I NEVER SAW THIS COMING!!! Blind Reaction to Ringmasters - Notre Dame Medley
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- Опубликовано: 26 мар 2023
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The reason why the crowd was laughing and applauding at one point during the end there was because they sort of broke the conventions of barbershop singing. Barbershop music traditionally ends with a so-called "tag" where one or two of voices hold a note for a fairly long time while the rest of the voices do some final fancy harmonizing on top and end with a very satisfying, final chord. They did all that... and then they launched into the continuation of the song xD which is unusual to say the least. They did end in a fairly traditional tag at the very end but the one before that was like a fake-out ending, pretty funny all things considered.
This is the first reaction I've ever seen where the reactor didn't talk about Martin's hair.
I had the pleasure of being in the eighth row for that performance. At the International Convention each year there is a show by former quartet winners hosted by the Association of International Champions. This was from that show (which explains the initial AIC Gold logo.)
The audience were all barbershop singers and their families and the stage was full of former quartet champions. We all know how hard it is to start from one pitch and balance the sound to one microphone.
What you cannot quite see is how all the former champions on the stage went absolutely nuts. Just bonkers. As we did in the audience.
I think some credit should also go to the arranger of the song, Aaron Dale.
I watch this video often, always finding something new and wonderful in the little touches and nuances.
For another barbershop video, consider Spiderman by Midtown Quartet. The video is massively entertaining but the singing is masterful. I'm currently learning another song they performed (Come Back To Me) and brother: it's hard. They make it look and sound easy.
Also, for crazy inhuman posting skill check out this partial song (a tag) by Tim Waurick. Just for fun: hold your breath as long as he holds that posted note. ruclips.net/video/CIJ1bcl1n64/видео.html
Welcome to the wonderful and glorious world of Barbershop Harmony!
This "hobby" as we like to say is, you are finding out, a wholly different and unique style than almost anything else you will find in the a capella genre.
The reason it sounds so "different" than an a capella groups like Pentatonix is because we sing in continuous, close 4-part, homorythmic melody/harmonies. This gives the style a completely different "feel" and texture.
Something that differentiates barbershop from ordinary a Cappella singing is the Ringing Chord: when all four voices sing in correct pitch, spacing, and intonation, it creates an overtone. Really good quartets will create a phantom fifth voice above the that of the tenor's, and one quartet I've heard was able to produce a double overtone (Crossroads).
The ringing chord always produces goosebumps in me...except on those occasions when I happen to sing Bass. Then I feel a vibration through my chest. Either way, well-sung barbershop always produces a palpable response in me.
The Ringmasters were indeed well-named, because you can hear those ringing chords throughout this performance.
Nah, we are definitely the crowd to just go “bro what the hell, that’s so good” some of the things people do in this hobby are absolutely insane. I thought I was a good singer until I met the elite of the hobby.
I love watching your reactions to Ringmasters! I was in the audience at this performance in Nashville, Tennessee. Everyone lept to their feet when the performance was over, including the men sitting behind Ringmasters. Those men are all from International winning quartets and they all recognized how amazing this performance was. The barbershop term "post" is when a singer holds a note for a long time, thus the name "Post Master" for Jakob.
Kudos also to the arranger of this masterpiece , Aaron Dale!! The arrangement is soulful, artful, and extremely challenging. The Ringmasters worked months trying to perfect it and have said that they really weren't sure they were ready to perform it in front of such a discerning audience (it was their encore performance of this piece). Of course, they NAILED it! Barbershop is a definite musical art form that must follow a particular musical structure comprised of predominance of 5th and 7th chords as features of an arrangement. Barbershop, like jazz, is truly an American music art form for which the Ringmasters created a whole new standard for other quartets to achieve in competition and performance.
17:56 "You hold that note longer than it takes for a Sydney train to arrive". 😂😂😂
Oh, you've only just begun!
VOCAL SPECTRUM - GO THE DISTANCE🔥🔥🔥🔥
And the Aladdin medley!
One problem. It was JAKOB who was posting. Rasmus was on the far right. Yes, they blew us all away.
So glad that you loved this group. I agree with all of your comments and enjoyed the Ringmasters for many, many years. They are great entertainers and so darn talented and I've been lucky to have attended 6 of their concerts, all here in the USA and these guys are the best of everything. They treat their fans like long lost friends! Hope you can. see them sometime.
