The Accuracy Of These Vocal Harmonies Is INSANE
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- Опубліковано 11 жов 2023
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Check out Sexto Sentido! instagram.com/sextosentidocuba I'm still completely blown away by this, no matter how many times I listen to it. Also, the new ebook is available at 50% off for our launch sale, but that sale is ending soon, so check it out! jazzpianoimprov.com/
Have you ever thought to dissect modern gospel music? There is some INSANE stuff in there.
I've said it already many many times, but I'll continue doing it:
Definitely check out Thomas Bergersen! He does absolutely incredible things, I especially like his newer albums like the Humanity series or Myth, but many older pieces are also really great!
@CharlesCornellStudios I can only recommend you to listen Manhattan Transfers Version of Body and Soul. Yes it is with Piano and Bass but still to sing 4 minutes this arrangement is ridiculous.
You asked for recommendations, and while this isn't at all new, I did just see the Bulgarian Angelite Choir live, and the harmonies are just incredibly. ua-cam.com/video/levOES7XmEY/v-deo.html&ab_channel=JAROMedienGmbH-Bremen
Day 2 of telling you to check out NCT's "From Home" and "Superhuman"
Wow, we’re amazed 😱!!! This is the most beautiful and complete analysis we’ve seen about “ Canto a Eleggua “. Charles❤ Thank you so much for this!!!! We love it!!!❤
Uhh how is this not pinned? Haha!
Ustedes hermanas son Increíbles en el canto de nuestros antepasados...(Chef Kiss)
@@elimar48 Guessing Charles hasn't been back to the comments yet. :P
Seeing Amazing artists thank and compliment each other is inspiring. What a beautiful performance!
Such beautiful, beautiful music! I'm just discovering you through this video but I am very much looking forward to discovering more :)
i will NEVER get tired of Charles being completely awestruck by phenomenal musicians. he has so much respect and appreciation for true talent.
💯 The fact that Charles looks at completely different genres is also brilliant. While not every genre is to my taste, it is SO good to appreciate and enjoy the musicianship and skill of the performers, especially ones I wouldn't normally come across. (Like NPR Tiny Desk concerts)
This is exactly why I subscribed.
This man knows what good music sounds like.
This video really shows how unique the human voice is. Usually when Charles plays along with the melodies on the piano to break it down, it sounds just as pretty or even nicer. But here the piano sounds crunchy with all of the complex harmonies. The human voice just sounds so elegant even with the sub harmonies and dissonance.
Yeah this really shows-up the limitations of 12TET intonation. They’re tuned so well that it doesn’t even sound dissonant anymore.
That said, it’s pretty interesting how the “less pure” harmonic overlap in the piano makes the choral harmonies instead sound jazzy! Definitely far more spicy.
The human voice is one of the most powerful forces in human history.
This is absolutely amazing.
I also thought it was interesting that a piano cannot make that kind of harmony. At least not clean and easy.
Absolutely amazing vocal control...no sliding into those dissonant harmonies, no meandering around the note, no wobbling. It's like a sampled keyboard part, without the keyboard flat expression of the timbre or dynamics...just gobsmacked, here!
Exactly
The held notes sometimes are keyboard-flat... which is pretty amazing. At first I assumed some of it was tuned, but then they'd have needed magic mics, very directional, that reject everything off axis completely. And I don't think they make that, yet🤣. This is pretty cool. The host's reactions are so over the top, like, to the point that I gotta give him the raised eyebrow... IRL, you'd assume he was on something, if he was talking to you like this, in a coffee shop or wherever. I assume it's acting, in this instance, like the Matty character on the Oak Island show, x10 tho. The "WOW!" towards the end, after shutting down their clip, actually made me jump a bit!
@@GizzyDillespee Nah, some of us just get that excited about unusual harmony. For me, it's the most exciting thing in the world whenever I find music that's managing to offer something surprising harmonically. I'm literally like a child opening Christmas gifts.
@@GizzyDillespee While I do not have Charles' 'American' exuberance (I found my American cousins a little over-the-top when I first met them many years ago), I nonetheless quite often exclaim to myself when listening to amazing music. Whether it is a an awe-inspiring performance from the Australian Chamber Orchestra, a brilliant solo during a Consouls vgm jazz cover, one of Emmet Cohen's quciksilver-like changes mid-tune, or the way Patrick Bartley plays a rhythmic and rapid altissimo sequence on his sax, I have been known to let out a joyful OOF! or WHOOO! I think Charles is genuinely excited about this music.
Actually, there are digital audio softwares capable of re-pitching "polyphonic", harmonic audio at this point in time :) just had to point that out, although I 100% expect this performance to be authentic and NOT re-pitched. They're simply amazing. @@GizzyDillespee
As a person from the Yoruba tribe, thanks for covering this! They sing our language so beautifully.
