What an awful anthem. So militaristic, yet it's a *waltz*, so you can't even march to it. Truly democratic, though, in that it's got such a ridiculous range that nobody can sing it. Should have stayed a drinking song.
Thank you - now I know why I can never sing it properly - not that I need to, as I'm not an American. But sometimes I have a song stuck in my head and it only goes away when I sing it. 😁
It's an octave and a fifth. The usual tuning for the Anthem is your regular, bog-standard military band B-flat. The Sousa arrangement is better: it's a major second lower in A-flat.
Azerbaijan's anthem kicks all manner of ass, and Hungary's is genuinely beautiful. But both countries had their anthems written by their opera composers.
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Do you think someday it'll be like the ominous music they play in WWII documentaries where Hitler is screaming to a crowd?
https://youtu.be/RZ9WdCunvy8?si=EV__Ang2k24FSzm8
What an awful anthem. So militaristic, yet it's a *waltz*, so you can't even march to it. Truly democratic, though, in that it's got such a ridiculous range that nobody can sing it. Should have stayed a drinking song.
https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxRb84909s8rdWCi6pcRzgKJnzqjp0J2fq?si=DM3K9arqb-xWujTQ
Touché.
The Marseillaise is doing it properly.
https://youtu.be/_dVFknALySA?si=Gm2wZqXRM5JR6gRS