"How can he hold that note so long" If you think that's crazy you HAVE to check out Tim Waurick, some of his solo work or songs with his quartet Vocal Spectrum (2006 International Champions), their version of Cruella De Vil has a particularly famous post by him, but Go The Distance is probably their most famous song (which I've had the pleasure of singing myself countless times at this point).
Welcome to the lovely corner of music that is Barbershop! I've known it for all my life thanks to my dad and I've been actively singing it myself for 7 years now but a large portion of young 'Shoppers found their way into the hobby from this very video you watched here. I've listened to it so many times that I largely know the bass part by heart and I've sung the tag many times. Your comment about the emotionality of the performance highlights a major key aspect of Barbershop singing. The performance is an entire judging category of its own (next to Singing and Musicality) and it's my absolute favourite part about singing Barbershop. The only other style of music that comes close to the emotional intensity of a Barbershop performance is musical theatre, it's all about finding the deeper message in the song and expressing that out to the crowd. It's amazing time and time again to see the kind of impact it has on people, it doesn't matter how musical of a person you are, it WILL hit you in the feels.
One quick note about Barbershop in general: It hasn't been a men-only thing for decades, the BHS is still men-only when it comes to membership but by now the vast majority of Barbershop organizations across the globe are open for everyone and the BHS has recently opened up its international contest to all people regardless of gender. That very contest is coming up once again in a few days, this year will be the first time that female and mixed quartets will be fully competing and it's promising to be a very close race. However, no matter how heated these contests may get, at the end of the day the world of Barbershop is basically one big family, the competition is largely of a very friendly nature, everyone's good friends with each other and even the most 'famous' people in the scene are just normal people like you and me and you can talk to and sing with them no problem when you see them at a convention. That's another of my favourite things about Barbershop, it's a family and it can really become a home, as I've had the pleasure of experiencing. Barbershop is my life, it and the immense community it brings have helped me through many dark and difficult times and it has also pushed me to new heights time and time again. The rabbit hole goes DEEP but I'm happy you got this little glance ;)
Unfortunately, you have Jakob and Rasmus reversed. Jakob sings lead on this and Rasmus sings tenor. I'm surprised no one else has mentioned this.
Totally agree with you. Got Jakob and Rasmus switched. That's the first thing I noticed!!!
to be fair to wherever he got the information from, Rasmus sang lead and Jakob sang tenor when they won.
My friend, this is only scratching the surface of what BHS has in store. Barbershop is the best hobby in the world. I would HIGHLY suggest Still Hurting from this years International Champion Midtown. Fun fact, this suggestion has the new record for the highest Singing Category score.
Acapella is "music with only vocals" whereas Barbershop is a specific format of acapella.
Kind of like how its like playing guitar vs playing spanish guitar.
Same instrument, specific technique and format.
So I checked and...he held that note for 20 full seconds...incredible!
Amazing choice V.E.! ❤
His record is 58 seconds…
And that's only half a minute after the fake ending where he had another 20 second note...
Wow, I've never seen this before, it was incredible. The breath control on them, wow! Thanks V. E. for choosing this as your patreon reaction pick!
You want long notes, you need to check out the great Tim Waurick and Vocal Spectrum quartet.
Hi thank you for this amazing group. Acually I know Emanuel and his so humble but musik is his live. I will till him that you showed on your very nice podcast. Nice of you! Björn
RASMUS is the one on right as you are looking at them.
Sometimes he sings the high tenor, and sometimes he sings the lead, and he also does a lot of their arranging . You should also check out their version of you’ll never walk alone/climb every Mountain. . It is just as epic as this one.
Just what i wanted to write right now!
A Capella means without instruments. Barbershop is one form of A Capella music. This is a particularly special, not to mention difficult, arrangement of very difficult melodies. Ringmasters were the previous year's champion Quartet, so literally amongst the best in the world. Surprisingly, the most difficult part is something the human ear cannot actually hear directly, only the results when it is done correctly. That is how the notes are tuned. Especially in the baritone line, virtually none of the notes is actually "in tune". They are tuned to a 64th of a tone to make the chords come alive. In Barnershop there is often so much happening that you do not hear it happen. If you want to hear what I mean, check out the tag Pentatonix sings on Bohemian Rhapsody. The final resolve is done, most unusually, in steps. A split second after everyone else is on their notes, Mitch raises his pitch by 1/64 of a tone and the chord comes alive. It is difficult to pinpoint, but ince you hear it, it is impossible to miss.
