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really basic question, is the bass clef transposed up an octave? or perhaps the other way around?

Excellent video! As for your question at the end: I generally like outlining what kind of textures I will be using in different parts of the arrangement with just a few words at each place before starting with step 3. This way I can gather inspiration about what I want to do and get a feeling for how the arrangement will look at the end without getting too bogged down by the details, or without feeling limited by the harmonies I have already put down on paper. But I'm very much a beginner, so anything I say should be taken with a grain of salt 😅

I liked version 2 the best. The slight drift in the bass sounds cool, and it feels like the group is really embellishing the lead melody in the most resonant way possible, without the lead compromising whatsoever.

Wow, what an incredible video! As someone who is a beginner (even at basic music theory) this video perfectly captivated me the entire way through. Although I didn’t understand everything (patly due to English not being my main language) it was still super interesting and easy to follow and I can definitely tell that the video had a lot of thought and care put into it. Can’t imagine how helpful this would be for someone who really wants to learn. Me personally, I loved the examples and I had fun singing a long. It was also incredibly cool to hear the comparison to really see how all the small changes add up! Felt like I had to leave a comment to show appreciation for putting in the time and effort in order to give out this information for free.

Great video! Just one question for a beginner though. If I’m using a music notation software like musescore, what would be the best voices to use to listen back to while I’m writing?

I hate you for this, it is an insult to the art of barbershop itself ...I will suggest this to my quartet

Isn’t version 3 just what happens naturally? In my college acapella group we don’t talk much about just intonation but when we sing passages that have barbershop-esque homophonic harmony we tune to each other so the chords ring. I feel like if everyone is listening to each other it’s the most natural way to fix this issue

Roman King reference 🥴

I already have a few potential arrangements floating around my head but I don't really know how to get all these ideas out of my head and onto sheet music, following these steps will probably help quite a bit. I'm pretty sure I already heard you talk about this when we visited y'all in December (BYC Member here😝) but it's wonderful to have it available in full video form now, thank you!

I appreciate your hard (and professional) work!

Can we get an annotated version?

Great video! I loved your theory videos over barbershop before this. Is there any possibility for you to do any arrangement coaching in the future (or do you know anywhere someone could go to get advice on specific arrangements)?

Not sure this really counts as theory but could you do one on vibrato? I sang in a pretty good vocal jazz group in college, we won a downbeat award one year, and our director absolutely refused to let us use vibrato unless it was in the lead part, just a little bit, and in solos. When I'm feeling snarky I feel vocalists started to sing with vibrato to deal with the even tempered piano and its all-encompassing dissonance. Very difficult to sing a grinding chord with vibrato and have it work. PS If you had somebody improvise in your quartet, you'd have a vocal jazz quartet :) lots of good music for that combination. PPS I have some scat singing videos on my channel. Awful production values but I can scat sing.

Overtones are why God gave us just intonation :) I've yet to hear one come from a piano. Sometimes you can get a string to vibrate if you hold a key down, I'm not sure that counts. When I was still teaching the jazz ensemble I used to show them about chords and how they needed to be tuned by using the trombone section. I would get a couple of guys going on a perfect 5th and then let the girl if there is one :) put in the major 3rd and mess with it until you hear it in tune and the overtones

I sang barbershop in high school but that was 50 years ago: I don't remember hearing about a barbershop 7th chord until about five minutes ago. If you have something called a barbershop 7th chord, can't it just be called a dominant 7th chord? If it's on the 5th degree of the scale I would say it's dominant and if it's on any other degree, it probably is a secondary dominant?

Dude thank you for sharing this. You just gave me the tools I need to start arranging. This made sense!!!

Great video Søren! Many great tips and ideas. I've so many times started an arrangement with the aim of making it shop but ended up disappointed just because I wanted to spice it up too much. Your 5-step model will make it easier in the future I hope. Greetings from a northern neighbor! 💈

nah this is fire wym

Vocal jazz didn't die with the singer's unlimited and. Manhattan transfer It just went underground in barbershop :)

I'm a baritone. I like to sing the penultimate note as a D natural, rather than another D#... I have to sing it really loud, though :)

This is GOLD!

Hell yeah

Those last notes gave me goosebumps the same way THX did when I was a kid

Is there anyway you could make this in an SSAA arrangement?

Awesome!

Very useful, thank you!

great video... thank you... loved it.. very instructive crystal clear

It must have needed such a big amount of time and work to make this video ! And it really pays out, it's super clear with all the before/after samples (with human voices ! It's way more useful than with midi playback) My favorite part is the list of embellishments, I already know I'll come back to it regularly, as I do with your video listing the vocab chords. To answer your question about my arranging process : I'm also a fan of step 2 (notating the melody and original chords' symbols), but maybe not for the whole song. Maybe just 1 chorus and 1 verse. And I tend to skip steps 3 and 4 and do it all during step 5... and I agree that it's easy to get lost there :D so yeah, 1 2 5 for me Bravo, keep up the great work :)

Can’t wait to watch this later

YES!

Great video. I'm amazed at how your were able to produce such a video with all of the various clips you provided. It must have taken you many hours to complete this one. I agree with your approach.

Jim Caviezel’s son does barbershop now?! Awesome🥳

I’ve been waiting for this, can’t wait to make my own barbershop song now!

Great video, will definitely be using this :)

Absolutely perfect! My sixth step is polishing. Often the performers aid in this step. This is a “Must Watch” for anyone approaching barbershop arranging! Bravo!

Thank you for a great video! Coming from a classical composition background, the theory has never been any problem for me. I am however always getting stuck when it comes to the topic of form. How many verses should I use, intro or no intro, should I use a key change and where? Some insight on this in a future video would be great! Kind regards from Sweden!

Been waiting for this one for a while, a lot of good considerations and things that I haven't considered. In terms of the question at the end, I personally feel that it depends on the case whether or not you should put off all of the embellishments. Sometimes you think of a really cool idea early and put it in, which motivates you a lot, but it's also good to build a solid foundation and add some interest to it afterwards. It's probably pretty contextual, and depends on your situation (e.g. if you need to get an arrangement done quickly, it could be good to get the more foundational steps finished first rather than adding in an embellishment that may or may not fit well into the chart as a whole). It's a good question and I'll have to think more on it. Great video though! I've done a lot of research into barbershop theory online over the past few years, and I want you to know that your videos have been one of the best sources for theory knowledge that I've found on the internet, whether that be reinforce ideas that I've already heard, or reexplain stuff in a way that's a lot clearer to understand. I'm so happy that you've covered arranging, and thanks for all of the hard work that you've put into all of your videos so far. I'm usually not one to comment much, and I'm sure there are a lot of other people who haven't expressed their appreciation, but what you've done is doing so much for our weird little hobby :)

Love this!

One I've been waiting for!

First comment, not that it matters.

I didn't really understand the "Tonal center drift". Why does it happen?

Hey, I know this is a bit of an unrelated question to this video, but is there anyway I can get you to sing an original barbershop tune of mine? Its an original melody, and original harmonies, and I think you have the voice for it! I would be honoured if you did so, or at least made learning tracks for my quartet. I know how its supposed to sound, its just hard teaching them a new tune without a reference. Anyway, tell me how I can reach you, and perhaps we can talk about this in a more private setting!

Nice stuff, but a point of order...The bass clef is also know as the F clef and the two dots should be above and below the F line, not the D line.

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