CPAC 2021 National Anthem Challenge: Rachmaninoff Reharmonization Version

[@pictures4urears]

No key left behind...

[@AB-wg7qe]

you kid

[@JoeCarlinCA]

All keys matter.

[@jeannettedold2197]

OMG! Hilarious!

[@diphrent4yt]

No key left unharmed.

[@WinrichNaujoks]

Pianist: What key are you singing it in? Singer: Yes

[@CC-dn2df]

😂

[@jiyoungpark5395]

ALL KEYS MATTER

[@AB-wg7qe]

home run!

[@anneu53714]

With apologies to Stevie Wonder, she was singing from Songs in the Key of Q.

[@gregorsamsa4580]

Perfect!

[@CardinalEgan]

Except the one the song is supposed to be in...

[@michaeljohndadd545]

Deep.

[@stevenej9894]

This performance is what happens when we cut out music education from our schools.

[@woodstream6137]

That would be me. Is the pianist playing the notes based on the keys she's singing instead of how it's written?

[@taffydugan8703]

@@woodstream6137 Yes, the singer was completely off so the pianist is following her rather than how it's written.

[@dr.donchristie7093]

Wood Stream and Taffy, the pianist is following the vocalist's "wandering" key, while trying to respect Rachmaninov's famous arrangement of the national anthem.

[@sccrguy610]

I thought it was a great representation of the Republican Party in general: Oddly off key patriotism.

[@chazbutcher]

P.S. the trill you did where she's holding that note that's a quarter tone off from any known note in western music was genius. Literally made me laugh out loud.

[@BoringTroublemaker]

Haha same

[@garycitro1674]

"unjust intonation."

[@fortepianostrings]

thank you! We had many discussions about which note to harmonize with when she decided to get microtonal on us...haha

[@zorglub667]

@@fortepianostrings this solution to that note was also nice in its strictly methodical approach: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmizqKaujJeZp9U

[@stuffnuns]

Yoko Ono wasn’t available for the gig.

[@caffeineadvocate]

The Betsy DeVos School of Music sure do enjoy their accidentals!

[@anneu53714]

Noticed that the entire Rachmaninoffization was written in accidentals, because seriously, who could determine the key(s)? #AllKeysMatter

[@CardinalEgan]

@@anneu53714 - By the time you establish a key, it's too late!

[@thirstfast1025]

Hahaha brutal & honest!

[@mikecole1633]

Whereas the singer's were just that - accidental.

[@UkeCan1]

This is the first time I've ever really understood why they're called accidentals. 🤣

[@MattAllenTeller]

I feel sorry for the young woman who was sent out to do this in public, and while I am laughing my fool head off, I think the person who should be pilloried is the one who told her she could.

[@kayechilton7411]

Truly agreed! I felt so bad for her too...

[@WATERGATE1]

Yes. Poor lass.

[@JustVern]

She has an Instagram account of mostly her singing, so, she taught that she could; no sympathy for her.

[@guibox3]

If she had had a music track to follow, she might have been okay. She CAN sing...she just can't sing acappella and carry a pitch on its own merit.

[@guibox3]

@Farrah Claire Barry Agreed but my point is that people are calling her “tone deaf”. She is not. Tone deaf is where people cannot hear pitches to properly match their voice to the note and fluctuate with it. They are a “one tone fits all musical notes” type of person.

[@AnnLippert1]

That piano player is amazing. Cuz the Singer has more keys than a high school janitor

[@TerranceNock]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@rosenbaum75]

She was at the CPAC, so clearly, she was singing in the key of "Q". (For QANON)

[@joex24b]

Absolutely correct. I feel no sorrow that they made a fool of her. She did that to herself quite some time ago, apparently.

[@hawyn316]

That's some talent to actually match her lol. I'm impressed.

[@paulberry240]

I love the way there was absolutely no irony in the crowd's cheering - that in itself is hilarious.

[@inazuma3gou]

I like how you introduced dissonances from early on in anticipation.

[@mikemartin5749]

Kevon Carter did it too (very well), but I actually like Larry Goldings version the best, because he reacts to each atrocious key change like he really didn't know it was coming (both can be found on KZbin).

[@DoctorZisIN]

If you're horrified by this rendition, let me tell you... THE BEST IS YET TO CAAMB!

[@rodtee4894]

I've never seen such brutal piano shade!

[@mastersummersjr]

The music community has come together to do some excellent reharms of this, but this might be the best one. Excellent work.

[@waltherstolzing9719]

I'm waiting for an accompaniment in the style of Max Reger.

[@chlorinedawson4576]

You should hear the one with a full orchestra!😂😂

[@waltherstolzing9719]

@@chlorinedawson4576 You mean this one? kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5fcnXuPhp2Chdk -- that one *does* resemble Reger a little bit.

