Ringmasters - Notre Dame Medley **REMASTERED AUDIO**

Pitch Perfected: An Evening of Vocal Music
Presented by the Barbershop Harmony Society and the Association of International Champions
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[@9ielts]

It's tradition to come back here every once in a while

[@maxh7278]

Literally lmao

[@filo1k]

every month at least

[@SuperbFairy]

agreed, this is still the best barbershop performance I've seen, adore it

[@brianj959]

So many times. So. Good.

[@naimmahboubi89]

Same... and I was in the audience that day. There was audience seating behind the champions, so I'm actually back behind the quartet. can't see me in the video, but I remember being there and not realizing how often I would be coming back to watch this.

[@bittybaff3541]

Shared this with a choir friend like "Dude, you need to see this, these guys are incredible!"and his reply was just : "Oh, I know. I was there."

[@8lecs3rdacc7]

Oh my goodness! This would have been so cool to witness it in person

[@phrog5471]

Little do you know he was in the quartet

[@renalazuardi3512]

huge flex 😂

[@kl0vi]

LUCKY

[@ihavetwofaces]

I'd have asked for his autograph.

[@ihavetwofaces]

Parents: "what do you want to be when you grow up?" Me, a 30 year old: *points at the man with the funny hair and the voice that can do anything* "that"

[@urielespinoza1899]

He looks like the “Stop comparing me to Chicken Little” guy

[@waterbe3564]

@@urielespinoza1899 yup

[@kyfetrombetta3691]

What's his name tho

[@burgundy6933]

@@kyfetrombetta3691 going from left to right, Emanuel, Martin, Jakob, and Rasmus

[@chaplainmattsanders4884]

😂

[@TrueRomancer04]

To anyone coming back to experience this magic again: blessed be. To anyone coming to experience this for the first time: Hold onto your butts.

[@redravenrages6321]

Amen.

[@ThatProverbs31Girl]

Before: I'm holding on After:😮 I'm not even here!! Omg I love hunchback so much

[@aaronbixby9703]

As a baritone, I can say we don't tend to be the life of the party... This one nailed it, incredible.

[@typicalfurry2747]

Like a viola. Everyone makes fun of baritones

[@aaronbixby9703]

@@typicalfurry2747 except Viola's don't nail it normally 😜

[@typicalfurry2747]

@@aaronbixby9703 ooh. Good one

[@quadZ_z]

The unicorn of barbershop.. a bari post!

[@9volt65]

As a baritone, I can say...we don't really get invited to *sing at* any parties, either. :(

[@Hans-gk7bs]

My friends: what’s your favorite song? Me: it’s complicated

[@lloydreedjr6910]

Im the exact same way💯😄

[@ymirssons]

me too likes avril lavigne. but this better.

[@Applebutter52]

It's simple

[@silva29]

It's 2024 I'm watching this for the first time and I find myself clapping at the end of the performance. Amazing.

[@TheTivec]

I am watching this for the… I don’t know how many times I’ve seen this over the years and I STILL smile widely at that tag.

[@HaydnG266]

The bass in barbershop quartets always look unique, you can tell usually just by looking which one is the bass.

[@matthewrandell5055]

Whut

[@rutenogueira423]

true hahaha

[@HaydnG266]

@@matthewrandell5055 I mean, if I discover a new barbershop quartet, I can usually tell just by looking which one will be the bass.

[@adamschmidt6386]

That's bassist

[@iceempoleon5471]

Adam Schmidt racist bassist?

[@Barberfrog]

I'm finally glad to see people realize that Hunchback has a great soundtrack.

[@SueDNim]

I'm off to rent it right now!

[@alphasia91]

It’s Alan Menkin’s master work, really.

[@Barberfrog]

@@alphasia91 Couldn't agree more! His finest work in my opinion, and it's even my favorite film soundtrack of all time!

[@matthewlamb5380]

Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz together! The most underrated musical, for sure. Brilliant musical and a brilliant performance.

[@davidwickline9710]

I think the first ten minutes or so which this medley is taken from as well as the judge’s song about sin or something are good as you say, but the rest of the songs make the movie hard to watch despite that

[@ckblackwoodmusic]

There's no punch line to it; this is one of the best barbershop performances in the history of the institution. Quasimodo himself shedding a tear even comes to mind

[@theenergetichopecat7006]

Quasi would be so proud! him Shedding tears watching this comes to mind. He would be crying because he’s so touched that his story is getting some recognition finally. He would love it and he would want to start singing.

[@Just_Sara]

That's no exaggeration. It's kind of bent space and time a little bit.

[@ymirssons]

But does Frollo sheds a tear too?

[@ckblackwoodmusic]

@@ymirssons Now THAT would have been a better line than mine ('even Frollo shed a tear')

[@antmess9789]

I was shedding lots of tears.

[@croup007]

Notre DAMN!

