A few years ago, during our "quarteting break", our then Program VP put together a pickup quartet of four members who always sings with a vibrato to sing a polecat. lol
I really hope you're joking. Vibrato is a natural phenomenon that occurs when a singer is singing with a focused sound and USING AIR (something that is all too rare in most quartets). I think it's a real shame that there's an apparent contempt for healthy singing in barbershop. I don't know why more people don't idolize the technique of Ox, Rich Knight, Boston Common etc.
@jakethewoz But it breaks the lock of the chord... Unless of course every singers voice vibrates with the exact same frequency :) I think it's ok if it's used at the end of a phrase or when someone has a solo with the other three parts being quiet. Are you saying that the lack of vibrato is unhealthy?
@jakethewoz, True, but vibrato also destroys the precise Just Intonation tuning needed to make Barbershop chords “ring.” For Just Intonation to work, the pitches have to be PRECISE. For vibrato to work with JI, everyone would have to vibrato in PERFECT SYNCH — same exact rate, depth, and phase, throughout. Good luck pulling that off with a Quartet, let alone a Chorus!
That said, in quartets, it’s generally considered acceptable for the MELODY ONLY to have a SLIGHT vibrato on sustained vowels.
@COMALiteJ I've actually heard a group synch their vibratos before. The end result was a tremendous, earth-shaking sound. Too bad it only lasted the 2 to 3 seconds that they were synched (out of pure coincidence).
@jakethewoz every heard of the vocal majority? no vibrato and they sound about 50% their size. Everyoones vibrato is unique and near impossible to blend. sing without it and you can make good quality ringing tones and generate amazing overtones.
A few years ago, during our "quarteting break", our then Program VP put together a pickup quartet of four members who always sings with a vibrato to sing a polecat. lol
QuartetmanIA 3 months ago
wtf is up with simons videos.. they all have weird videography of zooming into things
nzbbs 8 months ago
What is this a parody of?
trlkly 1 year ago
@trlkly Voce
FineyLeee 1 year ago 6
with that sync'd vibrato I bet you guys could do a great Mills brothers.
SotR59 2 years ago
Cab driver, drive by Mary's place!
kitztracks 2 years ago
epic!!! hello 1915 champions hahahahaha chesty tenor and all lmao
wyzzardfamily 2 years ago
Funny! ;-)
CarlyCarlyW 2 years ago
haha, "VOCE!!"
blackiron44 2 years ago 2
LOL
Tim: "YouTube"
vanish129 2 years ago
I think the last 2 seconds is even better...
davidmeye 2 years ago
HAHAHA-- this is the greatest!
gordonice 2 years ago
and I LOVE the first 2 seconds of this video
gordonice 2 years ago
Classic. We should record an album
regriff 2 years ago
Call it Il Divo?
kitzmiller100786 2 years ago
Hahaha this one's pretty funny.
ZMaine 2 years ago
hmm
bordonthestreet 2 years ago
And that is why you should never use vibrato....
atteheikkinen 2 years ago 8
@atteheikkinen
I really hope you're joking. Vibrato is a natural phenomenon that occurs when a singer is singing with a focused sound and USING AIR (something that is all too rare in most quartets). I think it's a real shame that there's an apparent contempt for healthy singing in barbershop. I don't know why more people don't idolize the technique of Ox, Rich Knight, Boston Common etc.
jakethewoz 6 months ago
@jakethewoz But it breaks the lock of the chord... Unless of course every singers voice vibrates with the exact same frequency :) I think it's ok if it's used at the end of a phrase or when someone has a solo with the other three parts being quiet. Are you saying that the lack of vibrato is unhealthy?
atteheikkinen 6 months ago
@jakethewoz, True, but vibrato also destroys the precise Just Intonation tuning needed to make Barbershop chords “ring.” For Just Intonation to work, the pitches have to be PRECISE. For vibrato to work with JI, everyone would have to vibrato in PERFECT SYNCH — same exact rate, depth, and phase, throughout. Good luck pulling that off with a Quartet, let alone a Chorus!
That said, in quartets, it’s generally considered acceptable for the MELODY ONLY to have a SLIGHT vibrato on sustained vowels.
COMALiteJ 5 months ago
@COMALiteJ I've actually heard a group synch their vibratos before. The end result was a tremendous, earth-shaking sound. Too bad it only lasted the 2 to 3 seconds that they were synched (out of pure coincidence).
OscillatingEthmoid 3 months ago
@jakethewoz every heard of the vocal majority? no vibrato and they sound about 50% their size. Everyoones vibrato is unique and near impossible to blend. sing without it and you can make good quality ringing tones and generate amazing overtones.
BHS2011able 4 months ago
bahahahahaha
graynjah 2 years ago