if pop music was barbershop (FULL TRANSCRIPTION)

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if pop music was barbershop (FULL TRANSCRIPTION)

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Pop Songs Medley (2015) performed by Main Street arranged by Clay Hine: • Main Street - Pop Song...
Note about the key: The drift upward in pitch but I wrote it in what I'm pretty sure is the original key it's supposed to be in. Hope that clears up any confusion!
Edit: 2nd measure should be a G# in the lead.
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@ImMacke3000 Жыл бұрын

Barbershop has to be the most underrated music genre of all time, i genuinly dont see how you can NOT like it

@buckhorncortez Жыл бұрын

Yeah...everything today is somehow "underrated"...soon, I'll be hearing that the Grand Canyon is underrated as a hole in the ground...

@ImMacke3000 Жыл бұрын

@@buckhorncortez using the term "underrated" is in fact, underrated

@Msfifisquarepantz Жыл бұрын

It’s not under-rated. It’s not rated at all.

@22knightx Жыл бұрын

Because most of today's singers only know "harmoniser" pedals and auto tune

@kindaterriblegamer3605 Жыл бұрын

When I introduce my friends to barbershop, they always really enjoy it right until Vocal Spectrum holds the last chord for 20 seconds

@seyeruoynepotsuj Жыл бұрын

I LOVE that the modern song that they open with is heading on for a quarter of a century old already.

@tactileslut Жыл бұрын

and they second-to-end with one from about 40 years ago.

@garynordeen4296 Жыл бұрын

which one was that@@tactileslut

@laurag7295 Жыл бұрын

One needs to wait until the music is there to buy, not always fast, and then someone has to arrange it into barbershop!

@JScaranoMusic Жыл бұрын

Thriller was released 41 years ago, 32 years before All About That Bass.

@kaiyotee2475 Жыл бұрын

Wait is that a coyote profile picture? We are siblings in spirit.

@YoSpiff Жыл бұрын

"All about that bass" actually sounded right as a barbershop quartet.

@sherisouth5963 4 ай бұрын

Myron? Is that you?😂

@kenetickups6146 3 ай бұрын

Better than the original

@Acorn905 2 ай бұрын

I think Guess what fits the style pretty well too :D

@darrinrice367 Жыл бұрын

I've sung everything from hymns and classical to madrigal and modern music, and I can tell you categorically that this style is immensely technically difficult. It requires very strong vocal physiology, prefect pitch, a precise "ear" able to overcome acoustically variant venues... That these guys are able to make it look easy is testament to an extremely highly honed of skill and talent. SERIOUS PROPS.

@alistairwall5470 Жыл бұрын

(And they didn't even win this year)

@bragtime1052 8 ай бұрын

@@alistairwall5470they won in 2017 and once you win, your quartet can't compete anymore (though individual members can compete in other quartets).

@Dancestar1981 8 ай бұрын

They’re wonderful

@alistairwall5470 6 ай бұрын

@@bragtime1052Yes, I am aware. I meant they didn’t win in the year of the video, which was 2015.

@ginabalestracci140 4 ай бұрын

It doesn't require Perfect Pitch, but you need to listen like mad (the precise ear). My dad was heavily into competitive barbershop when I was a kid, so I've heard a LOT of it.

@AnneONeemass Жыл бұрын

I know a guy who has sung competitive barbershop. He's an amazing Tenor. Singing this level of barbershop is NOT easy. A lot of technique, skill, practice and talent on loan from God. It's a wonderful a fun musical art form.

@DonMachado Жыл бұрын

My dad had several quartets in the 50's and 60's and singing lead, went to international competition with two of them; The Statesmen placed 5th two years in a row, and The Wizards placed 9th. I loved being a barbershop family, we got to go and do so many things growing up.