[@risingaurayt9174]

Sit down

[@guywithaguitar1827]

Now succ

[@ezjaz5]

Nothin like a good pun, am i right? Haha...

[@jeffcrowder4537]

This should be the MOST liked comment

[@bethbroadwaydeconstruction]

The perfect octave between the lead and the bass at 6:00 is one of the most satisfying things I've ever heard in my life

[@laceandribbonsviolin]

Me too!

[@yuvalne]

And he holds that note for 20 seconds!

[@Snookbone]

The bass does hit it a few cents sharp but it settles

[@nathansachse6676]

It gives a whole new meaning to 'perfect' 8ve

[@nmcdonaldbari]

@@Snookbone Fun thing about barbershop! It's sung out of tune on purpose. Look it up!

[@robkline6809]

Check out 2:36 - the guys at either end raise their hands and hold perfectly still - just like the gargoyles on the outside of Notre Dame. And it creates a mini-cathedral for Quasimodo to begin his solo. Flat out brilliant.

[@lloydreedjr6910]

Woww i never peeped tht! Youre amazing for seein tht.

[@robkline6809]

@@lloydreedjr6910 Thanks - the performance was already jaw-droppingly good - and this just adds to it! :-)

[@julien_mglhs]

good catch!

[@BarbershopHarmony]

👀

[@georgeebberson6]

I must have watched this hundreds of times by now, and never noticed that. Truly one of the greatest performances ever, their attention to detail is astonishing!

[@austinjohnson7769]

5:08 is probably the best thing I've ever heard

[@fstezaws]

I've participated in and listened to barbershop for well over 25 years, and attended to two different international competitions in person. This is peak barbershop, without question. It's almost sad to think it could never get better than this, all while marveling every time I listen to it. No other group or performance comes close to me in terms of tonal quality, harmonic perfection, timbre balance across each voice, visual presentation, and arrangement. This is THE BEST of all of it. I get chills watching this every. single. time. I think this recording is actually even better than the groups recording on Spotify!

[@niamhoconnor8986]

Yep, it's still insane. Probably come here a hundred times, but it's just as mindblowing every single time

[@LukeLantern]

That 22 second long tag at the end gives me full body shivers every damn time. Bravo, you freaking madlads.

[@anopirsten7565]

Try the Rural Route 4's "Yes Indeed" You will not be disappointed

[@chrisspear1073]

Pretty much any song by vocal spectrum

[@antmess9789]

Which 22 second long tag? The first one or the second one? 😝

[@chewy-productions]

So nice to have a baritone take the lead for a portion of the song! I think this medley shows how the baritone plays a critical role completing the chords and sound of barbershop

[@abydosianchulac2]

I don't have my headphones with me, but my phone had stereo speakers, so I covered up the right side to isolate him more. And, well, I mean...wow. Not just execution and quality, but that sounds like an incredibly fun part to sing (definitely not suffering from alto syndrome here!).

[@NessBlock]

Be amazed even more and listen to "Take on Me - After Hours". Their baritone is crazy good there

[@tshddx]

It's so much fun following the baritone part with headphones. He is absolutely all over the place.

[@MadisonHasty]

Thomas Shaddox I've practically learned the bari just by listening

[@jgkane5996]

There is an arrangement for this song on the bhs website

[@felixgunter4180]

Hector Garza Where? Can you post a link?

[@jesusthroughmary]

The bari is what turns acapella singing into barbershop. It is the true art of the art.

[@sladreamer]

Isn't that what a baritone does?

[@archangeldad2007]

Let’s give some serious credit to the tenor in this group. I’ve seen comments on the lead, baritone and bass (here and in other vids of the same performance) but none of them would shine quite as brightly if there wasn’t someone covering the upper register for those harmonies.

[@MoominJude]

@archangeldad2007 indeed, he has some funky stuff going on if you isolate his part, a lot of lower chest voice,then flying up to falsetto and that end chord ,well he makes it ultra spectacular.

[@markw3598]

@@MoominJude LOL, Who said that was falsetto, ?????????? It wasn't, THAT is a FIRST TENOR!!!!!!

[@MoominJude]

@Mark W I was referring to the gentleman far right, he is the tenor. The lead hits a chest high post, which also makes him a tenor, is that what you meant?

[@ryanmajka885]

@@MoominJude It's a weird thing with barbershop, Bass/Bari/Lead(tenor 2)/Tenor. I think Mark is saying that The Tenor is using his chest voice for his part and possibly claiming that he's a Counter-Tenor which wouldn't need falsetto to hit these crazy high notes. However, he's not a Counter tenor and was actually the lead (tenor 2) when they won the championship, which makes the arrangement of parts much more confusing.

[@ihavetwofaces]

Also he's stupid hot.

[@unamericano]

6:18 the man on the left covering his face is such a reaction. This performance is simply one of the best I've EVER witnessed. The arrangement, the voices, the performance, all of it is a exemplary form of the art.

