Vocal Coach Reaction - Pentatonix 'Silent Night'

[@katk3052]

You should definitely listen to ptx imagine or bohemian rhapsody. They sound amazing and in imagine you can listen to Kevins voice. He is an amazing singer

[@nicolebeasley9241]

I wanted Bohemian Rhapsody so bad!!!

[@ivesflower]

xx Kate xx nah avi is still a beast

[@mikewolf5367]

And Kevin’s an amazing cello player as well.

[@zacknjack3]

If you think Silent Night was impressive, you should hear Mary Did You Know? …. it will be a total feast for your ears. It's an incredible arrangement as on PTX can do. Truly enjoy your commentary. Blessings.

[@annipsy2185]

ooooomg

[@adhutch23]

to me the amazing thing about Avi is just not the low tone, but how he is still able to be heard in a single mic setting. A lot of that is about arrangement, but you can still hear his tones pretty well even when the higher parts are happening, and higher parts will always be more present within a setting like this. He has a ton of power at that low register that is just uncommon.

[@hanj31]

True basses like him are I think the rarest vocal type as far as guy go even more so than my type which is a high tenor

[@АлександраБакульманова-у8п]

PTX Mary did you know, please

[@jlp502jlp]

Agree

[@aliciahampton278]

That’s my favorite one

[@cassandrahepp6445]

Yes please. That was the song that made me fall in absolute love with their voices ❤❤❤

[@cmss1911]

Yes great song one of my favorites

[@artysus]

omg yes. amazing song, and you get to hear Kevin do a verse.

[@rmac1042]

Just The Trio opened this up. They’ve been singing together since they were 10 years old! Avi is a basso profundo with a 4th ledger-line bass clef F#! Amazing tessitura! Of course Mitch is a counter-tenor!

[@theshadowfax239]

More Pentatonix please!!! Bohemian Rhapsody or Evolution of Micheal Jackson. Love you reactions.

[@rlhcat7662]

Can you believe they made Silent Night new and original? Your reaction was great to watch. Sometimes when I can't sleep, I listen to this song or "PTX Light in the Hallway" to relax. Many of their Christmas songs are amazing - Mary Did You Know, Carol of the Bells and Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (another Grammy winner) are a few favorites. BTW, Avi is a basso profundo, the lowest of bass singers, yet he can go almost to tenor range and has a great falsetto (as in Light in the Hallway). Almost forgot - he does overtone singing, too!

[@janetranslates]

What's really special here is that it's a live performance. All one take. You couldn't have known how near the end you were when you stopped to explain in detail how Avi was producing that sublime sound, but for those of us who know every note of this recording, it was SO painful to know that you were going to miss the effect of that final "night" in contrast to the previous iterations.

[@LeeJCander]

The bass singer can overtone sing, thereby singing two notes at the same time. KZbin it...blew my mind!

[@notbanksy2977]

alot of people can do it, it's a common Russian/Asian way Singing Style, also a traditon in german and slavic male choirs. It's just not used in Pop Music, thats why US American people act suprised about it, they live in a bubble.

[@LeeJCander]

I wouldn't know, I'm from the UK, in western music in general it is uncommon. Very impressive though!

[@Lozza2993]

I taught myself how to overtone sing and it's not actually that hard once you figure it out once. It's all about tounge placement in the mouth to allow most air through the nose to hum whilst only allowing a tiny amount out the mouth to create a whistling noise.

[@Falindae]

Whether it's a particularly 'difficult' or 'common' thing I think is overlooking the point. Listening to Avi use his overtone signing, he is QUITE skilled in his placement and the crystal clarity of the sound that comes forth. Just because I've not heard other overtone singers with such control and precision accuracy doesn't mean they don't exist-- but doesn't mean that should invalidate my enjoyment of Avi's particular skill and sound :) If you haven't looked at it Carl, I would highly recommend doing a quick KZbin search and watching him, I'm sure you'll enjoy it!

