The Greatest Barbershop Tag 

Lmfao

I was singing along, and if the lead got half as annoyed as I was, I feel bad for the bass

at the end of watch?v=6-xC1HZkqcw the bass does that-purposely slowing the tempo during the high held note (prompting a deserved vulgar gesture from the lead)

Probably the funniest barbershop RU-vid comment I've seen

Can i ask what you mean exactly? What did the bass do wrong?

20 seconds of belting.

It's easier than you think

I cant fully belt it past 20 seconds, but holding a note for 20+ isnt actually too bad

In barbershop he’s a lead. Not a lead tenor. The designations are lead, baritone and bass for the four parts.

it's all about economy of breath. actually easier to hold a loud note than a softer one as more air passes through in thin folds

RIGHT?!!! TF WAS THAT HOW

@@johnlatham1287 barbershop has a lot of standard conventions, the lead holding a high note that is harmonized by the rest is how arrangements often end

No kidding!!! Did he even take a quick breath before it? It's hard to hear if he did or not...

@@djthischord8367 still impressive 👀

@@djthischord8367 thanks for the theoretical bs

It is but that just means the lead has to work on their breath support to sustain the note

😂

@@Rednaxela137 Mate you could not tell me with a straight face that if you "work on [your] breath support" you would be able to sing for 20 seconds 😂

@@milesluther1003 yes

Speaking as a Bass... He's not that concerned.

Lol and if he and the lead got into a fight on the day of the performance he can slow down the last two measures even more

What do you mean “their” hands? Isn’t there only one bass?

@@TheSteinbitt "they" can be third person singular!

@@SapioTV Ok, but why would you use it in this case?

@@TheSteinbitt no reason not to!

Well he's a tenor

Def not full voice. Very good mix.

@@Artyhull you're right, that's not full chest

@@Artyhull yeah a mix for sure. Even for a tenor an A chest is damaging over a period of time

anyone who said it's not a full chest A is a bitter baritone

I had the exact same thought, the plot thickens

My recommendations for music go from Japanese fusion, 70s Psychedelic funk, 90s hip hop, obscure jazz, to old piano bar style songs and barbershop doowop. I feel the algorithm hard on this one.

@Ryandal Gilmore tfw you go into a conversation that you weren't originally in to bring a "ratio" style comment. The sheer audacity. The pure irony. It overwhelms.

I know, right? From Jacob Collier to DCI to barbershop. George is basically just transcribing my entire music playlist.

The term is a passing note. They're in A which uses A, C# and E for the major triad. The bass sings the passing note E# (and I hope you appreciate this pianist's restraint in calling it an E#) for No- before returning to the triad on -tre.

@@deathbower The bass pitch on "No-" isn't at all a passing tone - to be a chromatic passing tone it would have to be preceded by F#. I would argue that's it's not a nonharmonic tone at all, that it's actually part of the harmony... and should be written as F natural, not E#. Starting from the last chord of the third to last measure, you have G⁷ (could call it a G⁹ if you include the high pedal A). G⁷ resolving directly to A major would be quite odd, and a rather unsatisfying resolution. Moving from G⁷ to E⁷ (the V⁷ chord in the key of A) would be a change of only two notes, moving in opposing half steps (G - G#, F - E), a nontraditional but very pleasing resolution. Here the penultimate chord isn't E⁷, it's E(sus4), but it's functionally the same and provides a similar sense of resolution both coming from G⁷ and moving to A. Instead of the G⁷ resolving directly to E(sus4), however, there is an added predominant with that bass note on "No-." It creates a really interesting chord: F - E - A - B. Note its striking similarity to the French Augmented Sixth chord in the key of A: F - D# - A - B. The harmony on "No-" is a chromatically altered Fr⁶. Thus, the final three chords are [functionally] Fr⁶ - V - I. Sorry for my lengthy and probably overanalyzed explanation, but I'm about to graduate with a degree in composition, so I'm kinda obsessed with diving deep into music theory. I also feel like it's kind of appropriate on a channel that features Jacob Collier, the man with probably some of the wildest music theory of all time haha *EDIT: upon a bit further reflection, it could be seen as a passing tone (again, transcribed as F not E#), going G - F - E, but the rest in between makes it too disjointed for me to hear that as a passing tone. (I would have noticed that possibility earlier if it were actually transcribed as a major 2nd instead of a diminished 3rd)