[@BarbershopHarmony]

Everybody sitting behind them is a champion. So, when you put champions in awe of the power... yeah. The reaction you pointed out is all that needs to be said.

[@Antilles1974]

That man is Kipp Buckner. He is a THREE TIME Barbershop International Quartet Champion.

[@unamericano]

@@Antilles1974 There's something to be said for immaculate execution of a skill or performance. He just so happened to say it with his hand and face.

[@Catholic17]

He did that because of that Ritardando that Martin did, that Is a ginormous ritardando

[@aloysiuskurnia7643]

@@Catholic17 or, as some other comments said, "that was the *_fattest_* rit"

[@Tasisingsstuff]

We appreciate a sOLID BARITONE IN THIS FAMILY

[@MoominJude]

Landon Bradford I agree ,Rasmus certainly is and very versatile, but he’s singing tenor here. Emanuel is singing baritone.

[@angeloshenan1509]

Am I the only one who thinks this Baritone looks and sounds so much like an older version of Jackson in Newfangled four? I strongly feel that!

[@Playak550]

That man held that note for 22 seconds. Incredible!

[@oscargill423]

Everyone else is praising their voices, so I'll take this opportunity to praise how into it they clearly are. Their stances are always so enthusiastic and they bob all over the place (especially the lead holy moly dude do musical theatre already lol), it's so fun to watch. On top of that, unlike other medleys I've heard, this one is actually smoothly-transitioning and seems to follow a narrative, making it far more enjoyable to listen to in my personal opinion. Great performance! (Edit: Sorry for the confusion, I called the Baritone the Lead because he sings the melody a lot of the time)

[@anopirsten7565]

Being into your act isn't a special thing, especially for Barbershop performers. All the finalists are always into their performances, though I mainly stick to the old stuff rather than the new 2000's stuff so maybe it's changed but I don't think something like that would change.

[@wren_l7409]

IKR it’s amazing also btw the one that moves around a ton (i assume you’re talking about the blonde one on the far left) is the baritone jsyk haha

[@dinascharnhorst6590]

That was the Baritone.

[@oscargill423]

@@dinascharnhorst6590 Ah my bad... not sure how I mixed that up, I'm pretty sure I knew... oh well

[@the0therethan]

I’ve seen acapella groups move like this in live performances but I think it’s so they can stay together, since there’s no conductor. Instrumentalists simply look at each other for queues but (as far as I know) singers tend to use their hands and while bodies because they’re trained to read music with solfieggetto (do re mi fa etc) hand symbols when they sight read, and then transition it into a more conductive & dance like nature

[@西園寺やきしゃも]

I’m Japanese student studying English so I cannot understand what they say well. But I can find that their sang is so Beautiful.

[@Firefly07]

I’m an American learning Japanese in school but I still don’t know enough to listen to Japanese songs. I sang one once though.

[@user-le3lw8ke3z]

part of it wasnt in english:D

[@esteban_osman]

Well you know some very good English!

[@Anya-mr9mc]

some of it is in latin, so don't worry about understanding all of it :)

[@Mooderge]

The Quartet is from Sweden, so if you have trouble understanding it, it's because you're listening to English with a heavy accent, that is hard for even some English speakers to understand.

[@cademcnew5922]

A nice set of headphones and this is easily the greatest audio recording in existence

[@gradygal81]

YESS THIS IS TRUE

[@richzarria]

It blows my mind. I really enjoy it on my phone, but this works only because I have heard it *so many times* on my headphones and I am able to fill in the gaps. It never gets old :)

[@thutoeugenekeletso2375]

I love this barbershop quartet and also the Avatar orchestra from the alien movie🔥🔥🔥

[@EllieTF2]

I love how everyone laughs when they do the tag for the 2nd song and then go back and finish the first song tag.

[@weirdart1]

Lflftdtcgxdgg.tf$4/:))(;4;. Frrazfuiiygkgjkdnhipifyduksmuytusyrsbz Jhstkyerumrulnnjtw

[@lifeontheledgerlines8394]

Did you see Theo Hicks in the background then? All the other champs thought it was funny as well.

[@Eli_L_Levy]

And when they do that, they had to make the last tag even more grand. They were completely successful

[@Hanfgurkenhasser]

6:00-6:20 holy shit how long he could sustain that high note. Impressive and mind-baffeling. Overall perfect pitch, not a single tone felt out of place, great chemistry and harmony you guys got running there!

[@Callsign_Axel]

thankyou for pointing out how long he held that note. I never even noticed it 0.0 :)

[@SilverFox0784]

I’m just running out of breath listening to him

[@ericthered169]

Hanfgurkenhasser and he only had 30 seconds to recover from the last sustain during the fake tag at 5:19-5:36!

