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The first solo singer is their baritone. The second soloist their bass. The baritone guy covers the bass when the bass guy sings solo. Yes, they can do this live.

Scott, the first guy, is their baritone, and he slips into the bass line when Avi, the second guy and their regular bass, jumps into the lead line. It is that simple.

Welcome the the Pentatonix rabbit hole. Enjoy, from a Pentaholic since 2020

Avi, the long haired guy with the cap is doing the bass. They never record anything that they can't do live! Don't hold back your emotions, because this group will bring out emotions you did not even know you had! God Bless!

Shortly before he passed Leonard Cohen herd Pentatonix cover of hallelujah and said it was the best cover of his song he had ever heard

"Mitch-face" or "Mitch-slapped" is the name Pentaholics (Pentatonix fans) give to the face most reactors make the first time they hear Mitch (4th singer, round hat) let loose with his clear, high tenor/countertenor voice. Congratulations, you've been Mitch-slapped!

Congratulations on discovering Pentatonix. They have 10 years of fabulous music to explore.

the first singer is their usual baritone, and the second singer with the long hair and beard is their bass

The firs guy sining is Scott and he dings several octaves including bass, the second guy sining is the main bass guy but also sings several octaves, and can beatbox. The third sining is Kirsta she alo sings several octave and is also one of yhe only female singers in an acapella group . The guy with the big hat is Mitch he can sing naturally 6 different octaves...Mitch, Kirsten, and Scott sang together in high school an decided to perform for a reality show called the Sing Off ...and managed to gather up both Avi...and Kevin, Kevin also sings bass and several other octaves, he plays cell, and is currently working on something I thing he calls vocacello... or some thing like that, Kevin is also the main beatboxer.

The first verse melody is sung by Scott Hoying, the Bass/Baritone/Tenor. Avi Caplan is singing the bass on the first verse. The second verse melody is sung by Avi Caplan, the bass, while Scott takes over the bass part. The members of Pentatonix do not fit the classic paradigm of vocal labels. Mitch Grassi has a seven octave vocal range. Classic vocal labels call him a natural countertenor, but he sings the full female soprano range with the purity of an angel. Pentatonix sings everything they do on video during live performances. There is NO over dubbing, though there is masterful mixes on all their songs. They are simply the best acapella group on the planet today. They have many billions of views on their videos for a reason. I suggest you react to Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy next. You will get a good feel for who is singing which parts. This is the only time a Grammy has been given to an acapella group singing a song with no words.

The 1st soloist (blond) is Scott Hoying. He is primarily a baritone but has a very large range going in both directions. The 2nd soloist (brunette, beard, knitted cap) is Avi (pronounced AH- vee) Kaplan and their original basso profobdo, although he also has a Very wide range, as you heard in this song. Whenever Avi sings a solo part and a bass partneeds to be filled, Scott takes over. You can actually see this happening in their live performance of "Hallelujah". I believe some other considerate commentor left the link for you to access it. "A NOTE ABOUT THEIR BASS SINGERS: There has ONLY BEEN ONE CHANGE in PTX since it's inception....and that's been the bass singer. When Avi left amicably for personal reasons, he helped find Matt Sallee. It's been a perfect & seamless Fit ever since. And, again....Scott takes over bass duties whenever Matt is singing a solo & bass notes need to be covered. Next up was Kirsten (Kirsty Maldonado - sounds like thirsty. She has an impressiverange with whistle notes higher than Mitches!) and then Mitch Grassi (counter tenor I believe is his classification. You'll find he also has an amazing range that include whistle notes!) The thing to keep in mind about these 2 is they like to change their hair color & hair styles as well as their fashion styles. So don't be fooled into thinking there are, or have been, lots of changes in the group. Then there is the wonderful, one of a kind beatboxer named Kevin Olusola. He's hard to miss and hard to get confused with anyone else. He'll be the one whose mouth, lips & cheeks are moving at the speed of light, all the while his hands are clapping, slapping, snapping away while his feet stomp out a completely different beat than his mouth is! - They are all team players and all have a say in who sings what & in putting together the arrangements. They are a true community. They could teach us all how to give & take & create "Sweet harmony".