[@livus3787]

​@@Falindae exactly! tho I knew about overtone singing long before I knew about PTX at all, but HOW he does it and how HE sounds it's just something else.. da skillz, & lucky anatomy too I guess :)) (check Huun Huur Tu and Anna-Maria Hefele C_C )

[@jonalaurenson7242]

Those “little flashes of unique ideas” is just a PTX spin they add onto a song they sing. And every song they cover has a PTX spin to it. That’s what makes them special and unique. Very talented group of singers 🙏🏾

[@sean1849]

That gives me chills every time and I've probably watched it 1000 times. Loved your insight on it. How about react to thier Daft Punk Medley please.

[@PMJonte]

You MUST react to all of their "Evolution" videos. Though I should warn you...stopping in the middle of those videos to comment on the general musicality and individual talents is next to impossible.

[@GatorNick]

More Pentatonix please. This was a great and informative video

[@maggietracy2381]

Mary did you know will give you a treat and you get to hear all 5 sing!

[@hunterepsi]

I actually am watching this on Christmas eve

[@cimwandaful]

Oh Come All Ye Faithful - their version will blow your mind!

[@katesharp6364]

So excited to catch you at the beginning of your discovery of Pentatonix!!! I love watching people discover how amazing and talented they all are. Please continue to react to their catalogue of music. There’s so much ear candy. 😍 I would agree with everyone who is recommending Mary Did You Know. Especially if you’d like to hear Kevin singing vs just beatboxing. It I would go a step further and say watch the live version from their first holiday tv special. It’s stunning and simply breathtaking. 🥰 Looking forward to more PTX reactions!

[@jessegirlb]

Not only does Avi sing that low, it's so soft and smooth. Not the gravely rumble that so many basses have to use to get those ultra-low notes. Sigh. I miss him.

[@leahrosenman9124]

It's hard to believe that Kirstie, Scott, and Mitch all went to high school together...so talented and amazing!! I love all of them so much! React to more Pentatonix please!

[@cmss1911]

Evaluation of music is a great one and so is joy to the world

[@natalieweed6985]

My favorite PTX song/cover is White Winter Hymnal and Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (where Kevin does some amazing percussion work). They're arrangements are always stunning.

[@baskervillebee6097]

Sugar Plum Fairy is a jaw dropper.

[@jenniferswearengin3372]

Please react to Run to You by Pentatonix....it is an original. Kevin sings!!

[@bslewi]

Agreed. but a live version is better than the music video

[@jenniferswearengin3372]

@@bslewi agreed, this is the best version I've seen. They took the time to mic them right. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYexkqB4f7qXnLc

[@dbauernf]

Goosebumps all the way. THank you.

[@Naturalnlvnit]

Sound of Silence please. Absolutely beautiful. Avi is gone and there is a new member. He definitely holds his own. This group is amazing!

[@tanyanguyen3704]

Because of the setting, live, but "still" for want of a better term, you can really see where in their bodies, they hold their tone. This vid of ptx, and more importantly the vocal-nerds like you who react to it,mhave taught me so much about placing voice inbody.

[@lindsayyzermanstaff4285]

Pentatonix dance of the sugar plum fairies is my favourite, REALLY showcases avi’s range!

[@HavensAngel]

Mary Did you know is my 100% favorite song by them. it just brings chills

[@lauraa4294]

I like your reactions to Pentatonix. I've heard other vocal coaches reactions and they tend to stop the videos at the worst possible times and their comments for some reason don't interest me. Sorry, maybe because I'm not a singer, but your comments are great. One of the reasons Pentatonix is so good is because of all the little twists and layers that they put in their arrangements. They work with an arranger by the name of Ben Bram. Please continue to do Pentatonix reactions, there's a plethora of videos for you to choses from.

[@reneepope-munro8115]

I think your vocal coach’s ear will most appreciate their versions of Imagine, as many have said (both technically and for what the video represents), and DEFINITELY I Can’t Help Falling In Love aWith You. It is, quite simply, breathtaking in its subtlety - it is restrained brilliance.