[@ivaeradon4570]

As a "casual singer" I've been able to hold that first high note and been happy about it (it'd never stack up); but holy cow, that second high note is mind-boggling. It sends chills down my spine.

[@cba45678]

@@ericthered169 30 seconds that he spent the whole time singing during... The guy is incredible!

[@duskmallow]

Whoever arranged this is a genius. (I read the description, the genius is Aaron Dale) And they are the perfect quartet to pull it off. What I wouldn't give to be there...

[@tomnobleiv6917]

I was. It was SHATTERING !!!!!!

[@unamericano]

I was just thinking that! Like, the performers are obviously sublime, but the arrangement itself is absolutely out of this world good.

[@the0therethan]

Where are the original songs from?

[@veerjd]

@@the0therethan it's the soundtrack of The Hunchback of Notre Dame

[@3RacoonsInATrenchCoat]

Haha of course it was Aaron Dale

[@jonathanskipper9287]

my mom: what kinda music are you into these days? me: it's... uh... it's complicated...

[@PM-gt9mh]

6:16, the tenor on the far right turns, with his very last note, a dark minor ending into an enlightening major. Fantastic. Look at the guy sitting just to the right with the green shirt... He immediately recognizes that this is something outstanding and nods to full approval of what he just witnessed. And can't stop grinning.

[@talexb]

All the folks sitting on the risers are past gold medal winners, and I'm guessing they can't even believe what they're seeing and hearing. If there was ever any doubt that Ringmasters could have won a gold medal, this performance clearly puts it to bed. A stunningly good performance.

[@theadventuresofsam4738]

That guy in the green shirt was my high school choir teacher! Phenomenal!

[@PM-gt9mh]

@@theadventuresofsam4738 Very cool!

[@ZackDunda]

@@talexb Why would there be any doubt? They did win a gold medal.

[@HTCaveman]

@@ZackDunda he means that if anyone doubted theyd win, this performance would change their mind. You probably misread it

[@victorhughes8251]

I've lost count how many times I've watched this. Still here 2018

[@Polar_beauty]

Victor Hughes SAME

[@ivaeradon4570]

SAME!

[@Hanfgurkenhasser]

Still my absolute favorite performance when it comes to Barbershop and it always leaves me behind as a wreck, simply because I cannot suffer the beauty of it. Absolutely stellar.

[@jesusthroughmary]

2019

[@keunheelee25]

YES still in 2020!!

[@sarahmcgoodwin5911]

Favorite parts (edited because I mixed up some of their vocal parts, partially because I didn’t know lead was a vocal part in barbershop): 0:24 bass’s first D2 (C#2? My internal middle C is tuned to like A415 lol) 0:45 descending chords on “Notre Dame” & the imagery of the big bells & little bells 1:31 “Kyrie Eleison” 1:44 the simple but stunning open 5th on “Quasimodo” 1:50 “Dies irae, Dies illa” - LOVE the ominous tone to emphasize Frollo’s religious hypocrisy 2:33 the outside singers’ hands freezing in gargoyle claws is GENIUS 3:00 the chords created by the bass pedal - *chef’s kiss* 3:10 from here to the start of the chorus I just LOVE the bass line so much 3:22 bass note on “high” - also the fact that it’s such a low note and the word is “high” always makes me chuckle 3:41 beautiful chords & resolution 4:05 love how everyone has independent backing harmonies 4:15 THE TONE SHIFT- this might be my favorite part 4:29 flawless key change, & love the tenor’s high note on “there” 5:00 LOVE how the bass leads everyone into the chords in this section 5:16 Lead’s 1st long note- if you count “out” as part of it (which I do because it’s on the same breath), he holds this E for 19 seconds 5:30 the bass sliding down!!! 5:50 the subtle key change during “bells, bells,” so they end in A 6:00 Lead holds the final A for 20 seconds less than a minute after holding a note for 19 🤯 6:09 the final resolution. No words necessary! This is probably my favorite video on the entire Internet, if that wasn’t already clear haha

[@ianpfaffenberger1680]

you actually have the lead and baritone flipped believe it or not. The baritone, Emmanuel Roll, takes the melody for the first half of the song while the lead, Jakob Sternberg, holds the high E and A and all the other stuff in the second half. However I completely agree, almost every measure something interesting is happening in this song that’s why it’s one of my favorites.

[@sarahmcgoodwin5911]

@@ianpfaffenberger1680 Well, “lead” isn’t a vocal part, and I’d argue that if anything the two of them are dual leads in this arrangement (though Stenberg certainly has the principal lead, I won’t argue that), but my apologies for getting their vocal parts wrong - this is the only song of this group’s I’ve ever heard, so my impression of their ranges was based entirely around how they came across to me in this one arrangement haha

[@jameswest7578]

I can’t even express my amazement. I listen to this all the time. It’s truly inspiring and a testament to human innovation. They are absolute artists.