You need to watch the collaboration that Scott( the blond guy) did with Il Volo in one of their concerts, they sang Hallelujah, breath taking!!

And yes they perform all their songs live on stage

You have just listened too the very best Acapella group you’ll ever hear. You’ve many, many more GREAT SONGS too find 🤷‍♀️❤️🇬🇧🙏🇬🇧🇬🇧🙏

The bass notes are sung by Avi, the man with the long hair. But when Avi sings a solo part/ Scott. The man with the blond hair who sang first takes over. Scott does well at Bass. But you can tell the difference in tone when Avi is singing his solo. Great reaction. Thanks.

Normally, Avi, the guy with the beard, is the bass. However, when he takes the lead, Scott, the first guy, the tall blonde, sings the bass line. Every one of the five has a vocal range of at least five or six octaves, and that includes Kevin, the black guy who is also their beatboxer. The woman is Kirstie, and she has a wonderful mezzo-soprano and a tendency to belt quite a lot. They can all belt, but they are likely to do it in this order. Kirstie (almost certain in every song at least once), Scott, Mitch (the one in the hat with the angelic voice), Avi, and Kevin (who rarely features in the vocals other than occasional BV). That's a quick introduction to the group. We are Pentaholics. Just a side note. They've been guests in a non-competetive capacity on AGT. They were also on the Masked Singer. They appeared with Dolly Parton on her special and presented their cover of Jolene. They won a Grammy award for that, their third. They've also won for Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies, their second nomination and second win. They were first nominated for Daft Punk Medley, and won that one as well. Recently they were nominated for a fourth Grammy for one of their albums. This time they came up short. They had a song from that album that many of us here felt should not only have been nominated, but should have won as well. That song was a cover of the Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli song The Prayer. Any of their songs that you see on video, they are capable of replication live. They don't release an official video until and unless they can perform it live. Others that you should watch would be Daft Punk Medley, Mary Did You Know, Imagine, Sound of Silence, Bohemian Rhapsody, 90s Dance Medley, Amazing Grace, Say Something, and many of their Christmas songs and spiritually structured numbers. That should keep you occupied for a bit as you begin your journey down the PTX rabbit hole. Welcome to the fun, Alice.

Avi who is the base is the singer with the hat and the backup base is the tall blonde who started to swing first.

The last guy to sing, in the hat, is the tenor, although that is just because you have to put him somewhere, he actually has like either a 6 or 7 octave range, tops out at likeB7. If you want to see his ability, Him, and The first singer have a side channel, those two guys, and the girl have known each other since about the 8th grade, but the boys did a rendition of Defying Gravity from the broadway play Wicked (I call it Wizard of Oz Pt 2), it's kind of a joke presentation, but when Mitch hits that final note, you better be holding on to something. This was actually Scotts birthday, and for his present he wanted Mitch to sing that song, as it was his favorite song from the play, Now this is where you will experience what we call a "Mitch Slap", that is the face people make the first time they hear Mitch's ability, it's always funny for us to see, as we know what's coming. It's not anything bad, just some name that has developed in the last 10 years. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rMp-hsxhnLqZd4U.html

The original Sound of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel was the folk version. The Disturbed rendition was the dark warning version. The Pentatonix version was the warning with a brighter hope version.

And wait for it......There's the Mitch-Slap! Please react to 'Imagine' - be prepared with tissues for that one, also 'Amazing Grace', 'Happy Now', and 'The Prayer'! They are so so so beautiful!

Avi did the bass for the most part. The long hair and bearded. But Scott, the blonde one, takes over when Avi needs to sing.