[@sharonnowlin2297]

I Always LOVE PTX. I especially love how you do your reactions, being a Vocal Coach you can explain to me what is really happening! LOVE Your Reactions!!

[@elizabethsantersero9597]

Such a beautiful rendition - thanks!

[@lauriep2018]

THANK YOU for this!! They’re are so amazingly talented. I’ve seen them live four times, and they just keep getter better and better

[@pentatonya1778]

Laurie Pegram 4x here too Laurie! & Yes... they are better live. “Ahh” is Still Amazing Live!

[@rlhcat7662]

Hi again - Another one that might really make you wish you were on the short list for one of their parts is PTX Gold. Love to see a reaction to that.

[@Falindae]

Carl! I've just watched your past two Pentatonix videos, and I SINCERELY look forward to more! I would highly recommend 'Imagine' next, as I think that one particularly showcases each voice beautifully (including a bit of early Kevin singing!) If you are interested in Kevin's singing solo, he has been taking voice lessons and has very much grown as a singer in his own right over the past several years-- he's an incredibly multi-talented young man, truly a picture of excellence and hard work! Try his "Sign of the Times" video? Thank you so much for putting time into listening to Pentatonix! I wish you well on your journey of discovery!

[@cwehden]

Will do another next week, thank you 👍🏻

[@chloea2575]

You should listen to Aha! Live in Singapore. It’s amazing

[@nicolebeasley9241]

Pentatonix Bohemian Rhapsody! It's my favorite song and they sound so good!

[@neematbailey5991]

It is Christmas Eve today when I’m watching🎅🏾🎅🏾

[@nataliyakravchenko4994]

PTX is an amazing group! I love this video so much! This improvisation in the end of a well known song touches my soul. I think they truly have sung this part with their souls. A feast for my ears. Thanks, Carl, for your reaction.

[@trevsedgwick3324]

If there are singers in heaven, they would sound a lot like this 🧚‍♀️❄️❄️

[@gabymusic82]

Pentatonix - Aha. When are you going to react to that? Worth it!

[@ibginnie]

Watching on Christmas Eve. What perfection!

[@remypadil3748]

More pentatonix!!!!

[@darlenenickerson1713]

You should ear them do Mary Did You Know! It's Spectacular!❤❤❤

[@TH-sj6hi]

I will watch you react to anything pentatonix or superfruit. It's all amazing. Every single thing.

[@kannbrown65]

Another Pentatonix fan here. Love to hear the Evolution videos, all of them, and Run to You is amazing, and an original song.

[@austinpayncampbell3202]

You should react to their daft punk mix it's amazing

[@priscillamcrmy]

i'm so happy you are reacting to ptx again, please keep it up! loved your comments

[@Katmarie100]

I think also you should listen to one of their more modern covers, maybe their Daft Punk medley to see how they handle a non-classic / less melodic style song. You need to see why one of the judges of the Sing Off called them masters of the vocal remix! They won their first (of three) grammys for their Daft Punk Medley - they recorded it in a bedroom cupboard and recorded the video in the kitchen using Mitch's iPad

[@BillBeckham]

Welcome. 16 Million subscribers just high fiving you every time you react to a Pentatonix video. Don't stop, please. We will swarm to your channel to see good reactors. - Bill

[@cwehden]

Thanks Bill

[@shirleyujest7786]

Yet another great reaction! Subscribed. It was such a shock when Avi left the group but when you listen to Sage & Stone you get a better understanding of his need for a connection to nature and a slower pace. His voice is truly unique. He does a cameo in Home Free's cover of Ring of Fire where he and Tim Faust (another spectacular base with an incredible range) hit some really great low notes. I'd love to see your take on that (as someone else has mentioned in the comments). And you have to listen to Avi's overtone singing. I want to hear your explanation of how he is able to do it.