[@thedarkangel613]

@@sarahmcgoodwin5911 The part names are more because of the style they are singing. its barbershop so it goes bass, baritone, lead then tenor. lead doesn't necessarily mean melody in barbershop so it gets confusing. so when Ian is referring to parts it specifically based on that. but any other setting you'd more than likely be right

[@critbard]

You can tell that this arrangement is also inspired by the studio cast recording of the Hunchback musical! The musical includes the Kyrie Eleison & Dies Iræ, Dies Illa sections!

[@AmbersDaintyBush]

Came for the hair, stayed for the talent

[@nevertoocoldforicecream3381]

WELL WHAT A GREAT TIME TO BE RECOMMENDED THIS

[@samuelsummers8385]

Hunchback of the Not there anymore?

[@spoonstruck]

This song is my main source of serotonin

[@anthonyz6913]

SAAAAAME! I just found this, and I’m just listening to it on repeat

[@thomasowen-2603]

🤣🤣🤣 ONE HUNDRED PERCENT SAMEEE

[@siwelmailliw]

This is the number one absolute best barbershop performance ever done and my mind will never be changed. I KEEP LISTENING TO IT. I’ll come back to it then listen to the last 2.5 minutes of the song over and over and over and over and I can’t get enough. Untouchable. Unbeatable. THE OVERTONES IN THE LAST NOTE. I die every time. And somehow am more alive every time.

[@nadivkaspi6211]

I agree! This is easily one of the cleanest performances ever, but combine that with just how GODDAMN ridiculous this arrangement is and it easily takes the cake. I can't imagine a better performance, but I'd love to be proven wrong in the future :)

[@rogerdotlee]

Yep, I think Kip Buckner's 'Oh My GOD' facepalm speaks volumes. Even after all this time, I still get goose bumps just listening to this.

[@ameyer3408]

rogerdotlee I think he was wiping tears away.... I sure do most every time.

[@kippb]

Oh yeah, it was crazy awesome

[@alexrodriguez7883]

the amount of joy that the chord at 4:52 gives me is inexplicable

[@Terra654]

That build up to those three chords is what I live for.

[@Kitanaoren]

I literally come back every night, the part where they sing "Out there" I swear I've felt that all my life, I've felt every word ever since I first seen this movie, and even more in their rendition

[@Lasse3]

6:09 As the bass descends towards his final *A2* , pay attention to the scale sung by the bass, *F3 - E3 - A2* , which of cource is a minor scale! This scale combined with the *E4* and *A4* sung by the baritone and lead foreshadows the final harmony as being a "dark" minor chord. Then right as the bass hits his final note, the Tenor (guy furthest to the right) steps in to save the day, shifting his *B4* into a *C#5* , which in turn completely changes the structure of the entire harmony from a minor to a perfect major. Had the tenor simply stuck with the *B4* , it wouldn't have been a happy ending! Instead a somewhat apocalyptic ending. This is musically speaking a true silver-lining, leaving us with a sense that in the end, light prevailed over darkness. And all it took was for a Tenor to go up two half-steps.. This is by far the greatest barbershop tag I've ever heard!

[@DavidSpecialis]

Far right is the tenor

[@Swaggner2013]

Tuii hey pal, baritone is on far left, then the bass, then the lead, then the tenor. the guy that belts full voice for 20+ second is almost always the lead. barbershop parts aren’t really determined by the texture of the vocal part

[@Lasse3]

@@Swaggner2013 I have corrected my comment. I was misled by Ringmasters own website, it says the guy who holds the long note is their Tenor.

[@allanwebb2985]

@@Lasse3 When Ringmasters won, they were singing in a configuration with Rasmus on lead and Jakob on tenor. More recently, Rasmus and Jakob have routinely switched parts, and in this performance were swapped.

[@Lasse3]

@@allanwebb2985 Thank you for clarifying! 😁

[@savbelle8521]

THE KEY CHANGE!! THE HARMONIES!!! THE FREAKING BELTS!!! ARE U KIDDING ME . literally the best performance i’ve ever watched.

[@coleyblossoms1051]

Literally😭

[@MeMyandI-x1d]

Legend has it he's still holding that note

[@BrandyLSlater]

Ever wandering around the web and then remember this performance and get sucked back in to watching it on repeat for hours? No? Just Me?

[@SuperGamli]

Of course I know him, he´s me.

[@boi8412]

Convinced the bass's sequence from 04:49 is what takes this to another level

[@HowardRoarkBR]

Today is march 26th, 2020, 11th day of the COVID19 quarantine - I now watch this video at least 3 times everyday

[@johnnymoore5915]

Same

[@benreynolds3279]

Luiz Armando same

[@wesleytremmel6290]

today is august 6th day whatever of covid yaddayadda... replayed the tag(s) a dozen times, there is a life force within good barbershop music... let it feed you...

[@rustythebard]

Same

[@calebmccracken2133]

Still going strong?

