Pitch Slapped's Halo ICCA

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Pitch Slapped co-ed a cappella group from the Berklee College of Music performing at the ICCA Quarterfinals in 2010! Congrats to Dan Horst for being awarded Outstanding Vocal Percussion, Hannah Juliano for Outstanding Solo Performance, and the whole group for Outstanding Choreography and being Quarterfinal Champions!!!!!!! Semi's here we come!! Arranger(s): Hannah Juliano asst. by RJ Woessner Soloist: Hannah Juliano

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Category:

Music

Tags:

• Pitch
• Slapped
• cappella
• ICCA
• Quarterfinals
• Halo
• Beyonce
• Berklee

[sizzlecofizzle]

not that you guys need any criticism, but if i were to make a comment, it would be that you guys should really keep the "ah" in the background of the third measure of the choruses. I don't really understand why you change to "ooh", but you lose all momentum.

[MommaDawn]

@sizzlecofizzle aweeeesome critique, I love hearing stuff like this! Thank you! The "ooh" was an arrangement decision to let the 4th and 8th bar of the chorus grow and be spotlighted. You are very right tho, we noticed after watching and listening back that the "ooh" lost momentum and volume, so at the beginning of this year we changed it to "ohh" and it works a lot better. Thanks again for your input, you were totally right ;)

[uganoteworthy]

doesn't matter how many times I watch this... it's still gives me chills every time.

[PeetaBread]

why didnt you guys choose this song instead of that garbage?

[disgeyez]

Very good. Thanks for a capella or I wouldn't ever hear any new songs. Artists these aren't any good (including Beyonce), but I really like this song. Great job guys, and thanks for making songs like these not only bearable, but very enjoyable. ^_^

[Amandapanda1553]

the key change was amazing!! brought tears to my eyes!!

[golphil]

Have you guys heard the Harper Blynn version? It's pretty good.

[kidlowe113]

Hannah is like freaking amazing!! And this performance is outstanding. usually Im not a big fan of beyonce covers becuz she set the bar pretty high but this was like awesome!!

[NickGoldston]

I was there. It was awesome

[ArtuKam]

@tylermatts have to agree, the 'ohs' were a nice change, I don't think momentum is diminished by using them. Great arrangement!

[tylermatts]

@MommaDawn On the other hand, I've never arranged anything this amazing, so who am I to give criticism!!! The "oh" sounds like a good idea, but I still really liked the "ooh". It just grabs everyone's attention all of a sudden.

Also, congratulations on the ICCA this year!!!

[tylermatts]

@MommaDawn Oh, no, change it back!

I love the switch to "ooh" - I think it shows a lot of musical skill and maturity! The "ah" works in bars 1 + 2 because the chord is moving up a step and you are building momentum as you get to the climax of the chorus at the end of bar 2, but from there trying to get brighter or louder would sound silly - you can't just build momentum forever! Instead, you drop down to this dark but super intense "ooh" which gives you somewhere to build from in bar 4.