[@aks799]

You Calling ptx the fab five got me 😂

[@suunto61]

Again, excellent technical info

[@tammyjimenez7047]

Their cover of GOLD is a great one to listen to!

[@anniek4681]

I love Pentatonox. You also need to see ring of fire were Avi sings with Tim Foust, if you want low singing. Or Avi with Peter Hollens "Black is the colour of my true loves hair." That's were you can hear Avi's low notes.

[@winstonbaculio552]

please react to HOME FREE RING OF FIRE featuring Avi Kaplan of pentatonix I'm sure you'll gonna enjoy it

[@redpencil6449]

Home Free's bass, Tim Foust, is magnificent and can even sing slightly lower than Avi. The two basses in "Ring of Fire" show off the different tones of their voices--both wonderful. All the singers in Home Free are excellent, but if you're interested in bass singing, "Ring of Fire" is a must.

[@KennethStFire]

I love, love, love everything from them! I do have to say though that my VERY favorites are the covers of Imagine and Bohemian Rhapsody. Just killer period!

[@CaptiveReefSystems]

You MUST do a video on their cover of "The Sound of Silence".

[@calipidgious]

They have so much amazing music. Then you have Scott and Mitch Tenor and Baritone who have an offshoot group called SuperFruit. The beatboxer does sing and he has his own channel where he sings, loops, plays his cello and beatboxes. Sometimes all at once. Kevin Olusola is his name. Avi has his own solo channel and EP under Avriel and the Sequoias and Kristie also had a solo EP. They are fabulous together and on their own.

[@drieuxkoeppel4157]

I agree. And she’s KIRSTIN or KIRSTIE. Not *Kristie.

[@calipidgious]

@@drieuxkoeppel4157 A typo is zero reason to be rude to people. Maybe if you capitalize the entire thing I'll get it. PTX fans have a rep as being friendly but overbearing and it's crap like that that creates that rep.

[@jovanac.7473]

You should check out more of Pentatonix, Mary did you know or maybe Imagine.

[@HITBEEE]

You should do more of these videos :)

[@outro9591]

OMG YOU ACTUALLY TOOK MY RECOMMENDATION IM JSKFKFKFF

[@joannhempen8210]

Just found your channel!!! Loved & Subbed♥️

[@valariebrown3768]

It would be interesting to know what you think of the Daft Punk medley (they won a Grammy for arranging) and the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (another Grammy). Kevin has a lovely voice, and we do not get to hear it as often as we would prefer. I feel Kevin's best work is on Imagine, but a reaction to that one would be blocked in the US for copyright reasons, so don't bother with that. Just enjoy it, like the rest of us do! Avi has some new solo work out now, and if you dig a solid low bass check out Home Free, a US Country a Capella group. You won't be sorry!

[@creesPV]

Please do more pentatonix!! Pretty much any video you watch is gonna be amazing for you to analyse!

[@abbyriddle8455]

Hello! Just subscribed because I love your reactions to Pentatonix videos. Waiting anxiously for another one! If you want to hear some of Mitch's crazy tenor notes, try Bohemian Rhapsody. He sings the lead on the song, and I love that he doesn't copy Freddie, but instead sings in his own sweet quality. It's a work of art. Cheers!

[@livd5337]

You should definitely react to a more upbeat song because you’ll realize they are capable of basically every genre every. A good video to represent that is their evolution of music video which is one of the most viewed video on there channel, and it is really amazing and impressive.

[@MelanieBush1989]

please do more of them!!

[@happyplacehomesteaddannac9120]

Amazing Grace, my chains are Broken.... you hear Kevin sing and has new bass member.

[@madeleinerenee8505]

It’s cool to hear a coach react more to the base or lower registers. You never really hear that and I’ve learned a lot even tho I’m a soprano 2 myself😅 thanks for the content!

[@austenfreeman5905]

You should react to Home Free. I recommend “Ring of Fire”. They do that song with Avi. They also have a bass singer who sings just as low if not lower.