[@SkillsofAWESOMENESS]

Anybody else notice how the lead looks really light headed 6:22. Thats what an A for 30 seconds straight will do to you.

[@fezzik7619]

Or that’s what he wants you to see

[@owenandmzee]

Apparently his record as a post is 52 seconds.

[@intelati49]

First 5:15 of video. The single best song I have heard to date. Last 40 seconds. ***Complete brain shutdown*** Absolute insanity in vocal form

[@henryparks1671]

Their group stance in the tag is physically powerful. It feels like a large, imposing wall of sound coming crashing forward in the most delightful way. I love how in this quartet you can watch a member and isolate their part, and understand just how the pieces fit together and how the song is just wonderful. Excellent job, this is my favorite barbershop piece for so many reasons.

[@mindCAKE]

what kind of sorcery is this? I just heard it for the first time and cried because it's just too good to be true. My ears are blessed right now. Thank you.

[@nibbletman]

This song has kind of ruined the rest of Barbershop for me. It's just too good. Nothing else comes close.

[@ryanprice4970]

Highly reccomend listening to masterpiece. Their bass singer is phenomenal

[@curtisgillespie2685]

The Tennessee Waltz by Masterpiece is my favorite bass singer performance but this, by far, is my favorite barbershop performance. Their timing is impeccable, the notes are 99% perfect, but it's the false tag that gets me. It was so well done and the crowds reaction just adds that much more to it.

[@Lasse3]

@@ryanprice4970 you mean, their bass singer has a specially deep voice. That will only get them so far, to my taste, all their compositions are boring, " broke down and cried " with the B1, was sick yes, but that's all it is. What we adore about this "Bells of Notredame" is the composition itself, and yeah what a delivery, but when Ringmasters sings boring compositions, i don't like them either. In fact this is the only song they've performed i enjoy. I sing 2nd Bass in a classical choir singing in 8 voices, we sing mostly in Latin, classical music, We've sung Brahms requiem, Mozarts Requiem, O Fortuna etc etc, but sometimes we have to sing something that doesn't sound good, the composition is bad, and then we sound "bad" because the music is bad. This Notredame composition is a masterpiece in itself, that's why the performance is *That* Good!

[@matthiaskopp9305]

Try Vocal Spectrum

[@ArcAngellErzengell]

I really love "A cottage for sale" by The New Fangle Four

[@Cuda52774]

I've only watched this 14K times. It never ever gets old.

[@bornifacengandu873]

October, 2024 and I'm still here

[@Jakeroo767]

Can we just appreciate Emmanuel's dancing and hand gestures. I guess you could say I'm BARI into it

[@silaswesters913]

I’ve never jumped to my feet so fast at the end of a performance as I did that night. Could not believe what I had witnessed. A moment that I’ll remember for the rest of my life.

[@DrewSmith-pm6ci]

One of my favorite things is when ever the baritone has the melody he stands so that his eyes are shadowed and it looks so ominous.

[@CatholicQuartet]

The greatest arrangement for one of the greatest quartets and the greatest performance. There is no other song quite as difficult and busy as this one. This is the culmination and climax of all barbershop.

[@Juanthemtg]

Words genuinely cannot begin to describe how much I love every second of this

[@virgilmacmanus7568]

"Every day they shout and scold and go about their lives, Heedless of the gift it is to be them..." The Quasimodo soliloquy is incredible, the melodic complexity and accompanying harmonies are immaculate

[@coleyblossoms1051]

Exactly! That was my favourite part

[@alightened]

6:16. Just in case you guys have listened to this 100 times and want something else to be impressed by... the gentleman on the far right jumps up like 9 million octaves to sync it perfectly right as a finishing touch. So beautiful

[@Tpdude046]

It was a whole step, but not any less incredible.

[@MoominJude]

Arcalithe it’s the icing on the cake for that last chord without a doubt

[@siwelmailliw]

Also what you might be hearing there is called an overtone which is a note not being physically sung but is a result of perfect tonation and harmony that produces one or two octaves up

[@fezzik7619]

9 million octaves or just a whole tone

[@mkwew]

What the hell did I just watched?! I just’ve shouted in amazement in the middle of a cafeteria!

[@lifeontheledgerlines8394]

Have no shame. It's happened to at least a few others who watched this vid.

[@sarahp6512]

What I wouldn't give to go back in time and hear this live....

[@BarbershopHarmony]

It was..... perfect.

[@BennehWennehDrumBoi]

@@BarbershopHarmony It still is

[@skipsdm]

Look...I'm no barbershop master. But I've listened to my fair share of Acoustix, Keepsake, Vocal Spectrum etc. This might be the greatest tag I've ever heard. Someone step up with a worthy argument against, if you dare...