@Msfifisquarepantz Жыл бұрын

It is fun. Harmony is a true gift from heaven

@ellaluna5514 Жыл бұрын

God!!! 😂😂😂

@KaylaMoont Жыл бұрын

My elementary music teacher was, and as far as I know, still is in a barbershop shop quartet, and he got top ten in a worldwide contest once, he was my favorite teacher

@ellaluna5514 Жыл бұрын

@@Michael-ho7iq 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

@ppheard1254 10 ай бұрын

2:09 Oops I Did It Again - Brittney Spears 2:25 Bye, Bye, Bye! - NSYNC 3:00 So What - P!NK 3:39 Uptown Funk - Mark Ronson ft. Bruno Mars 6:14 Poker Face - Lady Gaga 6:25 Moves Like Jagger - Maroon 5 6:31 All About That Bass - Meghan Trainor 6:43 Gangnam Style - PSY 6:53 Thriller - Michael Jackson

@1234cheerful Ай бұрын

Thanks!

@AathielVaDaath Жыл бұрын

People don't understand how hard some of these harmonies are... Fantastic work, performers

@kathleenking47 2 ай бұрын

The group, take 6, was 6 part harminies Of old spirituals

@lynndhering1218 Жыл бұрын

This was ear candy and comedy genius at the same time. I have to say thank you for random KZfaq scrolling because this popped up and absolutely made my afternoon! I can't wait to hear more. ❤

@jlidean3541 Жыл бұрын

The voice control along with the emotive performance is top, doing facial comedy and to sing at this level chefs kiss.

@unseelie63 Жыл бұрын

I was random scrolling as well and HAD to check it out.Worth it!

@brianaschmidt910 Жыл бұрын

Same

@snsnplpl Жыл бұрын

Then you will like 'Newfangled Four'

@lynndhering1218 Жыл бұрын

@@snsnplpl I'll be sure to check them out. Thank you for the recommendation. :)

@pickleballer1729 Жыл бұрын

These groups' harmony is always spectacular, and I love the fact that they can make fun of themselves.

@alexrivera5747 Жыл бұрын

I like how, even at the time, most of these weren't really modern songs.

@TrumpetMeta Жыл бұрын

They keep saying "20 years from now" and there's a 32 year gap between the oldest and newest song they include lol

@michaeltulus4582 Жыл бұрын

Tbf it kinda makes sense: in 15 years, people that's teen when the songs came out, will be parents of teenagers themselves (+ Thriller, but that song is ageless and there'll always be MJ fans whatever the age)

@VincentLowe Жыл бұрын

Seems like this was made about three or four years ago. The point is good. In the seventies, Happy Days was hot. In the 90s, the hit was That Seventies Show. That pattern recurs

@SonofSethoitae Жыл бұрын

Probably because this is from 2015

@user-dm1tv6nl2e Жыл бұрын

Believe that's by competition requirement

@TheKingofRome1 Жыл бұрын

I love all these transcriptions they make for incredible teaching aids

@terunja7 Жыл бұрын

These gents are perfection! I used to sing with Sweet Adelines. I was quite young (late teens) and musically nerdy, but was welcomed whole-heartedly. Difficult stuff, and also beyond fun. When you hear the overtones ringing, you know you've nailed it!

@EBThisThat Жыл бұрын

Their annunciation is incredible and their harmony is unreal ! Respect!

@kathrynmolesa1641 9 ай бұрын

Enunciation

@miriamrobarts 9 ай бұрын

@@kathrynmolesa1641 Well, my dictionary includes this "formal or archaic" definition: "the announcement of something", so technically it also applies.

@kathrynmolesa1641 9 ай бұрын

@@miriamrobarts 😅

@miriamrobarts 9 ай бұрын

@@kathrynmolesa1641 Always enunciate any annunciations. 🙃😄

@believingisseeing 7 ай бұрын

Youre deaf 😂

@jillforeman7369 5 ай бұрын

Barbershop is the frosted 4- tier - and -a- topper -wedding -cake -of vocal music.

@ApproximatelyCee Жыл бұрын

That was awesome! I worked at Walt Disney World for 3 years and because I worked on Main Street, I was blessed to be sung to many times by the Barber Shop Quartet. It was definitely one of the perks of working there.

