I think he just unlocked a whole new dimension... singing E Natural instead of E flat in that context sounds... nice... soft... warm... cozy... comforting...
You're talking about the "all the *while*", where the lead highlighted that jazz was now in barbershop, but I think it started in "I will *smile*", where Mike sings the low Eb confidently, and the lead nods at the music judges and the crowd, confirming that it is the right chord. From then onwards, it's a mix of jazz and barbershop and it's a free for all.
Mike Rowe is one of the nicest people you'll ever meet, and definitely one of my favorite people. I loved his Dirty Jobs show, and all the voiceovers he did on the Discovery channel shows, and most recently his podcast from the past few years, and although I knew he was a singer, it's fun to hear him in this arrangement. Thanks for sharing, and as always, thanks for the transcription.
I'm glad they gave Mike this honor that year. To be honest, I don't think it would happen in current years, because Mike Rowe has gotten a lot of hate for his strong conservative views on certain issues. Whatever you think of Mike outside music, that dude can sing!
I've heard when barbershop quartets sing dominant 7 chords, they'll sing the 7th flatter than what you'd hear at the piano. I believe they sing with justly tuned intervals to get that "ringing chord" effect. Do they also do that with major 3rds? That first F# sounded really flat.
Yup. The dominant sevenths go nearly a full quarter tone flat, the major thirds go reasonably flat, minor thirds a little sharp, perfect fifths go 2 cents sharp (biggest 2 cents in music!), the seventh in a minor seventh chord skews sharp iirc. So in that penultimate chord, a lovely IVm6, the post has to ensure it skews ever so slightly sharp, the step down between the D and Db for the baritone is miniscule, and the step between the G and the A for the tenor is surprisingly small. But, thanks to locking and ringing, that cadence is one of the easiest to sing, because you just sit in the place that makes the overtones go brr and it's very obvious when they do
Yup! Have to do this all the time with orchestral playing as well! The weirdest part is when you play the same note while the chord changes, like going from G as the 5th of C to G as the 7th of A7 and you have to go from a high G to a very low G
I can't imagine how proud Mike's parents are for everything he has accomplished and done in life for others!!!!! I hope i get to shake your hand one day!!!!!
Boy, you have a high roof to your mouth! That is a feel-good video if I ever saw one. Thank you and the other guys. Keep singing. God bless.♥️🙏🏻🙏🏽🙏🏿🙏🏾🙏🏼♥️🥰🇨🇱
In bar 52 the Eb I think is natural, but is it an Eb in the original version of the song? I think they work either way, I just don't know the standards well enough XD.
bar 28, fourth part, on "everything" I heard F natural, E natural, Eb. I love that F major 7 chord with the seventh in the fourth part. Very hip inversion. I think they just happened upon it because he sang chromatically down there
Yeah I realized that this is more of a standard in barbershop, so I thought it would be more important to put the correct note because this is most likely just a simple mistake on his part, which is why I didn't label this as a pure transcription, I don't think that would be as honest, but I did purposefully go with the correct score for the parts when it's just a mistake :)
@@RDS_Armwrestlingit’s fine, but it’s not true to the style, even though that measure (the low Eb with the 4-3 suspension) is already a tradition with this polecat
He gained a lot of fame from hosting the show "Dirty Jobs" on the Discovery channel years ago, and since then has made a name for himself supporting tradesmen and the working class, as well as having a very successful podcast series on which he relays amazing true stories of seemingly unknown individuals, but after the story he cleverly reveals who it was the entire time. Often he refers to them throughout by an unknown name, such as a middle name or an uncommonly used nickname. It's a really fantastic series, you should check it out. Each episode ends with the title of the show, the catchphrase "That's the way I heard it."
The thing is that with barbershop style, it's usually written the way the melody would normally be sung, and then the musician just decided to embellish it; this way makes it easy for other people to perform it the way they'd like, but I understand why it might not be optimal for some to just purely view
i never thought i'd add "sing a tag with Mike Rowe" to my bucket list but here we are
I got to at this contest, it was amazing!
I think he just unlocked a whole new dimension... singing E Natural instead of E flat in that context sounds... nice... soft... warm... cozy... comforting...
I love how the baritone at that moment looked so shocked😂
but he sings an e flat i believe, otherwise maybe a very flat E, idk where u hear the natural E there
You're talking about the "all the *while*", where the lead highlighted that jazz was now in barbershop, but I think it started in "I will *smile*", where Mike sings the low Eb confidently, and the lead nods at the music judges and the crowd, confirming that it is the right chord.
From then onwards, it's a mix of jazz and barbershop and it's a free for all.
Mike Rowe is one of the nicest people you'll ever meet, and definitely one of my favorite people. I loved his Dirty Jobs show, and all the voiceovers he did on the Discovery channel shows, and most recently his podcast from the past few years, and although I knew he was a singer, it's fun to hear him in this arrangement. Thanks for sharing, and as always, thanks for the transcription.
Except for the part where he think that OSHA should be dissolved and unions are bad.
And that part where he's a total conservative prick
I'm glad they gave Mike this honor that year. To be honest, I don't think it would happen in current years, because Mike Rowe has gotten a lot of hate for his strong conservative views on certain issues. Whatever you think of Mike outside music, that dude can sing!
Fun video, but it really makes you appreciate the difficulty of singing and blending in such a small ensemble.
he didnt blend well
I've heard when barbershop quartets sing dominant 7 chords, they'll sing the 7th flatter than what you'd hear at the piano. I believe they sing with justly tuned intervals to get that "ringing chord" effect. Do they also do that with major 3rds? That first F# sounded really flat.
Yup! Many chords are tuned in just intonation to get the overtones or “ring” that is so common in barbershop.
