograms and mics have trouble picking up the notes,含羞草研究社� Chapman added, 含羞草研究社渂ecause when you含羞草研究社檙e going as low as I am it becomes difficult to hear the notes. It含羞草研究社檚 almost not notes, it含羞草研究社檚 vibrations at that point.含羞草研究社�

Online, Chapman含羞草研究社檚 music can be found on and , among other websites.

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