[@carlaogden]

Where have I been? My God this is exquisite barbershop performance. I guess finding this in 2024 is better late than never 😂 BRAVO 👏🏼

[@mikelp72]

Periodically I randomly start playing this on the living room tv, the whole family stops what they are doing and comes to watch it. We back up the tag a few times, say how amazing it is, then go about our day.

[@itamarbar9580]

No matter what arrangement this soundtrack gets, this is the best disney soundtrack Alan Menken has ever written. Almost every song is harmonically interesting, the main character songs being powerful arias and The Bells of NotreDam being a tone poem of its own. Not to mention the singers being as in tune as I've ever heard.

[@shadyladysadie36]

The way he sings “vice and sin” makes me want to commit vice and sin.

[@lloydreedjr6910]

😂😂😂😂💯💯

[@redravenrages6321]

Me first!

[@kel3572]

i get goosebumps every single time i come back to this video

[@DannyFong]

Hands down the best barbershop quartet in existence! I could listen to these guys all day.

[@hamishcoles6201]

Love your work, Danny!

[@Timliu92]

Said by one of the best and most underrated acapella artists in KZbin himself! These guys are indeed world-class. I love your work, Danny!

[@davidhennigan8373]

Nothing to take away from the masterpiece these guys have created here (as if I could), but Danny, your Go The Distance was the first barbershop multitrack anyone ever showed me, was the first post I mastered to sing with a group, and it helped inspire a love of barbershop in me to this day! Thanks for ultimately helping get me to the point where I can now enjoy this as much as I absolutely do! I’m now fine-tuning these amazing posts as well, and I freaking love it!

[@DannyFong]

@@davidhennigan8373 that's so sweet

[@Jdkieddj]

When will another group be as incredible as this? Rasmus the perfect lead/tenor, Martin the perfect melodic bass, Jakob the true tenor who can take over any song, and one of the best baritones to ever exist with such a dominant range, Emanuel.

[@RandyBakers]

Second from right dude holds that note for aaaages. Unbelievable stuff.

[@markw3598]

He is the tenor, .................... left to right, Baritone, Bass, Tenor(What a diaphragm this man has!), First Tenor! I am here crying after that note hold in 2020 September.

[@ryanmajka885]

He earned the name Postmaster General for a reason. (In barbershop a held note like is called a Post.)

[@maxbehymer8535]

5:29 the way that chord just LOCKS into place oh my GOD

[@wringly]

When the bass drops 4 notes it sounds so good!

[@lloydreedjr6910]

I swear man! Love it 😄

[@jumphawk8836]

That bass at the end hit me in my soul

[@johnrogan6419]

The absolute pinnacle of Barber Shop singing.

[@alexanderc.4654]

Watching this on April 15th, 2019. Notre Dame burned today. The bells will ring again, and again, and will always be the soul of the city.

[@michaelvincent7115]

And money will be wasted fixing it instead of the problems caused by the catholic church in the first place as written in the book

[@jackofalltr4des]

Exactly one year later, the bells of Notre Dame are ringing again to commemorate last year's tragedy. May the soul of the city stand forever!

[@publiovirgilio2238]

@@michaelvincent7115 pathetic 😂

[@ayarammal1213]

This is insane human power

[@BarbershopHarmony]

IN. SANE.

[@quincejones687]

This is the greatest barbershop performance I have ever heard

[@Barbakoa]

My choir director and I are massive barbershop nerds and on a bus ride to a concert he asked what I was listening to and I happened to be listening to this, and he begins to brag that he watched them live.

[@renalazuardi3512]

gotta say, the tenor 1 really tied this group's voice together, with such a prominent baritone and loud bass. Overall a superb performance worth the title of champion 😍

[@leelandfartro7166]

The tritone at 6:09 is so good. It gives me chills every time I hear it.

[@coleyblossoms1051]

The counterpoint part from 4:07 is just slept on... such immense satisfaction when the parts merge together again in unison.

[@moniquethomas7516]

I'm no choir expert, but I did do band to know enough about music, and the way you can almost here more than 4 voices at the final chord at 5:35 shows you the chord was so in tune it RANG

[@Snookbone]

hear

[@oscargill423]

That is the result of something called septimal intonation (the more common term is just intonation, but here it's technically a little more complicated), where the pitches are tuned based on something called the harmonic series. Barbershop quartets use it all the time for that "ringing" quality.

[@Avstinato]

@@oscargill423 Yeah but there are so many perfectly tuned triads throughout this performance that just make it stand out more than others

[@oscargill423]

@@Avstinato Yeah definitely. Some Barbershop quartets definitely have better pitching than others. These guys are definitely on the better side.

[@ivaeradon4570]

I just cannot. Stop. Listening. Again. And again. And again. Morning in Paris...

[@old4134]

At seventy now I’ve done a lot of choral work over the years, and I happy proclaim that these fellows, and this arrangement, are so far over the top it’s practically unbelievable! Bravo indeed!

