YES! I agree with you. It' wonderful that you stand up for it in such an honorable way! But I was listening to it the very first time. Maybe it'll take some time to get familiar(I don't know f it's the right word here?!) with it and then appreciate it!!!
Actually, after I posted that... I had a second thought. At times the 2 female parts and 2 male parts seemed too spread apart. You might get dangerous and just add an inner voice occasionally between parts. At the end it has that nice fullness in the voicing. Do it more often! It's kewl!
Well, everyone who plays a instrument (and want to play it well) must be able to sing to, because the instrument only "helps" the voice. Maybe a instrument doesnt´s sound like a human voice, but most music pieces which are written for any instrument sound best with this instrument...although this sounds cool!
@jhstha if you were just a bit familiar with the history of modern (vocal) music in general or the swingle singers in special, you would know that ward swingle revolutionized the art of a cappella by taking classical pieces (by bach, mozart or beethoven) and rearranging them into a jazz piece, making it "his" piece of music, to which he added his personal artistic touch. it has been completely legitimate to change classical music since then... and i dare you to say the swingle singers can't sing
excuse me if i cite you: "they cannot sing" - in my opinion that is quite clearly stating what you are claiming to never have said... also, no need to get personal. I cannot judge on the swingle singer's performance of today compared to the original group, but having been a member of several (auditioned and unauditioned) choirs of high standards and a college a cappella group, being a grade 8 singer and playing several instruments, i think i know quite a bit about music... be it vocal or not.
they shouldnt sing so fastplayed pieces like rondo alla turca i think it sound childish and kinda stupid (just 2 much babababababab)... sounds not really good here.. on piano it sounds way way better the first 2 mins of their bach "sinfonia"-interpretation sound way better cuz its a slowplayed piece
Conversely, can your voice sound like my brass instruments? No. It was just my opinion. I think the voices are annoying and I would go so far as to say that the trumpets can "sing" better than the people in this recording (unless it is just a quality issue).
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These guys are the best!!Amazing. Portugal waits for you!
Wow! I thought it was tough when I played this on the xylophone... but a capella?? Amazing!
*goes in search of more music by this fantastic group*
YES! I agree with you. It' wonderful that you stand up for it in such an honorable way! But I was listening to it the very first time. Maybe it'll take some time to get familiar(I don't know f it's the right word here?!) with it and then appreciate it!!!
Weird definitely isn't the right word. I like everything about it. Dynamics especially!
Yes.
Actually, after I posted that... I had a second thought. At times the 2 female parts and 2 male parts seemed too spread apart. You might get dangerous and just add an inner voice occasionally between parts. At the end it has that nice fullness in the voicing. Do it more often! It's kewl!
yea it is kinda fast. But hey that's what they do and they do it better than anyone else ever has
Well, everyone who plays a instrument (and want to play it well) must be able to sing to, because the instrument only "helps" the voice.
Maybe a instrument doesnt´s sound like a human voice, but most music pieces which are written for any instrument sound best with this instrument...although this sounds cool!
Stuff like this just sounds better on a small brass ensemble (see: The Canadian Brass)
this is vocal music. it would be a little different. can your brass instrument sound like voices?
whoa.... well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
hmm they are good as BGM...
really now..
@jhstha if you were just a bit familiar with the history of modern (vocal) music in general or the swingle singers in special, you would know that ward swingle revolutionized the art of a cappella by taking classical pieces (by bach, mozart or beethoven) and rearranging them into a jazz piece, making it "his" piece of music, to which he added his personal artistic touch. it has been completely legitimate to change classical music since then... and i dare you to say the swingle singers can't sing
Turks rulezzz yeahhh
excuse me if i cite you: "they cannot sing" - in my opinion that is quite clearly stating what you are claiming to never have said... also, no need to get personal. I cannot judge on the swingle singer's performance of today compared to the original group, but having been a member of several (auditioned and unauditioned) choirs of high standards and a college a cappella group, being a grade 8 singer and playing several instruments, i think i know quite a bit about music... be it vocal or not.
I think, it should be " an instrument" NOT " a instrument" and "able to sing, too" NOT "able to sing to."
That's weird!!!!
this is cool to point....then in kinda gets annoying...
no offense to any who thinks this is amazing this is just my opinion
Ok maybe but to me it's weird!
they shouldnt sing so fastplayed pieces like rondo alla turca i think it sound childish and kinda stupid (just 2 much babababababab)... sounds not really good here..
on piano it sounds way way better
the first 2 mins of their bach "sinfonia"-interpretation sound way better
cuz its a slowplayed piece
Conversely, can your voice sound like my brass instruments? No. It was just my opinion. I think the voices are annoying and I would go so far as to say that the trumpets can "sing" better than the people in this recording (unless it is just a quality issue).