@BonnieBuggie Жыл бұрын

my family knows some of these guys! we made friends with some of the dapper dans at disney world years ago, and “main street” is one of the group names they use when performing outside of disney! they’re all such fantastic guys

@robertmac7833 Жыл бұрын

When was this video recorded?

@BonnieBuggie Жыл бұрын

@@robertmac7833 2015!

@frocat5163 Жыл бұрын

I was in high school choir with the bass. His dad was our choir teacher.

@katherineroland6008 9 ай бұрын

@@robertmac7833This is from about 8 years ago.

@MistahRankin 4 ай бұрын

The Dapper Dans (all of them) have been incredible. I think I met the baritone when I was there a while back (or there was a guy that looked like him). Barbershop's the bomb.

@karenkieffer3684 Жыл бұрын

My father loved and sang barbershop with his father and brothers. He would play his Buffalo Bills records, and we would sing along at home, which is how I learned to sing. Sadly he is gone now, but I found his old competition badge in his dresser drawer, and I kept it. Your performance was outstanding and brought a happy tear to my eye. Thank you!

@fuzzipariah Жыл бұрын

The Buffalo Bills were wonderful in The Music Man.

@kathimorrical9912 Жыл бұрын

We sang barbershop in high school choir. As separate groups AND as a choir. Such fun. Close harmonies, done correctly still gives me chils

@Murrlin27 6 ай бұрын

Well it looks like I found the Rabbit Hole of youtube again

@karilehman9882 6 ай бұрын

When you realize that most of those songs ARE already 20 years old 😑

@TrumpetManinNC Жыл бұрын

These guys just killed it. In every way. Lovely and so, so funny.

@K.RobertRichardson 3 ай бұрын

In every way ... including "overkill."

@k012957 5 ай бұрын

The truly amazing thing to me is that Barbershop is the only style of a cappella music that is not pitch corrected. Even my favorites (Pentatonix and Home Free) have their releases pitch-corrected to death.

@K.RobertRichardson 3 ай бұрын

Tell me that your experience with the canon of a cappella music is extremely limited without telling me it's extremely limited.

@iluvpugstoo Жыл бұрын

There should be a 'Love' button. Outstanding vocals. These guys are awesome !

@reallyfreakingoodvideogame468 4 ай бұрын

Well said!

@OrbiliusMagister Жыл бұрын

The final chord had a SCREAMING D# overtone (major third over the tenor)! Wow!

@jospenner9503 Жыл бұрын

That's B for Barbershop.

@sherisouth5963 4 ай бұрын

I've known how to read music for many years, but I'm not familiar with barbershop lingo (in spite of the fact that I, a woman, once filled in singing in a men's quartet!). When you talk about overtones, are you talking about the high note you can "hear" even though no one is singing it?

@OrbiliusMagister 4 ай бұрын

@@sherisouth5963 Exactly.

@ruthmarsh873 3 ай бұрын

It just popped up on my KZfaq channel and I am so glad that it did! I sang barbershop harmony for 15 years and truly enjoyed it. Thanks for putting this on.!

@mostguitarswins Жыл бұрын

Classic, goofy barbershop routine; great singing with a killer tag at the end 👏👏👏👏

@justforever96 Жыл бұрын

Also ironic that barbershop was once considered ultra modern pop music. Or the equivalent. It was the stuff that made the old time music seem stuffy and outdated. It was what people were singing. At least some of it.

@cb2378 Жыл бұрын

Oh my word. I'm giving these guys a standing ovation here in my kitchen. Talented in voice, creativity, humor. 💕💕 Wow.

@stirfryjedi 5 ай бұрын

This gives me so much hope in humanity.

@josepherhardt164 Жыл бұрын

Q: What's it like to be wife or partner of a barber shop quartet singer? There has to be a book here ... Edit: I can't imagine marrying a guy like this without having a DEEP sense of humor.

@shmataboro8634 Жыл бұрын

@josepherdhart164....after we divorced my ex-husband changed jobs, move to the big city and joined a barbershop group. I always thought his timing was perfect.