That final note was "only" about 20 seconds. He has bern known hold a note for triple that!
Here is another Ringmasters performance, this time of an old song written by Charlie Chaplin. Yes, THAT Charlie Chaplin. You will hear the lead note being tuned as the chords rotate and resolve.
ruclips.net/video/4SBxjHyZ4KU/видео.htmlsi=wxiHdpZPhgoNNpmN
These guys are amazing!
That was Jakob holding that note! Rasmus was the bass!
Rasmus doesn't sing bass in the quartet - he was singing the Tenor part on this arrangement. Jakob and Rasmus flip lead/tenor parts often depending on what "fee" and "sound" they want the "lead" part to have.
The members singing here from left to right:
Emanuel Roll singing Bari (as normal)
Martin Walhgren singing Bass
Jakob Stenberg singing Lead
Rasmus Krigström singing Tenor
Thanks for the clarification!
Would never have seen this without this reaction. I am so glad it was suggested and a brilliant use of the patreon perk. Some well deserved #DJantlers thrown in on this one!
So brilliant
Love that you're reacting to barbershop! Just an FYI, women sing barbershop as well!
I'm new to the barbershop world and your reaction was me watching International this year.
@sam8713 I do hope you will get to watch the Sweet Adelines' competitions coming up in Louisville next month. I've been a Sweet Ad for 20 years now and never disappointed in the complexities of the harmonies we produce with just our voices. Welcome to our hobby!
I loved thiiiiiiis
This was teriffic! Introducing them individually helped so much. Thanks so much for the request, V. E. Griffith!
Also Vocal Spectrum(cruella devil), Gas House Gang(any of them), Vocal Majority..... I can keep going
This was amazing! Great reaction to a brilliant group!!!! 😊
Great video! Loved the reaction!!❤
Rasmus is the top tenor voice (angelic!) far right as you face the screen. Jakob is the 2nd tenor (Lead voice - mostly melody), second from the right as you look at the screen. Jakob is the voice that usually holds the long high notes at the end of the tag (Coda). The laughter is because the group 'conned' us with a 'faux' ending, and then took us back from a massive chord (teasing) to the gentle bell chords. The voices are the insruments. some of the parts might imitate instruments, but hopefully they fill some of the space that instruments might occupy. Along with the stylistic vocal and presentational elements this is what makes up one of the greatest barbershop quartet performances in the Barbershop Harmony Societies 85 year history (IMO).
Incidentally, Rasmus was the one on the far right. and the postmaster is actually Jacob. And let me tell you, if you think it sounded good here, you should have heard it live and in person.
Glad you enjoyed this! Slight correction... Rasmus is on the far right, Jacob is to his right and is the post master. /RayK
You're right about Barbershop not doing much imitation of instruments in the way modern acapella does. If I remember right, groups will get marked down in competition if the harmony parts spend too much time not singing the words. Arrangements tend to be close harmony (literally if you play out what they're singing on a keyboard all the notes should be fairly close together), which can make it feel more intimate than other styles.
As others have said, Jakob is the "poster".
If you think that was a long note listen to songs by Tim Warwick. Also a quartet called Crossroads.£
You need to look up Main Street pop song medley since you're doing Barbershop. I think there's 2 different ones, but both are amazing! Oh the Main Street guys have all worked for Disney World at some point.
I'm so glad you did this!!!
Jakob and Rasmus are switched from what you were told.
Barbershop is a capella. A capella means no instruments.
While the tag was quite impressive, Tim Waurrick will always be the “post master” in barbershop. Look up his I Can Go the Distance or any other performance with his quartet and you’ll see why.
Barbershop and acapella is kind of a square and rectangle relationship. A square is a rectangle, not all rectangles are square: barbershop is acapella, but not all acapella is barbershop.
I think the word you're looking at 6:40 for is "reverent"
You're here for 14:52, aren't you?