Thanks. I figured that was it. I've been listening to a lot of videos like this recently and heard notes that sounded flat to my ears.
Yup. The dominant sevenths go nearly a full quarter tone flat, the major thirds go reasonably flat, minor thirds a little sharp, perfect fifths go 2 cents sharp (biggest 2 cents in music!), the seventh in a minor seventh chord skews sharp iirc. So in that penultimate chord, a lovely IVm6, the post has to ensure it skews ever so slightly sharp, the step down between the D and Db for the baritone is miniscule, and the step between the G and the A for the tenor is surprisingly small. But, thanks to locking and ringing, that cadence is one of the easiest to sing, because you just sit in the place that makes the overtones go brr and it's very obvious when they do
Yup! Have to do this all the time with orchestral playing as well! The weirdest part is when you play the same note while the chord changes, like going from G as the 5th of C to G as the 7th of A7 and you have to go from a high G to a very low G
@NPC 2428 That's definitely not true! Why would strings need to intonate and winds wouldn't? Everyone needs to be in tune
I can't imagine how proud Mike's parents are for everything he has accomplished and done in life for others!!!!! I hope i get to shake your hand one day!!!!!
I actually sang this song with the lads from this quartet earlier this year. One of the best days of my life
Say what you will....Mike Rowe is a FLAME THROWER at bass
Mike is a stud bass. It'd be cool to see him compete.
Harder than it looks while making it look effortless. Beautiful
Boy, you have a high roof to your mouth! That is a feel-good video if I ever saw one. Thank you and the other guys. Keep singing. God bless.♥️🙏🏻🙏🏽🙏🏿🙏🏾🙏🏼♥️🥰🇨🇱
wow, incredible and amazing, he fit in very well
1:35 - go Mike!
In bar 52 the Eb I think is natural, but is it an Eb in the original version of the song? I think they work either way, I just don't know the standards well enough XD.
Same at 0:21, where you hear a G2 but D3 is written
Thanks for the sheet music. 👍
One of my favorites
bar 28, fourth part, on "everything" I heard F natural, E natural, Eb. I love that F major 7 chord with the seventh in the fourth part. Very hip inversion. I think they just happened upon it because he sang chromatically down there
Same. Bit of a transcription error methinks
Bar 51 he sings and E nat too. May have just copied from whatever arrangement they were singing
@@christopherbernhardt not really an E flat or an E natural. More like... Something in between.
This is really cool.
I have (Europe) no idea who they are. But they sing enjoyably!
I always love when things like this happen, well done!
Well he is a trained operator singer.
Of all the things I was expecting to see on the internet today, this was not one.
who knew being in a barbershop was a dirty job?🤔
Well, Mike sang Bass, but they do call the baritone the garbage part.
@@makeshiftquartet3071 AMEN! I actually WANTED to sing Bari, but my upper range made my voice more desirable elsewhere.
Don’t all baritones know this?
I'm Mike Rowe and this is Dirty Jobs.
m. 52 Mike Rowe signs an E natural instead of Eb and I kinda like it
That's a polite way of saying there's a mistake in the transcription, there's more than one
@@RDS_Armwrestling in fairness, the Eb is as written in the original music.
Yeah I realized that this is more of a standard in barbershop, so I thought it would be more important to put the correct note because this is most likely just a simple mistake on his part, which is why I didn't label this as a pure transcription, I don't think that would be as honest, but I did purposefully go with the correct score for the parts when it's just a mistake :)
@@jasonfieler I'm a die-hard barbershopper and I'm LOVING your videos. Thanks dude. Keep it up!
@@prsplayer12 I have the official polecats book right here, and my copy stays on the Bb.
Apparently he used to sing professionally. The more you know!
He was a professional opera singer.
Now that's rad!
I probably count for about 1000 of the views! Never listen too much!
Fun fact - Mike Rowe sang in the Baltimore opera before becoming famous and being seen on TV.
And he was a QVC host selling stuff on tv before he started Dirty Jobs!
❤❤❤
His pitch could use some work, but man, what a voice!
Good transcription but a lot of of the slurs should be glissandos
Imagine being the guy who gets replaced by Mike Rowe
luckily, that guy (Brian O'Dell) is one of the all time great basses, so he'll be okay.
@@kyleconsalus7251 @zer0darkmoon plus, Mike was an Opera singer, so it's not like he is a layman
Measures 13 and 14 are a bit off. Great video tho!
measure 51 the baritone should resolve to a G :)
I like the Eb13 though haha, it's a great sound without the resolution
@@RDS_Armwrestlingit’s fine, but it’s not true to the style, even though that measure (the low Eb with the 4-3 suspension) is already a tradition with this polecat
Pretty sure Bari did resolve it, you just can't hear it over the crowd
@@keysradiotheradio yep just wasnt notated
@@RDS_Armwrestling where do you see a 13th there?
I think he studied to sing in opera.
Definitely not a Dirty Job, Mike Rowe was clean and tight.
Who’s mike row I’m only 21 so o don’t know
He gained a lot of fame from hosting the show "Dirty Jobs" on the Discovery channel years ago, and since then has made a name for himself supporting tradesmen and the working class, as well as having a very successful podcast series on which he relays amazing true stories of seemingly unknown individuals, but after the story he cleverly reveals who it was the entire time. Often he refers to them throughout by an unknown name, such as a middle name or an uncommonly used nickname. It's a really fantastic series, you should check it out. Each episode ends with the title of the show, the catchphrase "That's the way I heard it."
you need to get educated.
the transcription doesn't make any sense all the rhythms are wrong and out of tempo
The thing is that with barbershop style, it's usually written the way the melody would normally be sung, and then the musician just decided to embellish it; this way makes it easy for other people to perform it the way they'd like, but I understand why it might not be optimal for some to just purely view