[@tararocksong5085]

Yeah Tim Foust is great with the bass.

[@emmyjemmy4208]

i am watching this on christmas eve

[@lindamorris3149]

Loved your reaction, well thought out. I think you would really like to hear Avi singing Lion Sleeps Tonight - he does it by throat singing two notes at once.

[@Launibu]

Ptx Mary did you know or Say Something please. Oh and the First Noel is beautiful

[@edsartistry]

Carl, I have listened to several of your vocal reaction videos on the Pentatonix group and really love what you have to say. I think you are doing a great job breaking these songs down. Have you listened to Pentatonix's Little Drumer Boy? I would love to hear what you have to say on this one.

[@MarcusH]

I don't know if you've seen it, but Mary Did You Know by PTX is truly amazing as well.

[@scottweller860]

You should check out Pentatonix version of Imagine and Bohemian Rhapsody. You'll hear all members singing.

[@blossoms256]

I got to see them live in 2015, they were amazing! Hope you react to more of them, I'd suggest Bohemian Rhapsody.

[@Karenlowry1]

Ok, the next one you should react to is their brand new version of Sound of Silence. Their new bass singer, Matt, is with them and it's phenomenal! I'd love to hear what you think of it.

[@PapaBushka]

i find the alteration to the melody that they do in the beginning quite interesting. The harmonies and "round" trhey begin around the 3:40 mark feels very middle ages. Lasty, I enjoyed your "vocal coach" approach to discussing their performances (but that may be the former vocal student in me enjoying the talk about placement and such.)

[@panc3891]

Do bohemian rhapsody by pentatonix next! So beautiful

[@neta012]

I love your reactions to Pentatonix and I look forward to seeing more. On another note, I don't know if you meant to do this but it was so cool how your ending sounded just like a guitar lol

[@thegreatseer4473]

Carol of the bells cover by pentatonix is awesome!

[@jamesheinrich5338]

You should check out all of Pentatonix songs! Especially Radioactive with Lindsey Stirling

[@Keixer]

These are great reviews. Has he done any on Home Free. Great group with outstanding voices. Sure to bring up the view count.

[@sherryhall3635]

The Sounds of Silence...

[@thatguy_5240]

PTX - Love Again. That's the best example of Avi's lower range, and Kevin's beatboxing ability.

[@IttzMawi]

There’s a lot of stuff from PTX to react Imagine, Bohemian Rhapsody, Mary did you Know, A ha live at Singapore, Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, Making Christmas or God Rest ye Merry Gentlemen

[@Ice_Karma]

I realize they might be outside your wheelhouse, but have you heard any of Home Free's covers?

[@jessicastine2217]

love your pentatonix reactions! you should check out their cover of “imagine” next! if you want to see the vocal magic love you should watch “aha! live at the star vista” it’s one of the first videos that will pop up!

[@Jayyy.473]

Listen the pentatonic version of carol of the bells

[@lorraine4786]

You should listen to some singing videos from Superfruit which is two members from pentatonix

[@MychelleCollier]

Would love to hear you comment on Pentatonix come along and or Bohemian Rhapsody. They do an outstanding job on both

[@chrisbovington9607]

You NEED to hear their version of The Sound of Silence.

[@alexx385]

React to Superfruit’s Hip Hop Goes Broadway please!! It’s the side channel of Scott and Mitch from Pentatonix

[@quiltie1774]

Home free has an awesome super bass too

[@inspiredimpression]

Their cover of Gold by Kiara is a fantastic listen and was done live, they actually have several fantastic live cover recordings as well as plenty of other songs that show off all their talents

[@Waleska0413]

You should also listen to Voiceplay, specially the ones they sign with Rachel Potter. They are amazing too.

[@daarianaharis]

do more Pentatonix!!!

[@elven4648]

If you want a really pretty song do their lullaby Light in the Hallway. Also watch their origins from the series the sing off

[@jamesayers5182]

Try the version of this done by the group Prelude, this is my favourite.