VOCES8: Big Ben - Blake Morgan (Interactive Video)

For our #LiveFromHome offering today you have the chance to take part in a song with VOCES8, as Blake teaches his piece based on the chimes of Big Ben in London.

[@TheParkinsonsGym]

I am pretty sure you all could sing the score of pots and pans falling down concrete steps and it would sound beautiful.

[@izwrex5782]

I did this song with my choir this year, our clinician taught it to us the day before and told us that he was going to start the song at a random time in the concert and that we needed to be ready for it, needless to say it was one of the best pieces I’ve ever done, the clinicians name was Derrick Fox

[@oktavvv_3119]

omg we were in the same choir lol okcda was so fun

[@gtagamer3446]

OKCDA right? Dr. Fox was great

[@bryleecole]

I was in that choir this year and it was so fun

[@caydencecrawford8729]

so I guess we’re all here😂

[@ego7056]

I was in NDACDA and we did this too!

[@shawnhampton8503]

My mood got 1000% better listening to this. Thank you all!!!

[@keebearfull]

Ahhh, Thank you Voces8, for a wonderful Saturday morning smile. It helps chase covid8 x 2 + 3 blues away!

[@daphnelhunt]

I love the way the harmonies correspond to the harmonics that come out of tower bells. Thanks for the interactive session!

[@grimwriter7490]

This is such a cheerful and wholesome little tune. Thank you so much, Voces8; you all are a blessing. :)

[@Hando855]

I just smiled, so simple but so satisfying

[@morenamoor3410]

Thank you so much for your interactive Songs! I love to sing along with you!

[@playbachomi]

And as I was listening to this, near the beginning, the basilica across the street tolled 1:45 on Westminster Chimes melody!

[@adhyatmakartika9642]

i really like this 😂, please dont stop making interactive video like this. 😅

[@benjaminmoss5329]

Thank you, folks, loving your work. Adds a smile to my face in cloudy Berlin.

[@C79701]

Gorgeous! Love these sort of videos, along with the Bobby Mcferrin video, quality content. Thank you during this time!

[@Paustian2940]

It sound so great. It soothes my soul up. Brilliant work. 🌿

[@dianehensley5916]

Awesome thank you for the song

[@carolyneynon2242]

They ;make it look and sound so easy. so smooth, great acoustic, i want to sing there with CES!

[@clairekurdelak2913]

Delightful. I love all the songs you’ve been sharing lately, but especially these interactive ones. Great for the kids who can not meet in their choirs right now!

[@har7mony]

This is meditative, I like it so much. In German I´d say "traumschön". Thanks for all your effort!

[@RobinDoodles]

My choir class played this and I am loving it so much!

[@iljapanzer]

Wonderful, thanks so much for sharing

[@Laangli]

This made me so happy to experience. Also the fit between voices to parts was amazing.

[@bieneb1205]

Brilliant! Really enjoyable and uplifting. I've listened to this easily 30 times now :-)

[@daniellereid01]

I loved this. Well done, Blake! 🙂

[@rickharriss]

They are called (in the UK) Westminster chimes.

[@WigbertTraxler]

LOL :) Superb!!! What fun this is!

[@marshacarey1965]

Fantastic!

[@kristieroybal4888]

You guys are AWESOME! I LOVE these sessions. It so beautifully illustrates how the puzzle and art of music emanates from within.

[@tiagomarveira5707]

Uma aula de musicalidade e criatividade. Incríveis 👏🏻👏🏻💙💙🎶🎶🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@Gnanakrista]

Just love it!

[@grahamfjlaws6108]

The simplicity of this is deceptive. What a great bass line ! That last note of the first phrase is a good challenge for the untrained voice. The harmonies really bring out the overtones of bells!

[@josephrayos8080]

4:27 red riding hood having a good time. blake's A capella at its finest!

[@niedjatenorio7424]

Awesome!!

[@sled_dog]

Marvelous!!

[@brunoasencios99]

Love this

[@jennifercopley1626]

So much fun to sing along with.

[@Thundergod213]

I wonder what that cleaner in the upper left corner of the screen found of this beautifull piece (6:29)

[@jennifercopley1626]

Good pick up.

[@TheLincolnz]

That was fun! Thanks.

[@ilyasiliya234]

Super way to move the spirit and body.