Its kev, the beatboxer/cello that takes over when Avi does his solo

Pentatonix They won The Sing Off in 2011. They made a guest starring appearance on America's Got Talent as non-competitors a couple of years after that. The members are Scott Hoying (tall blond guy, natural baritone but has an impressive five-to-six octave range, can go all the way up to high tenor and down to bass, sings the bass lines when the usual bass singer takes the lead); Avriel "Avi" Kaplan (dark beard and long hair, true basso profundo, trained as an opera singer, also can go up into the tenor range as heard during his solo); Kirstin "Kirstie" Maldonado (the only female member, natural mezzo soprano, but can go down to low alto and as high as upper soprano, also can sing in whistle notes that are off the scale); Mitch Grassi (a true contra-tenor, can hit high notes in his chest voice with ease and go WAY higher in his falsetto, also with ease); and Kevin "KO" Olusola (beatboxer extraordinaire, also is a world-class cellist who plays cello on some of their songs, has a beautiful high tenor voice and gets occasional lead vocal solos as well, graduated pre-med from Yale and speaks several languages including Mandarin Chinese). Kirstie, Scott & Mitch grew up together in Arlington, Texas, and began performing together as children in local youth musical theater. They ended up in high school together and performed in the choir. While there, they formed an a cappella group called The Trio which had several performance videos go viral on KZfaq, most notably a cover of Lady Gaga's "Telephone". The three of them are best friends and consider themselves to be almost siblings. Scott & Kirstie (who were a class year ahead of Mitch) both graduated high school in 2010 and went their separate ways to different colleges, Scott at USC and Kirstie at Oklahoma. While at USC, Scott joined a USC-based a cappella group called the SoCal VoCals, where he met alumnus Ben Bram, who was now an arranger and vocal coach for the NBC TV show The Sing Off, an a cappella competition show. Ben convinced Scott to get The Trio to audition for the show. The three reunited (Mitch had to skip high school graduation ceremonies to go) in Los Angeles for the audition. They found out that the rules had changed, so they needed at least five members to audition. Ben put them together with Avi (a native of Visalia, California), who he knew from Avi's performing days at Mount San Antonio College in California. They found Kevin (from Kentucky) through one of his KZfaq videos that had gone viral featuring him playing the cello and beatboxing at the same time, a talent that Kevin coined as "Cello-Boxing". Kevin arrived in Los Angeles literally the day before the audition! Scott came up with the name "Pentatonix" after the pentatonic scale. They performed a re-arrangement of "The Telephone" for the audition and passed, despite having been together as a five-piece group for less that 24 hours! They won The Sing Off that season (all of the performances are available on KZfaq), in which they received a substantial cash prize AND a record contract with Epic Records. They pooled their prize winnings together and all moved to Los Angeles, and all got apartments right next door to each other in the same building. But just a week later, Epic dropped them because the marketing people didn't think an a cappella group could sell records. Instead of giving up, they were determined and began recording their own songs on KZfaq, hiring Ben Bram as their producer and arranger. These usually consisted of the five of them sitting on a couch and performing cover songs live. Several of the videos went viral, and Sony (the parent company of Epic) decided to give them another chance by placing them on one of their smaller labels, Madison Gate. They released two secular EPs and one Christmas EP on Madison Gate, all of which were strong sellers. But when their cover of a medley of songs by Daft Punk not only went super-viral, but also won them their first Grammy, they were promoted all the way up to RCA Records, Sony's top label. They began writing and producing their own songs in addition to their covers, began putting out a Christmas album just about annually (which has become their best-selling genre), and have had multi-platinum album sales, sold-out world tours, and have won two additional Grammys. Avi began getting burned out with all of the touring and heavy recording schedule, was suffering from anxiety and personal problems, and learned that his mother had been diagnosed with cancer in 2017. He announced he was departing from the group and taking some time away from the music industry. Matt Sallee (from Baltimore) was brought in as the new bass singer in early 2018. After a year away from music, Avi has now returned as a phenomenal solo artist in the Folk/Americana/Roots genre.

Scott (ist soloist) and Avi (2nd soloist) both sing bass lines, but Avi (beard and stocking cap) is the true bass. Scott is a baritone.

You should definitely check out "Mad World", "The Prayer" and "Mary, Did You Know?".

"Pentatonix, as suggested by Scott Hoying, is named after the pentatonic scale, a musical scale or mode with five notes per octave, representing the five members of the group." Pronounced Penta - Tonix

Great reaction! Yes the long hair guy is the bass. (Avi Kaplan)He has a solo career that is fantastic you should check it out. I would recommend Change on the rise or Full moon they are very different but both fantastic.