@@davem.3519 Don't apologise, that was fascinating. What I would ask you, however: In barbershop, especially with their seventh chords, they use just intonation to make the harmonics sing. With that context, is it really okay to view E# and F as the same note?

@@deathbower When you abandon equal temperament in singing, you don't have to then maintain any particular temperament system - you can simply adjust any note up or down slightly based on its context. And there absolutely can be context that would suggest E# and F to be different pitches: if there was an E# moving to F (or vice versa). But when singing with pure intervals, even two F's don't need to be the same. Good observation, thanks for pointing that out! 👍

Right? I got goosebumps there I think that dissonant chord represents some impressions of medieval harmonic style , or probably even earlier one, suddenly music feels very 'religious' and quite impactful, and of course this cadence is very special and different from simple Picardy third, which is really cool (The way three top voices hold e+b+a chord is already magical, but that F in bass is just crazy)

Do you know where I can find an old video of them singing in a subway "where I belong"?

@@omikhlephonon Might not be the clip you're looking for but they did the "Go The Distance" tag with Tim Waurick and it's just sublime ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NwbiaqLb-O4.html

@@winstonp.1282 Yeah man thanks, that's it!

LMFAOOOO

I saw them live. He often performed with fancy hair XD

Here's the link to the original video. This clip starts at around 5:35 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Qo_N9_ZFBhs.html

@@ethanandrews2644 oh yes this clip was easy enough to find more of a general request, that one joe dart one from a while back took me a couple searches before i found the right performance :p

@@kittiworks I knew that your comment would get a lot of likes, so I put the link there for anyone who clicked on the replies. It was the top search result, so this is just a quicker way for someone to get to the video

sorry i'm kind of bad at this i've updated the description

Yeah bass in bar 7 is D2. With my bass slider all the way up and perfect pitch i can safely say it is D.

Ive got a request for you, could you please transcribe this masterpiece? I left this piece for you Arturo Sandoval

Pretty sure it's D

It's a D2 dude I have the actual sheet music

@@Jakeroo767 Is there any chance of getting it from you?

Picardy third

I won't claim to know much music theory but it just sounds like a resolving sus2. Not a minor to Picardy third.

@@charley420 ig the descending baseline implies the minor chord.

@@nicholasgarcia2508 nah it’s not minor at all at the end.

@@nicholasgarcia2508 it’s augmented but the fifth still there😂

So true. This is amazing

Exactly

A toss up between these guys, Crossroads, and Vocal Spectrum for me

Acoustix or gas house gang

@@jeremy.sarmie I love to see VS's name thrown around on RU-vid. I had the privilege of being in music school with those guys at the inception of the group and get to know them well. Amazing singers and even better guys!

You'd feel even better when you find out that the Lead and Tenor switched parts on this song.

THIS HAS LITERALLY MADE MY WHOLE ENTIRE LIFE HOLY HELLLL

@@Audileee BRO NO WAY YOURE A JACOB FAN TOO HOLY CRAP

@@Graham_M he is a godsend even if I don’t understand anything he says 😃

TWO MORE - CAN'T BELIEVE

@@felipequintino3244 AYEEE WASSUP

Yeah

Yeah he’s probably a baritone forced to sing bass and couldn’t sing the low F while the baritone sounds like a tenor

@@Rednaxela137 Martin? He's a bass by any reasonable standard.

This recording is from 2016, they were champs in 2012.