[@claraprincipe2739]

That bass slide has me in tears

[@doud1158]

Coming back regularly to hear this masterpiece of harmonies is always a pleasure for our ears and heart 😇

[@MoominJude]

I have watched this many times and it is the greatest barbershop performance I have ever witnessed. It’s not just the singing, but the performing too. Let’s not forget that this was live and in front of all those other champions and still they brought this. People on here may nit pick tiny tiny things, but this is about as close to perfection as is possible. It has gone down in barbershop history and rightly so.

[@brianj959]

Yes, for a live performance, no chance to do multiple takes, or cut takes together in the studio, or use auto tune, or blend by individual mic….just superbly crafted, practised, and performed on the day! And what material! Fabulous arrangement.

[@mackindle12345]

Martin is just a beast on bass!!

[@ralphmuehlenbruch6762]

As a bass, yes, I agree...Martin is a beast. His clarity and preciseness on the bass line is unmatched. What an anchor to have in your quartet.

[@ralphmuehlenbruch6762]

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[@ralphmuehlenbruch6762]

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[@NikoPorter]

Yes, he’s one of the best in my opinion. He’s got a huge range and he’s got a great tone. He’s done a low C on their Christmas album and he’s gone up way higher live. He’s one of my favorites for sure, tied with Chris Hallam and Dan Walz for me.

[@Viking4Christ]

Ralph Muehlenbruch I wouldn’t say unmatched.

[@PaulMartinTV]

It's the tenor's shift from the B up to the C#, and the bass' shift from the E down to an A, both at the same time in the last 2 beats at 6:16 that locks it in for me. The harmony at that point is unreal.

[@JacLDavies]

Possibly my all time favourite arrangement. Exquisite.

[@sammya7117]

I found this song as my introduction to barbershop, so all other performances have always come beneath it. Wish I'd experienced barbershop for a while before stumbling across this utter masterpiece.

[@Euphubabone]

I can not stop listening to this. And it's amazing as you listen more and more and really start to hear what everybody's doing.... the jump Rasmus does right before the last bar from chest to head voice... to not only nail that interval over the break, but to not naturally jump to Jakob's note right beside him posting into his ear for the last 10 seconds... what an ear!

[@madisonjester9207]

Watching as the majesty of the Notre Dame Cathedral goes up in flames.

[@bennyksmusicalworld]

The best a cappella performance I’ve heard - by some distance.

[@anopirsten7565]

For me it's gotta be The Gas House Gang's "Bright was the Night" for their 1992 performance

[@keithpennington8259]

I just have never seen anything better than this in all of my years of listening to and watching barbershop. I miss Martin. That guy carried that song so strong.

[@lloydreedjr6910]

Tht makes 2 of us brother

[@yoshuahariman]

after three years, this still remains one of the most impressive performances in barbershop history.

[@kristinm6612]

I cry every time I remember that this isn’t on Spotify 😭😭😭

[@nicholasrienstra3844]

You can add it to you Spotify by downloading the video and adding it to your local files, then you can add it to any of your playlists and listen on any device you have it downloaded on

[@Audileee]

Ringmasters said in their new album coming in the spring they will have Notre Dame. I mean it won’t have Martin, but it’s still good nonetheless

[@roccoisdaman]

It’s on now!!

[@jameslamb5953]

Fun weird voice leading thing for other nerds who watch this video way too much: In the first "tag" the bari and tenor resolve quite strangely but of course they make it sound easy because they're incredible. At 5:24 when they build that super dramatic chord- A#3-C4-E4-F#4 (that's Fi-Le-Do-Re for the solfege-inclined (listed ascending by voice part)) the bass resolves normally (Fi->Sol->Do//A#3->B3->E3), sliding into the tonic E Major chord. So, for the bari and tenor, one might expect them to resolve as follows: Bari: C4->B3 (Le->Sol), down a half-step Tenor: F#4->G#4 (Re->Mi), up a whole step Which would give us the classic 1-5-1-3 voicing on the tonic chord, with the added benefit of logical resolutions and voice leading. HOWEVER- what really happens is much more fun: Bari: C4->G#4 (Le->Mi), up an Augmented 5th Tenor: F#4->B4 (Re-Sol), up a Perfect 4th All done effortlessly and beautifully under the first of two majestic posts by the lead, we get a tonic voicing of 1-1-3-5//E3-E4-G#4-B4 (Bass-Lead-Bari-Tenor in this case), the tenor's high 5th giving us a screaming high tonic (E5) overtone even before the bass slides down to E3, AND THE SONG ISN'T EVEN OVER YET!! Truly and incredible arrangement and performance.

[@handalofelix6328]

this long notes guy is just a monster himself. Magnificent!!!!

[@karengilliland2439]

Still listening to this masterpiece in 2020. Miss the Ringmasters.

[@MoominJude]

Karen Gilliland did you watch their concert a few days ago?