This is a marvellous rabbit hole to fall in. They rang from happy (Sing), emotional (Imagine), (Run to you), (Madworld), (Say Something). Just amazing, all their Evolution of... and Medley songs. Their Christmas and not so Christmas songs, just so, so many songs.

I recommend watching Pentatonix perform Hallelujah live from "A Pentatonix Christmas Special". Here you can get a closer watch of each singer's performance. It is amazing that they can sound the same as the Official Video.

Another good cover of Hallelujah is by an 18yr old British girl by the called Lucy Thomas who was 16 when she recorded it. Well worth taking the time to watch it.

Scott, the first singer, the blonde guy, sings bass when the bass is soloing (Avi or Matt).

Welcome to the Pentatonix fan club!! Just in time for Christmas!! Only 158 videos to go lol …

The beautiful low voice you hear is Avi Kaplan (second soloist) he has an amazing solo career now. Floating on a Dream is his latest album but if you would like to experience his full beautiful lower register check out Black is the Color of my True Loves Hair with Peter Hollens. Enjoy the ride with Pentatonix (PTX) Christmas has been changes forever because of their renditions of the classics.

The great Avi Kaplan, (second soloist) is the deep basso profundo Now a solo artist. Here he is at his cabin. Sometimes, he gets up and decides to livestream a song of chat with his fans. Here is one of those livestreams, just Avi and his guitar. Avi Kaplan Otherside (kaplan) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hLqIidGIrJ2ufoU.html Avi is not just a great singer with a great range, he is a phenomenal song writer and overtone singer.

The blond guy who sang the first solo covers the base when the guy with the beard sings in solos.

Avi (the long hair) is the bass. Chris (the first singer) does the bass while Avi is inging.

I love a deep bass voice also. If you want to hear a bass that will make you melt, check out Peter Hollens and Avi Kaplan doing Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair. You won't be disappointed.

The long black hair and beard is the bass (his name is Avi). He has an incredible range. When he sings lead, the blonde guy (Scott) sings bass for Avi. 😁

You are a beautiful human. Pure JOY watching you react to this. Love from Denver, CO

Un seul mot à dire : Hallelujah ! Quoique deux autre pour la forme ; merci Seigneur !

Please listen to Avi's solo music like Change on the Rise and video of I'm only getting started. Beanie guy who's a basso profundo with amazing range and prolific songwriter.

Sound of silence by Pentatonix is awesome ❤️

you must take a listen to their version of The Prayer. Absolutely stunning!!!

Try their Daft Punk video next. It won them their first Grammy and shows their sheer versatility. Other great ones with Avi are Imagine, Bohemian Rhapsody, The Sound Of Silence and the absolutely beautiful Mary Did You Know. With Matt there is the stunning The Prayer, I Just Called To Say I Love You or Amazing Grace. My favourites are probably Mad World and You're A Mean One, Mr Grinch. If you have trouble getting their covers through copyright try their excellent originals and medleys. Love Again, Run To You, Be My Eyes and Sing are all great as are their Evolution Of series. Their Popspring 2016 concert has three great originals including the beautiful Water and The Evolution Of Michael Jackson which is my favourite version although the official video is obviously excellent as well.

Love the Mitch Slap moment 😊

I love Pentatonix, but my favorite is Home Free. Try Home Free, "How Great Thou Art". They have an outstanding bass singer! OMG!!!

I had the same reaction to that very deep low voice. I love all of these people in this group, but the bass, Avi Kaplan, became my favorite. He left the band in 2017, and he now has a solo career. I highly recommend you check out his solo work. His voice touches my soul. I still recommend you continue your Pentatonix journey as well. Matt has replaced Avi, and has done an incredible job as well.

Beautiful reaction. If you connected with this, I have to recommend Home Free (another acapella group), especially their version of the Dire Straits song Brothers in Arms. Stunningly beautiful and their bass singer leads this song. They also did Ring of Fire with Avi from Pentatonix. Between Home Free and Pentatonix you have enough music to feed the soul for a long time. Enjoy and I'll be watching.