@josepherhardt164 Жыл бұрын

@@shmataboro8634 Did you ever see him perform?

@susancunningham5847 Жыл бұрын

My son sings barbershop and his wife loves it. It's like a big family.

@MaydayAggro Жыл бұрын

My ex-wife sang barbershop, and then started using fake "competition weekends" to have an affair.

@josepherhardt164 Жыл бұрын

@@MaydayAggro Faking a competition is quite a trick. Or did she say she was going to the competition and then just went elsewhere? And you don't go to a competition by yourself--you need the other three people. Anyway, it sounds like a bit of a shaky excuse or ploy.

@NightcoreNewbie Жыл бұрын

Oh god. I just realized that we might get kpop songs in the future. It will definitely be interesting to see in 20 years.

@wachamcaulid Жыл бұрын

Would be interesting for a non-Korean speaking group to do (in a phonetic approach) 🤔

@samuelleie 2 ай бұрын

We already did, they sang gangman style in this one haha

@stillnotstill 5 ай бұрын

The sheet music/lyrics increased my enjoyment!

@raydunakin 2 ай бұрын

Wow, what talent these guys have!

@DaveFromColorado Жыл бұрын

"Wow" doesn't even begin to explain how excellent that was put together. My most sincere thank-you for singing, editing, and posting this video, and sharing it with everyone who has the pleasure of seeing and or hearing it.

@drewbinator1750 2 ай бұрын

They came to perform for us in Dubuque. They were so nice and fun, plus my school sang with them too! The "garbage part" does bring it all together!

@fridayhunt7075 Жыл бұрын

And not one, not two but four songs were also part of Weird Al’s polka medleys! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@kadosho02 2 ай бұрын

I have no doubt Weird Al would join in a performance with them

@thatelectropig8678 Жыл бұрын

That was most certainly the bomb yo

@LoyaFrostwind Жыл бұрын

They should throw in a “Stop. Hammertime” at the end.

@FuckThis5134 Жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed being able to read along with the sheet music for this. That was cool. Very good video. :)

@kathleenking47 Жыл бұрын

It sounds 1950s

@melodysimonson1510 Жыл бұрын

Amazing!! I love barbershop! I worked at a pizza parlor had tocal barbershoppers come in every Tuesdsy night after practice and they would sing while they had a few beers. It was great! These guys are amazing!!

@allzeenamesaretaken 5 ай бұрын

That last note…. *chef’s kiss*

@ReeceS6419 Жыл бұрын

Truly talented singers and it was awesome how they incorporated new pop songs in this set. Very entertaining!!

@LikeFreelySnowflakes Жыл бұрын

thank you for this gem, haven't seen the original video in a long time and greatly appreciate the transcription to the masterpiece

@kathrynmolesa1641 Жыл бұрын

Loved the barbershop quartet in the Music Man.

@josepherhardt164 Жыл бұрын

Hey, ya gotta know the territory!

@patricialynn6327 Жыл бұрын

The Buffalo Bills

@maryb9252 Жыл бұрын

I love this so much. My dad sang in a chorus when I was young, and I grew up with barbershop music. I remember going to his practices when I was around 4 years old. His barber was actually in the chorus, and he went to him up until the barber couldn’t cut hair anymore. I even had the barber’s quartet sing at my wedding. My dad passed away 3.5 years ago, and barbershop will always have a special place in my heart.

@garystein8610 Жыл бұрын

As one who used to sing barbershop (lead and baritone) I love the genre. You did such a great job with these arrangements, and your singing was perfect. Loved this video, and now following.

@JayRedding12_12 Жыл бұрын

I've always loved Barbershop Quartet style. The harmonizing is absolutely incredible.

@nikolawiesemann8294 3 ай бұрын

I love the idea and presentation, but the harmonies are just out of this world. Thank you.

@Gallop4Me Жыл бұрын

Nothing like four guys perfectly harmonizing and funny, too. 😅😅

@robertgallentine1095 Жыл бұрын

These guys are always incredible. My chorus teacher made sure all of us boys were able to compete for spots in any Barbershop Festival in the state, or close. I couldn't be more thankful for that. Mrs.Sanborn for the win!