The "Ringmasters" are amazing!!! They are the first quartet from outside the U.S. (they're from Sweden) to win the International Championship. And English is their second language! Jacob and Rasmus often switch parts - they can both sing the high tenor notes. They now have a new bass singing with them. Check this song out, where they do imitate musical instruments. They sing "Feeling Good", the song that Michael Buble has used as his opening song for a number of years. Emmanuel does the solo as the others basically sing the notes played by the horn section in Michael's rendition. ruclips.net/video/DJjhpYqglpQ/видео.html
Love these guys...Swedish.....Not Rasmus... Jacob is the Post Master!!!!!!!!
I was always been into barbershop but since getting hooked on Voiceplay I’ve started to listen to barbershop less and less. But from my understanding the main differences are obviously no percussion, and they are a little more restricted because they need to use certain chords and other musical things.
My faves are OC Times, MaxQ (the melody tenor is now part of Voctave) and The Newfangled Four. If you ever decide to check out The Newfangled Four I would recommend ‘Supercalifragilistic’ from around 2018 (?) with their previous baritone.
The difference is that Barbershop is close harmony. The resultant notes are the big difference.
You wanna be really blown away? While the Ringmasters are phenomenal, Vocal Spectrum in my opinion has them beat. Listen to either Go the distance or Cruella Deville by them. Their quartet is Tenor - Tim Waurick, Lead - Eric Dalbey, Bass - Chris Hallam, Baritone - Jonny Moroni. These guys were the 2009 Barbershop Quartet Champions and they still to this day travel the world, and perform and record amazing music. Tim is known as the man with a 9 octave range (He denies it but we know he is capable of it). Tim also is know to post notes for upwards of about 35 seconds or more. The quartet is amazing to listen to and fun to watch. Definitely give them a listen to.
Tim pretty much concedes that Jakob is the posting king, and they are evidently friends as well. VS is a top tier group and has many great pieces, but RM is made up of four guys who went to Swedish music schools and sing professionally in classical choirs in their home country, so to me they carry a slightly different style and this piece IMO is unbeatable by any group. Check out Zero8, the Swedish choir these guys are/have been a part of and are led by Rasmus.
@@chrisjohnson6765 I don't deny that RM is extremely talented and I would love to see them live but I personally like VS more and think they are a better quartet. Also as for this piece alone. I personally think Crossroads's "Lucky Old Sun" is leagues better but I enjoy listening and singing along with both. This in no way discredits or bashes RM. I just have different preferences on what quartets I like more than others. For example, I think Newfangled Four is a top tier quartet and I love their sound as well. However, many people in barbershop think NFF is mid tier at best. Also I think GQ is the greatest current quartet right behind VS and RM. These are all my personal opinions and personal likes. As I get more in depth with barbershop quartets I grow to like more groups. I've only been a barbershopper since 2019 so I'm still new to what is out there. Luckily the guys in my chorus teach me about other quartets everyday
Tony De Rosa posted more than 30 second (live) on Blue Skies at an afterglow with Keepsake (barbershop quartet)! Love me some Tony D!
ruclips.net/video/yrC6x-OzUWY/видео.html
Ringmasters all the way for me, prefer their sound and versatility
Just an idea for you. Make a cheat sheet for the group by taking a picture of the group member and put their name under it.
The funny this is thats exactly what I do haha unfortunately my phone screen kept locking so you can see me scrambling to unlock it sometimes haha
The word you were looking for is “cantata.”
You do know that at the 18:20 point of your video, that postmaster guy holds around a 20 second note also.
That note was 20 seconds long. That's ridiculous. That shouldn't be possible.
20 seconds is about average in Barbershop. There are tags with posts much longer than that. @TimWaurick posted a tag with an over 54-second note and he'd sung several notes before that on the same breath without taking a new breath before the post for a total of about 57 seconds.
There's a video from around Christmas in 2020 during the pandemic: “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” by the “Linc 182” quartet (pun on “Blink 182”). The post at the end is 20 seconds-and it’s sung, with that note held that long, by a then-8-YEAR-OLD KID!! Think how small his lungs are compared to an adult’s! Remember the square-cube law.
(I used his post to time my hand-washing during the pandemic.)
Yes, barbershop!!
You have Jacob and RASMUS mixed up.
I think you have a ghost. Your door closed by itself at one point. :)
So bad of you, you say "no spot to interrupt it", yet you cut off the tag!!!!!!!!!
At least he went back
Dude has a third lung methinks
He must have!!! Legend says he is still holding that note to this day!
Intimate?
Stuffed with Embellishments!