They do that live - there is a video on KZfaq. Normally Avi did the base (beard guy), but when he is soloing, Scott takes over the base (first guy with blond hair).

The second soloist left the group in 2017. He was replaced by Matt Sallee!

Scott the blond does bass when Avi sings and then he takes over the bass again

Between me and my daughter, this is known as the "Shrek song". When she was very young, she caught me tearing up at it and LAUGHED at me, can you imagine that .... 😄

The bass is Avi, the one with them long hair, just as you suspected.

From what I know this song is around 800 years old. The beginning lyrics atleast are about Samson and Delilah. Samson strength was like Hercules, even greater! Or were they even the same man possibly! Similar stories

Man I thought bon Jovi's version was something until I heard Pentatonixs version I'm in tears with this version

Jesus in a beenie (Avi) is the gorgeous bass almost all of the time except when he is singing, the Scott (the tall blonde guy) who also has fantastic range you will see more of when you get around watching "The Sound of Silence". with that song there is a different bass singer. The only member of Pentatonix who ever changed. His name is Matt, (if Avi is in the video it is an older one, if it is Matt then it is a more recent one.) Now The girl's name is Kirstie, the beatboxer is Kevin, and the angel in the hat is Mitch. All of them oooze talent in every direction. Between songs they have covered and their own wonderful material there are over 300 videos to keep you busy inside this rabbit hole. If you stay and explore, the Pentaholics will find you and your subscribers will soar! Have fun with their huge collection of traditional and original Christmas music.

You got me. You took the bribe and as promised, for reacting to PTX, I just subbed. Well done, Momma.

There is a live version that shows that yes, they do it all ive

Pentatonix is best known in the US for their 6 Christmas albums, with creative, fresh arrangements of traditional carols, pop holiday songs and some originals. They also have several EPs and albums with covers of pop music from various decades and genres, including Motown, EDM, J- and K-pop, Broadway, etc. And if you are looking for new songs with lyrics to analyze, they have two albums of original music. And most of the group members have side projects recording their own songs. if you don't like the visuals on their videos, they have dozens of great songs with no official video, but with audio-only or fan-created lyric videos.

Okay. I can't tolerate hearing such a lovely, intelligent, and interesting woman berating herself with such remarks. Please, do not ever call yourself stupid. You are not. And to hear you say that hurts me.

the bass is Avi Kaplan, the one with the beard (looking like Jesus) and when he sings then Scott (the first singer) doing the bass, Scott is really amazing too, and YOU are doing a great job, like that, so 👍👍👍❤

Please start reacting to them. They have so many videos. The Prayer, Amazing Grace, Mary Did You Know, etc... They have a Beginners Guide if you are interested in learning about them and how they got started. Very interesting. Only 1 group change Avi ( long hair ) left and was replaced by Matt. He is also the bass and singer. Great reaction.

I understand your desire to not weep, to remain aloof and professional, but when you shared the personal experience about your beloved grandfather, I was touched. Memories are beautiful things, most of us have them, and we can relate to those special moments in our lives. Avi's voice has always been extra special to me, and like you, Hallelujah was my first Pentatonix song. I found them by sheer chance, and was hooked! They are an amazing group, and we Pentaholics love to watch others discover, get goosebumps over, become emotional and shook and amazed by. Thanks for sharing!😘

Check out Popspring 2016. It's a live performance, so no need to worry about copyright claims. It's 3 originals, and the evolution of Michael Jackson. Phenomenal performance, and the best version of Can't Sleep Love available.

Bass-Avi Kaplan. Long hair guy. He left the group and now performs his own music. We miss him, but embrace his replacement Matt.

If you like Christmas music check out Mary Did You Know and Dance Of The Sugarplum Fairy. Mary makes me cry every time!

I just subbed in hopes of more Pentatonix reactions! 💖 They all have such amazing ranges and exchange parts when necessary!

The first time I heard this song I had tears because it’s so achingly beautiful. When you add to that the setting, the desolation, it really makes the message hit hard. If you really like bass, look at Home Free Ring of Fire with guest bass Avi Kaplan. He’s the bass voice in this video. Have fun

Fantastic reaction... I loved it! Avi does bass but live when Avi solos Scott does some bass lines.. Avi is the long hair and beard...