@teresapretelt9494 6 ай бұрын

Hey, someone else also commented about Mr. Sanborn @lindacaldwell6251

@dustins382 Жыл бұрын

Bravo bravo bravo! Wonderful! What a performance! So creative. They took everything from modernity but made it at skillfully barbershop. Again bravo! One of the most enjoyable performances I've seen in quite a while.

@caleb_keys_music2 Жыл бұрын

8:16 over here balling. Man, how can you not love music….. old songs had me missing passed loved ones that knew some of these older songs

@MBLexi 10 ай бұрын

Wow... Barbershops are definitely under-rated.

@jeremyconnor8625 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your hard work

@jasonfieler Жыл бұрын

No problem!

@jamesmonroe7903 Жыл бұрын

Two very amused thumbs up👍👍for this inventive and humorous take on today’s hits by these barbershop harmonizers!!! 🌟🌟🌟🌟Keep on singing,fellas!!! Very,very well done!!!🌟🌟🌟🌟Superb beyond belief!!!

@ChildlessCatLady81 Жыл бұрын

Barbershop has always been beyond impressive to me and these four incredibly gifted and hilarious gentlemen were such a delight! I would listen to pop if they were the ones singing the songs. Absolute perfection. 👏👏👏👏

@susangrande8142 5 ай бұрын

WOW!!! THEY ARE. AWESOME!!! 🥳😃😍😘 So talented to sing like that! And that last chord--even through the lousy speakers of my earbuds--I could feel the meshing of their harmony! Beautiful!!! BRAVO, DUDES!!!!!👏👏

@TAP7a Жыл бұрын

Myron's happy little nod when the last chord locks always gets me

@kathleenking47 Жыл бұрын

In the 1920s...it was old, until Four freshmen and others brought it back after big bands

@robinloperfido 4 ай бұрын

This was so much fun to watch. Great job, guys. Perfect humor and notes!

@andrewgelos9778 Жыл бұрын

Just happened upon this, and it made me long for the days when I and my Grandpa sang with barbershop chorus out of Cincinnati. Absolutely brilliant. Love and respect.

@lindacaldwell6251 Жыл бұрын

Our chorus teacher was Mr. Sanborn in Michigan and was my favorite class! Loved it dearly. These guys are great!

@rebeccascott242 Ай бұрын

Barbershop will always be a favorite. Such Good times when I was a kid seeing my dad perform.. Music is great n so funny with the comedy that go's with it. ❤

@mickidee6714 Жыл бұрын

Pretty amazing. My dad sang barbershop music for many years. My sister and I considered ourselves “barbershop brats” since we LIVED in it so much! Lol

@janellesart Жыл бұрын

That was so clever and fun to watch! Awesome!

@LQOTW 2 ай бұрын

What a fabulous performance! Tight, tight, tight harmonies, excellent staging, and hilarious, to boot! It brings me back to my childhood when my dad sang with MN's SPEBQSA Northstar Chorus. The reigning champ of barbershop at the time was the Happiness Emporium. Such great memories. Thank you for sharing this most excellent performance.

@douglasthroop4346 Жыл бұрын

Love it - including the printed music is a nice touch - thanks!

@larswo Жыл бұрын

Still better then the Original. First time i can listen to the Songs without Headaches

@user-zq4zi3dy3c Ай бұрын

I sang with the Riverside Citrus Belters when the Sidewinders were there. Magical times!

@longschlongsilver7628 Жыл бұрын

Not even 10 years and people are looking back at these songs in nostalgia

@scottbatson8721 Жыл бұрын

That was absolutely fantastic. Thank y'all so very much! ♥️♥️♥️👍👍😁😁😁

@kennrothman205 10 ай бұрын

Have been a barbershop fan all my life. Sang in one group for a short time, but have been in choirs most of my life. YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME!!

@victorpaini6391 Жыл бұрын

That last note is fantastic!

