Baritones last note lovely As the bass descends and tenor tenor goes up the octave ...not like the ringmaster but this masterpiece is really hard to accomplish hats off
That was great. The following comments are those of a Barbershop listener not an expert of any sort. The Bari has perhaps a richer tone than Ringmasters' Emmanuel. Your Base was also good. He did a nice glide down to the b flat(?) for the decoy ending, but didn't seem to repeat the glide for the real ending. The Lead was good and strong too. The Tenor's singing was probably as good as the rest of the group, but he was most notable for his very restrained gestures and a tendency to move away from the group. Barbershop judges like animation. Coordinated bell ringing arm movements at both sides of the group seems a good place to start. As a glasses wearer, I understand the need to push them back. Unfortunately, the motion seems to ripple down the line of the three of your wearers. Contacts? Or don't wear glasses on stage (and in rehearsal)? Recording rehearsals is the best way to see what you are doing even when the room acoustics are less than great. I will look for more of your postings.
They had a much faster tempo, so as to not put as much pressure on the Tenor and his holds. The First Tenor seemed to sing it all in falsetto, sounded like a woman, instead of full voice male First Tenor.
In the barbershop style, the tenor sings primarily in falsetto. There are a couple of reasons for this. First, barbershop tenor is exceptionally high in many songs. Second, the tenor very seldom has the “power” notes in the chord (ex. root or fifth). If the tenor were to sing full voiced, it would likely create a balance issue with the other parts. This would damage the “lock and ring” of the quartet. The above is a generalization for the tenor part as a whole, but there are exceptions. There are many examples of tenors singing full-voiced, especially on the final post (long held note).
@@scotgregg2860 The final post is sung by the lead is most cases for this song, unless the tenor does a better job at holding the note with a full and steady pitch. Now, I could be wrong and the post could be written in for the tenor, but in most performances I've seen the lead post.
@@bigoz-fybb you are 100% correct about the lead having the final post. My comment was a much more generalized statement about the tenor part and how it fits within the chord and keeping the chord balanced.
@@scotgregg2860 Oh, my bad! And you are also 100% correct, when my quartet and I sing, we are always baffled by how if the tenor is even barely off we all just fall apart. Now, I will say, with myself singing baritone, I feel like the tenor and baritone both have that same job of filling and stabilizing the chord depending on how the song is written. Now, even though we may mess up, we're not too hard on ourselves seeing as we're just a high school quartet and we're all in 10th grade, plus we know quite a few songs, 2 of which we wrote ourselves, we're also learning Smile (The one Ringmasters performs) and it may seem easy on paper, but my oh my it's a lot more than meets the eye. (Sorry if that was jumbled up, I just woke up not too long ago.)
@@bigoz-fybb haha, no worries. I’m so glad to hear you guys love singing barbershop so much! I’ve been in the hobby for 14 years and am still learning new things every single day. The Smile arrangement you are singing is awesome and has lots of traps as you’ve already noticed. Best of luck with that one! You are on the most challenging part in baritone. Yes, you need to “fill out the sound” but far to many bari’s hide in the sound and lose the beauty of their natural voice. The best baritones in the society make good leads. Sing your baritone line the way you need to to make the chord ring, but sing with the same vocal quality a lead would. I’m sure that sounds odd, but the better you get, the more it will make sense. Keep working hard with your quartet and enjoy the experience!
Baritones last note lovely
As the bass descends and tenor tenor goes up the octave ...not like the ringmaster but this masterpiece is really hard to accomplish hats off
was almost surprised when I didn't hear a huge applause at the end. You guys sound excellent :)
Really great job guys! This is a really hard arrangement and you guys definite did it justice.
This is amazing, you are all so talented. I LOVED IT
That was great. The following comments are those of a Barbershop listener not an expert of any sort. The Bari has perhaps a richer tone than Ringmasters' Emmanuel. Your Base was also good. He did a nice glide down to the b flat(?) for the decoy ending, but didn't seem to repeat the glide for the real ending. The Lead was good and strong too. The Tenor's singing was probably as good as the rest of the group, but he was most notable for his very restrained gestures and a tendency to move away from the group. Barbershop judges like animation. Coordinated bell ringing arm movements at both sides of the group seems a good place to start. As a glasses wearer, I understand the need to push them back. Unfortunately, the motion seems to ripple down the line of the three of your wearers. Contacts? Or don't wear glasses on stage (and in rehearsal)? Recording rehearsals is the best way to see what you are doing even when the room acoustics are less than great. I will look for more of your postings.
Really good, especially for such a difficult piece. My only criticism is that some notes didn’t get held all the way and some notes weren’t correct.
Well done, gentlemen. 👍👍👍
僕が聞いた中でどのカバーよりすごかったです！
ちなみになんのリハーサルだったんですか？
Where can I find more of this quartet? Who are the members of the quartet?
excellent.
クオリティの高さに驚きました…。
カバーと呼びたくないです。
ringmasters
nice post
They had a much faster tempo, so as to not put as much pressure on the Tenor and his holds. The First Tenor seemed to sing it all in falsetto, sounded like a woman, instead of full voice male First Tenor.
In the barbershop style, the tenor sings primarily in falsetto. There are a couple of reasons for this. First, barbershop tenor is exceptionally high in many songs. Second, the tenor very seldom has the “power” notes in the chord (ex. root or fifth). If the tenor were to sing full voiced, it would likely create a balance issue with the other parts. This would damage the “lock and ring” of the quartet. The above is a generalization for the tenor part as a whole, but there are exceptions. There are many examples of tenors singing full-voiced, especially on the final post (long held note).
@@scotgregg2860 The final post is sung by the lead is most cases for this song, unless the tenor does a better job at holding the note with a full and steady pitch. Now, I could be wrong and the post could be written in for the tenor, but in most performances I've seen the lead post.
@@bigoz-fybb you are 100% correct about the lead having the final post. My comment was a much more generalized statement about the tenor part and how it fits within the chord and keeping the chord balanced.
@@scotgregg2860 Oh, my bad! And you are also 100% correct, when my quartet and I sing, we are always baffled by how if the tenor is even barely off we all just fall apart. Now, I will say, with myself singing baritone, I feel like the tenor and baritone both have that same job of filling and stabilizing the chord depending on how the song is written. Now, even though we may mess up, we're not too hard on ourselves seeing as we're just a high school quartet and we're all in 10th grade, plus we know quite a few songs, 2 of which we wrote ourselves, we're also learning Smile (The one Ringmasters performs) and it may seem easy on paper, but my oh my it's a lot more than meets the eye.
(Sorry if that was jumbled up, I just woke up not too long ago.)
@@bigoz-fybb haha, no worries. I’m so glad to hear you guys love singing barbershop so much! I’ve been in the hobby for 14 years and am still learning new things every single day.
The Smile arrangement you are singing is awesome and has lots of traps as you’ve already noticed. Best of luck with that one!
You are on the most challenging part in baritone. Yes, you need to “fill out the sound” but far to many bari’s hide in the sound and lose the beauty of their natural voice. The best baritones in the society make good leads. Sing your baritone line the way you need to to make the chord ring, but sing with the same vocal quality a lead would. I’m sure that sounds odd, but the better you get, the more it will make sense. Keep working hard with your quartet and enjoy the experience!