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

Arranger: Aaron Dale

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Pitch Perfected: A cappella at the AXIS
July 6, 2017 | Axis Theater | Las Vegas, NV

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[ielts]

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

[bittybaff]

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."

[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"

[aaronbixby]

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

[robkline]

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.

[HaydnG]

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

[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

[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.

[Barberfrog]

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

[Hans-gkbs]

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

[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

[PM-gtmh]

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.

[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!

[spoonstruck]

This song is my main source of serotonin

[TrueRomancer]

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.

[tshddx]

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

[sarahmcgoodwin]

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

[hwwfesq]

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

[LukeLantern]

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

[EllieTF]

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