[@chlorinedawson4576]

@@waltherstolzing9719 Yea, you’ve probably heard them all by now. Have you heard the male voice a capella version yet? It kills!

[@waltherstolzing9719]

@@chlorinedawson4576 Yes; and that one has Gesualdo vibes.

[@RetireearlyNYC]

I’m in tears. And sweating. 2 minutes of laughing and I feel like I just did a whole ab workout. I was doing laundry and I suddenly broke out into laughter. I’m nuking up my lunch and I broke into unstoppable giggles. Thanks for a great workout !!

[@BruceKorb]

That, "I'm really sorry about that" look at the very end was priceless. Thank you.

[@wonderstruck.]

I love how you didn’t even try to put a key signature on that sheet music 😂 the avant-garde composers of the 1900s would be proud

[@huseyx2]

When you move house and find a load of keys you thought you'd lost

[@benjaminchilton5733]

"Vagueness is at times an indication of nearness to a perfect truth." - Charles Ives

[@PercivalBlakeney]

@Benjamin Chilton Traffic Policeman: Sir do you know how fast you were driving? Werner Heisenberg: No but I know exactly where I was. Traffic Policeman: Sir, you were doing exactly Fifty Miles per Hour. Werner Heisenberg: Great, now I'm lost! Old, old, old joke. 😁

[@bigdog4230]

@@PercivalBlakeney But still a good one.

[@PercivalBlakeney]

@@bigdog4230 Thank you. Thank you so very very much. 🥰

[@diphrent4yt]

This is not one of those times.

[@NateSassoonMusic]

I love this quote.

[@robot_spider]

I played trumpet for 10 years before going to college for music. A year into my degree, I realized, while I could read music, hear and identify intervals and triads reliably, and could pull middle-C out of thin air, I didn't have what it takes to really comprehend music theory. I will always admire people who can work like this. Extremely impressive.

[@keymusic]

I literally can’t breathe from laughing so hard!!! 🤪 This is the best one I’ve heard so far. And to be able to watch the notation made it even funnier.

[@rheap129]

She was performing the anthem in the key of Q. Very appropriate, no?

[@nellgwenn]

It was actually Q flat minor.

[@pedroskyromero5426]

Key of Q diminished

[@4getaboutit242]

Q, T, X, sometimes Y & mostly Z.

[@jokelethkurueisner9229]

The key of Q Majorie

[@aaronhunt1797]

I cannot even begin to tell you how loud I screamed laughing at this! Best comment for me!

[@michaelbrady2552]

You all think the singer was bad, but she was really just premiering a newly discovered Rachmaninoff art song titled "The Fall of America."

[@-suphur]

It's about on par with the psuedo patriotism of the right.

[@paulanderson6834]

@@-suphur Yeah, pseudo patriotism on one side, open treason on the other. The collapse is imminent.

[@-suphur]

@@paulanderson6834 There are issues on both sides. obviously, but are you accusing the lsft of treasom when the GOP cult perpetrated an insurrectuion?

[@paulanderson6834]

@@-suphur I believe you mean to say "peaceful protest", it's the PC term for insurrection.

[@-suphur]

@@paulanderson6834 Peaceful doesn't include killing people and destroying property. That would be a cult members explanation.

[@recursiveidentity]

Also, it's the first three notes for me.

[@kayechilton7411]

Yeah, it already gives you the hint that we are going to explore an unknown world

[@derekrequiem4359]

The 3rd note was wrong, she sang C A F# instead of C A F. And of course, it didn't get any better after that. 😬

[@bigdog4230]

@@derekrequiem4359 Hell, let's go with F# diminished!

[@tomsmith2013]

OMG I shouldn't have started happy hour early before listening to this. Sheer brilliance young lady! My poor beagle won’t stop howling because she thinks there’s a wounded woodchuck in the chimney behind the TV! Just like Trump, the song may be over - but the “malady” lingers on. Who knew that such a bowel stirring rendition was even possible? Conservatives couldn’t have found a better hot mess of an introduction for Trump even if they had tried. Let’s just hope & pray that they find someone else to sing at his upcoming Marth 4th re-inauguration otherwise any self-respecting flag will be running for the closest gasoline can.

[@clmazza766]

I can't stop laughing!!!

[@spacelemur7955]

You, sir are rare man. Finding good writing in a KZbin comment section is something I had given up on.

[@vincentjohnflorio]

@@spacelemur7955 Down to it being a beagle.

[@MarkHusey]

You deserve a Purple Ear for this!

[@MeriamH.]

You’re amazing. And your facial expression at the end! 😂

[@robertcarlson2807]

After hearing that, Stevie Wonder said, "Oh God, I wish I was deaf too!"

[@josephnotoempire2949]

Impressive. Mentally and emotionally draining.