[@mercedesfloresmilara865]

Que bonitoooo. Me encanta!💕💕🇪🇸

[@gerbadeblieck8473]

Wauw its much fun to sing with you all😍

[@davionhambrick8627]

Andrea started singing and I just melted.

[@adiakbarduan4640]

What a wonderful harmony ! Keep this interactive way further more. God bless Voces8

[@sergeykojoian610]

Learning how to mix instruments better by listening to you all 😁

[@wacawlubinski5218]

Cóż mam powiedzieć, jesteście WSPANIALI. Dziękuję.

[@christianpadilla4542]

Me gusta mucho lo que hacen!

[@jamesneilsongrahamloveinth1301]

It's not just the music, it's also the setting . . .

[@davidcatabui2018]

This is lit

[@pianoman20]

Very uplifting :)

[@christianheidenreich4096]

This hits my bell. :-)

[@jedrzejandos2063]

flower bells- thanks

[@stevenfromer3816]

Ah great fun

[@daltondsimivocalizziinstit5379]

I would love to see them perform the "Trenzinho Caipira" by Heitor Villa-Lobos.

[@abigaillopez4788]

So beautiful and funny. From México Abigail

[@mamasfeierabend9255]

Where can I get this as sheet music?

[@MastroTuruccio]

you are formidable

[@Siasske]

Can't ear what does he say after "Big Ben has got a tord" (4:00) =/

[@eggizgud]

"...is going to toll." The "DONGGGG DONGGGG..."

[@brina8cliffs]

💕 🇧🇷

[@bonnaud_dowell]

the end four chords make it devine

[@RubenBurvenich]

Great stuff! Blake says when the bell tolls you can sing any note besides the major 7th and the 'T'. What does the latter mean? The triton (#4)? Thanks!

[@eggizgud]

He said major seventh OR the 'ti', i.e. the 'ti' in "Do Re Mi".

[@phoeberose2046]

Do re mi far so la ‘ti’ do, as in the 8notes of a scale so ‘ti’ is the 7th

[@leslielittle6977]

Any note besides what??? Canadian here. No subtitles. Didn't get it. Kind of important . We ring the bells at our church twice during the service. Would really love to know what NOT to sing. lol Love this group .Totally amazing harmony and sync!

[@VOCES8]

Blake says 'you can pick any note in the key besides the major 7th or ti' -- major 7th referring to the diatonic 7th scale degree, or 'ti' for our many American friends who use the 'solfège' system (do re mi fa sol la TI do).

[@RubenBurvenich]

@@VOCES8 thank you! Of course 'ti', my bad. Around here we say 'si' :). Greetings from Belgium.

[@lsmaelalbavera1170]

¿Donde están los botones de me encanta youtube? 💙

[@Waldlaeufer70]

Sheet music for this great little gem: www.dropbox.com/s/upfln1zkieyyakd/Big%20Ben.pdf?dl=0 Sound file (mp3): www.dropbox.com/s/z0bf9e0365g2iz0/Big%20Ben.mp3?dl=0 Please Let me know if this is not okay.

[@ilyasivkov]

Big Ben? Or "Carillon de Westminster" :)

[@bobbyhendley3084]

ilyasivkov - Big Ben is located in Westminster at the houses of Parliment

[@Steff2929again]

​@@bobbyhendley3084 "Carillon de Westminster" is a well known organ composition, written in 1927 by Louis Vierne, organist of Notre-Dame in Paris. It is a cleverly thought out fantasia on the Westminster Chimes. Very joyous and inspiring. There are several good recordings here on KZbin.

[@Waldlaeufer70]

If the text was »Ding, dong, ding, dong - dong, ding, ding, dong«, there would be four bells. In your version, there are six. ;) However, I like it a lot! :)

[@olasamuel241]

My Sincere Apologies

[@stvp68]

he has a north american accent????

[@bethcrawford7427]

He's American!

[@bobbyhendley3084]

Never mind the song, Blake Morgan should marry me. lol

[@futurejapan_]

チャイム

[@hansenrumokoi4759]

six is ✋+✌...

[@blakemorgan6470]

Yeah, didn’t quite nail the finger-mathematics there, did I? Guess music was a better subject to pursue 😂 Good eye!

[@gayandorky]

He was counting in 4’s since they were in 4/4. 6 beats so he reset when he get to his fourth finger and got to 2

[@gayandorky]

Nope. Wait. I see it now. Never mind lol

[@migueldesertacortes1363]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Ben