@karieberry1070 Жыл бұрын

THAT WAS AWESOME!!! Love a good barbershop any day , any year - forever !! Timeless !!

@user-yo6db5xd5c Жыл бұрын

Main Street! These guys are awesome! My husband is a baritone in barbershop! This style of music is so underrated! It’s SO good!

@katherinesayles8870 Жыл бұрын

I laughed so hard at the into to uptown funk 😂😂😂 This is fabulous 🤩😍

@plantpowered269 Жыл бұрын

Listening with my jaw dropped on the account of how professional they are! ❤❤❤

@nikan7704 Жыл бұрын

They picked fantastic songs!!😄 All my faves!

@SackbutSteve 6 ай бұрын

It's so nice to watch another performance by this group. They are (were?) truly among the very best and SOOOO FUNNY as well. Extremely difficult close harmony requiring great ears, voices and concentration and many, many hours of work.

@alistairwall5470 6 ай бұрын

Yeah I don’t think they’ve done loads since winning in 2017, although Tony has a new quartet with his son called 3 1/2 Men who are very good

@sinitheexcellent3654 Жыл бұрын

this is the first barbershop video I ever watched, so nice to see it again!

@JoelERea Жыл бұрын

This will be the good old 1ˢᵗ Barbershop video you ever saw, 20 years from now.

@duncathan_salt Жыл бұрын

I'm glad you're transcribing all the "classics" of barbershop KZfaq! (There's a small irony in referring to these vids as classics in the context of this specific performance lol)

@stewartmorrison9453 Жыл бұрын

Great job guys. I love barbershop harmonies...especially when they get creative.

@lindawenzel7865 Жыл бұрын

I STILL love & enjoy listening to this style of music.

@shawnfurl4854 Жыл бұрын

Gotta love Main Street!

@aplicqu8761 6 ай бұрын

Incredible fun and amazing voices and tight est harmonies. I always love rock bands with tight harmony... So satisfying...

@nthgth Жыл бұрын

Very well done. Performers are great, but also, the arrangement. Whoever arranged it (created the barbershop adaptations we're seeing recited) knows how to make things sound good. It goes to show - knowing how to arrange it is more important than good songwriting! Or alternatively, it's the most important aspect _of_ songwriting. Even a dumb song can be arranged to sound good anyway.

@diorynovis Жыл бұрын

20 years from now i'd go back here and listen once again

@GorgoReptilicus Жыл бұрын

Two words: Postmodern jukebox

@susiesmessage9252 Жыл бұрын

My dad was a tenor in barbershop since he was 18. He has been gone for 14 years now but I still like barbershop

@csababekesi-marton2393 8 күн бұрын

The second chord is a V43 (B-e-g#-d'), just the same as the third on 'We'. You can hear Tony adjusting his g# up and down.

@GoliathsChamp Жыл бұрын

I appreciate the entertainment value of this clip.

@MannyMX5 4 ай бұрын

Favorite song in the year 2024. Praying I get to see you live one day

@georgeevans8947 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant performance and arrangement!!

@katherinep7703 4 ай бұрын

These guys need to be at the Grammys or something. This is awesome.

@AndRewUK24 5 күн бұрын

"It's been done"

@MNMC-fs8tx 2 ай бұрын

I really love having the music under the video to follow along... :)

@brendamartin3444 3 ай бұрын

I used to love to listen to the Osmond brothers sing Barber Shop… so glad I found this 🙂

@rupe53 Жыл бұрын

In a recent (rerun) of Emergency (TV show) the crew entered a barbershop singing contest and took a trophy for best comedy act!

@PamelaJean2013 9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for including the score. Those are just super arrangements. Terrific singing and the tenor could have been on the Opera stage.

@davidslife989 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for taking me back to my youth! LOVE this!

@azurplex Жыл бұрын

I can’t believe I stayed all the way trough. They are good and fun arrangers.

@tmane.7848 Жыл бұрын

This is amazing stuff.

@rafyvele Жыл бұрын

Simply outstanding. 👍🏽👍🏽