[@joehellno9097]

Good Lord ( choke!) This was BRILLIANT! Even the off was right on--making the sad and annoying into the creative and hilarious, even somewhat sympathetic. Fascinating. Loved it. Please accompany my sorry singing anytime.

[@Tom_Tom_Klondike]

You handled that little section at 1:00 really well. Nice job!

[@TheNuje]

Rachmaninoff is pretty accurate! Although I'd say the rhythm may be a bit more inspired by Bela Bartok! That said, your chromatic progression at "rockets" is my favourite single moment of this whole thing so far! I can not get enough of this right now!! And as I typed that, I heard the trill mentioned by Chaz in another comment. I feel like I'm going to die of laughter like the hyenas from Who Framed Roger Rabbit tonight!

[@BrightBlueJim]

Oh. This is easily the best of all the "reharmonizations" showing up on KZbin today. Excellent.

[@meemee5660]

You did a fabulous job at almost covering up that non-singer.

[@StoneUSA]

I've listened to several of these now (listened, yeah. I've winced through several of these now) and this one is the best. More nuance and complexity than the others. How you guys can figure out these key changes and then actually play them is genius.

[@silentwulffff]

Spiciest harmonies we didn’t know we needed

[@rfrolicarts]

I can't get enough of these national anthem fails. I always love them, but the fact that this one was a capella lets talented people turn it into actual art :)

[@joelmartincrawford]

This is genius!!! This needs to be included in music theory curriculums, lol, absolutely brilliant work.

[@CardinalEgan]

I see why you didn't use any key signatures... Best interpretation I've seen. The trill at the end and the G-natural grace note made me fall on the floor...

[@kayechilton7411]

Trying to put key signatures gave us more headache than not using them....XD

[@jonathanm.9801]

12-tone scale😻

[@Nissenson2]

Bagpipes would have been a nice addition.

[@hwilli0772]

And a kazoo.

[@ccoulston0001]

Cowbell, you can't have too much cowbell.

[@jeannettedold2197]

@@ccoulston0001 Ha ha! You're killing me! That's hilarious!

[@Mr.Proghead]

Recorder

[@spacelemur7955]

Why? Her singing is just about identical.

[@vuyosidinile8493]

I'm genuinely impressed! Champion accompaniment!

[@edpalermo1580]

What's amazing is that the singer actually ends up in the same key she started!

[@samsam1720]

How many key changes was that? I lost count. 😖😖😖

[@mountinmike]

Although she's no Sandi Patti! haha

[@anneu53714]

I'm guessing no one ever told her that holding a note a really long time only counts if it's actually a note.

[@derekrequiem4359]

@@samsam1720 I counted 15, if you include the times where she was off pitch for one note and then went back to the previous key. I would go back and count again but I don't want to subject myself to that kind of torture. 🙃

[@samsam1720]

@@derekrequiem4359 I counted about 12 or 13 but I wasn't sure. Thanks for responding.....Marie

[@leslieslape1182]

I'm impressed that someone went to the trouble of scoring that disaster, and tying it with Rachmaninoff was genius.

[@sgabriel]

GENIUS

[@stevenej9894]

Your accompaniment ALMOST makes the CPAC version make musical sense. I was thinking maybe someone was chanelling Percy Granger in some of his microtonal music when they came up with this "arangement".

[@Robertcunninghamsmusic]

Shostakovich sometimes slides up or down a half step like that too.

[@j.mauricerojas3650]

Utterly brilliant accompaniment! Thank you! : )

[@thejudgemeister]

Awesome job. Very accurate. Now I want to see a choir do this.

[@dollarbill2208]

It's coming. Just you wait.

[@soulsonic]

More sharps, flats, and naturals than actual notes! Bravo to the pianist! Fantastic! Accompaniment without a tonal center.

[@andersweinstein]

There's no question the original performance had a lot of accidentals.

[@soulsonic]

@@andersweinstein Accidentally off pitch, yeah! 🙃💀 Jk. I find it interesting how different pianists find different solutions for the performance.

[@tonybero]

i so appreciated being able to read the music as you played. oh my...that's some shit!

[@ChristopherBix]

Bravo. Brought out all the warped goodness. Excellent job.

[@LC-ck6ub]

OMG you're killing me. This is awesome.

[@bustedfender]

The inventor of the fretless voice, ladies and gentlemen.

[@apexone5502]

The Jaco Pastorius of singing......... ....if Jaco had lacked talent, that is.

[@LSun-it8zy]

Perfect to sing for those who have little sense about the reality of their capacity.