The one who started the song (Scott) was singing the bass while the one who normally sings bass (Avi) was singing the 2nd part. They are all so versatile.

First time watching a video of yours and just wanted to say you have the most amazing voice/accent, it is so soothing to listen to you talk.

I’m so glad you enjoyed meeting Pentatonix! All of their music, Christmas included, features the same tight harmonies and gorgeous solos. For a more personal song, check out Anchor, one of their originals. Very introspective. New subscriber, here for all the PTX you care to review. Peace from Ohio …

Perfect live as well.

Coming into Christmas - would suggest Mary Did You Know, as it showcases Avi (the Basso Profundo - man in the beanie and with the beard). Carol of the Bells is another great cover.

Please watch them sing this song live on their Pentatonix Christmas Special. It is amazing!!

You need to go down their list as you will be so amazed and shocked by their talent

Sound of Silence would have been less emotionally draining. This group will blow your mind. Look at Amazing Grace/My Chaines Are Gone and The Prayer.. The reaction you hade for Mitch is what we Pentaholics call being "Mitch slapped ".

Yes, the Prayer and Amazing Grace will add to those tears.

Scott, the tall gentleman who sang the 1st solo, covers The baseline, when Avi, the guy with the beard and the hat sing solos

They all sing so many different octaves they cover for each other...and they take their videos in one shot

I'm here for the Mitch Slap 🥰

Beautiful reaction. Hugs.

As many have already mentioned, Avi Kaplan is the bass singer . To get an idea of his gorgeous and incredible range, I'd like to suggest his duet with Peter Hollins, "Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair". It is also a Capella. Peter has a beautiful tenor voice, though he also has a great range. The two together are just amazing. Avi has a great solo career now, and he has written some of the most beautiful songs. Please check out some of his music. It will touch your heart and soul .

You probably won't like most of their videos as their faces in the videos is the one consistent thing they primarily use in all of them.

Avi is the bass, Scott takes over bass when Avi sings.

l would strongly suggest you listen to Pentatonix melody of Daft Punk songs, it is an audio & visual delight. Some background if/when you do, they hired a video company to make the video but it dropped out at the last minute so they made the video themselves in the kitchen & closet of two of their homes for (iirc) $450 and it won an award. Loved your reaction & hope you will have their Daft Punk melody on youtube as l am sure your will enjoy that enormously & l hope to see your reaction to their work on the melody.

If you love low bass, you should check out Avi Kaplan (Pentatonix) solo song “Change on the rise” and also look up Geoff Castellucci from Voiceplay ( Try Dragonborn Comes or My mother told me”). He sings so low you will need a a new word to define it.

Scott (1st singer) and Kevin ( Beat boxer ) takes the base when Avi ( singer with the beanie , original base ) does his solo. Nope, not pre recorded.

They have a live version of this song ass well in concert.

It's hard for newbies to tell the bass because Scott the first singer and Avi the second switch off the bass part when the other is singing

Loved the RV. Just beautiful, and thank you for sharing some of your background in music.😊

You should check out the Home Free and Voice Play they are also Acapella groups they are very good also.

I subscribed for more Pentatonix reactions. I really really hope you react to more from them.

watch them live. Scott and Avi trade places with the bass- when Avi (the long haired guy..) sings his solos, Scott (the blond) takes over. he's a true baritone.

Of the 5, Kevin the beat boxer has the least range; only 5 octaves. He makes uo for that with all the other talents he has. The others all have at least a 6 octave range. The truly amazing thing is that Kirsten, Mitch, and Scott met and started singing together in hughschool.

Avi (beard) is the bass and in the studio he may well double track the bass when he also sings. I concert though, if he's singing the Scott (blonde) slides over into the bass line.

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I'm sorry that ur grandpa is gone I bet he was very amazing person. Ur ok to cry and talk about him everyone goes through emotions so pls dont beat urself up for crying ur not stupid ur sweet and nice and u deserve to feel things I cry too and I'm a women lol 21 actually

Welcome to PTX! Looking forward to “Sound of silence”. Subbed!