[@MrMusicmicky]

This is great. I think it ended up sounding more like Ives though. You made her (the singer) sound like she knew what she was doing! 😂

[@lanzjoshua]

It starts off like an ominous tormented halloween score but it ends up as a side-splitting hilarious eye rolling comedy.... 😃

[@karensky3456]

I'm guessing Florence Foster Jenkins has been reincarnated

[@strngs4joy]

that movie came to mind --

[@boatymsboatface3929]

Fantastic! The trill sent me into giggle fits

[@STONEakaWinstonDamon]

Absolutely masterful!!!

[@victoriabrowers7805]

This has brought me so much joy! You are incredible!

[@Heartfelt-zv7wh]

Your kidding right ??

[@kayechilton7411]

@Tory Browers Thank you! I am happy that you enjoy it!

[@nellgwenn]

I was laughing just looking at the sheet music.

[@tisaac8037]

was literally counting down the hours until someone made a video like this 😂

[@edmcglaughlin9194]

Brilliantly done!

[@jlrinc1420]

That was brilliant.

[@joriscrocombettepasquet5536]

Lol that's epic an epic harmonisation!!! Well done xD

[@MoveBetterProject]

Incredible, incredible, incredible stuff. Brava!

[@Skittl1321]

This singing reminds me of when a friend, who is a professional musician, asked me what key I'd sing a song in, for karaoke. Having no knowledge of music whatsoever and absolutely no singing ability, I asked her if I could start, then she could set it... But of course, I'd never perform anything in public. This was singing in a friend's basement. Beautiful job playing the piano was phenomenal.

[@romanczura4146]

You are just brilliant, that was awesome :D

[@a12storyasylum]

It's a challenge to play. An even bigger challenge to hear. Respect for grinding through this veritable gauntlet of cacophony enough times to master it on the piano.

[@iiWNMii]

Great job. You almost saved that performance. That singer probably lives a life of privilege, no one telling her she's wrong culminating with the internet destroying her.

[@tejewitcher687]

Well done! The best one I have heard yet!

[@williamjohnson928]

Tonality is just a choice...

[@CardinalEgan]

Since when are Conservatives pro-choice? 😜

[@StoneUSA]

@@CardinalEgan Well they're not pro-tonality we know that much at least.

[@YoGemmy]

Amazing. I will now watch this 100 more times 🤣

[@flockofscallops]

It’s that G natural grace note at the very end that gets me 😂

[@sabineandkennii]

love it!

[@DanielDugovic]

Nicely done.

[@debs4mysweetbaby]

hahaha! great job!! glad you survived listening to this in headphones!!!

[@Mattonassis]

1:42 was the funniest thing I've ever seen in my life. LOL

[@nested_King]

You got it! Excellent!

[@resourcedragon]

I wish my mother were still alive. She'd have wept with laughter if she'd heard that CPAC national anthem - and she'd have loved this.

[@Briguy1027]

I give you tons of credit for trying to put this to music, LOL.

[@TarotMediumNow]

I am on the floor laughing - wait - I think I just peed my pants!

[@sj4iy]

I like the random key changes, it makes it so unpredictable

[@ntandosekay]

Pure genius 👏

[@chazbutcher]

Hahaha!!! OMG!!! That was AWESOME!!! Thank you for that.

[@pop5678eye]

This has become such a meme I wonder if future music students will have it assigned to them for analysis, composition or performance or has that already happened at some conservatories?

[@WunHungLo99]

Floor Manager: Hi, which of the 12 main keys and 12 1/4 tone keys are you singing our great anthem in today. Singer: Yes.

[@jasonito23]

Well damn....they made a challenge to play in her various keys!

[@yaburnt9754]

hahaha i love how you are struggling to keep up with her ''adjustments''

[@jeffpetrie7744]

You are a musical genius.

[@julianhayda471]

Now I want to hear just the instrumental!

[@seanmarshall7529]

beautiful, the attempt to give a hypermodern interpretation of the singer's vocalization. I would think that your quarter-tone piano didn't arrive in time for your KZbin hypermodern Interpretation.. to bad too, two! Compliments anyhow.. wow

[@sonyaw.7082]

🥂 to you! That woman though: 😳

[@emanuelosorio9610]

Bravo! You made it sound romantic in style

[@infinitesoulpartyband577]

Yes yes totally agree with everything sung here

[@ComposerImprov]

Those quarter tones will always get you!

[@philesq9595]

Yeah! You got it! That's the anthem I know and love.

[@1SpartanD4L]

The G natural grace in the last bar.... fantastic :))

[@zingela]

This is so awesome! Lol thank you for doing this!

[@Heartfelt-zv7wh]

Awesome ?!? Your kidding me right??

[@zingela]

The accompaniment. Lol

[@kayechilton7411]

@@zingela Thank you! I am happy that you enjoy it :)

[@jeannettedold2197]

This is horrible but hilarious at the same time! They couldn't find anyone better? It's like Vanilla Ice performing at the Orange Monster's New Year's eve party. This is their best!

[@-suphur]

Roseanne Barr?