Can you let me know if this translation is accurate enough?
Song to Eleggua by Sexto Sentido
Bara suayo.
- Praise/Invocation to the spirit.
Omonia lawana mama
- Soul's calling to the mother.
Kenirawo e
- See our destiny/path.
Bara suayo
- Praise/Invocation to the spirit.
Omonia lawana mama kenirawo e
- Soul's calling to the mother, see our path.
Obbara suayo eke eshu oddara
- Blessings and protection from Eshu, it is good.
Omonia lawana mama kenirawo eeee
- Soul's calling to the mother, see our path.
Bara suayo
- Praise/Invocation to the spirit.
Omonia lawana mama kenirawo e
- Soul's calling to the mother, see our path.
Bara suayo
- Praise/Invocation to the spirit.
Omonia lawana mama kenirawo e
- Soul's calling to the mother, see our path.
Obbara suayo eke eshu oddara
- Blessings and protection from Eshu, it is good.
Omonia lawana mama kenirawo e
- Soul's calling to the mother, see our path.
@@kevinbissingerI'm Yoruba from Ibadan, Nigeria... even though it's my native tongue, the dialect is totally alien. And just because you've written out the lyrics and attempted translation, I'll try to translate some of the words for you. However, it won't be perfect because the meaning is simultaneously contextual, poetic in a mystical sense and occultic (i.e. the meaning might be hidden from the profane or uninitiated).
The dialect is also a barrier to full translation. All the same, the song is an ode to the òrìṣà, Èṣù Ọ̀dàrà (a.k.a Elegua) the sometimes practical joker god or Master of the Crossroads, Lord of Communications, Guardian of Gates. Èṣù is the owner of all roads, paths, and thresholds, in the literal and metaphoric sense. He's also the Owner of Highways, the Path to your door, and the Road to every kind of Success.
Now, to the song:
Bara suayo (no idea)
Omoya lawana
We are born of the same mother
mama kenirawo e
Don't be the last to bring your sacrifice
Note: "Èṣù Ọ̀dàrà" means "Èṣù, Creator of Wonders". "Ọ̀dàrà" is different from "ó dára" (meaning "it is good" or "it is well")
Obara suayo
-King of the world
Ẹ ké
Salute with a cry
Èṣù Ọ̀dàrà
Èṣù who wrought wonders
Àṣẹ, mo júbà Òrìṣà
Amen, I worship Orisa (the gods)
Mo júbà ilẹ̀, mo júbà Òrìṣà
I worship the land, I worship Òrìṣà
Aláròyé mo júbà ilé l'Òrìṣà
The Chief Announcer, I worship
The land is Òrìṣà
Elegua ilẹ̀, soterie
Elegua, of the land (another nickname of Èṣù Elẹ́gbára)
Elegua ẹ ké
Elegua! We cry (or we raise our voice in adulation)
Èṣù Ọ̀dàrà
Unnnn
This Yoruba isn't the one we have in Nigeria. It's one that has experienced some metamorphosis due to their stay in Cuba over generations. It's beautiful to see my people.
Very underrated reply. I hope you start a yt channel
Also, they're singing this with such support... sitting on the floor!
I'm here for Charles freaking out with excitement and joy over every single chord. I feel so represented as a singer/musician who reacts the exact same way- more vocal harmony videos PLEASE!!
I’ve been a singer for 35 years. At some point I sang in choruses end other vocal groups of different sizes. It’s really astonishing the level of complexity, beauty and delivery. Never heard something like this at this level. Awestruck…
There were times I got the feeling of a barbershop quartet’s so-called “fifth voice” during their really tight harmonies. Stunning.
So true! There are overtones and undertones all over this!
I love how you're analysing a Cuban band, exploring Yoruba based music. Another youtuber, Xiaomanyc, made a video where he learned and spoke Yoruba. As an Australian, I've never heard of this Language or Culture before a few months ago and damn its so interesting and comforting to see cultural appreciation at this level. In your own ways people like you and Xiaoma are healing the world and bringing cultures together through love and appreciation. You're an absolute legend Charles! Keep it up mate!
So proud of Yoruba brothers
Of course Xiaoma just casually learned Yoruba lol
I’m glad to hear you exposing me to new, complex music rather than explaining how the songs I’ve already heard are complex. I like both types of videos, but this is the sort that is actually *vasluable* to me and why I subscribe. Thanks!😊
Vasluable?
He can't predict what songs you've heard and what songs you haven't. Also, many people overlook the complexity of a Stevie Wonder song because it's wrapped in such a catchy package. There's a value to that. Lastly, even if I knew a song was interesting and complex it doesn't mean I've taken the time to fully unpack it.
@@rsaettoneis more like, using already famous music vs introducing obscure and undervalued artists
@@luciocastro1418 I got that, I was just questioning the spelling of the word valuable.
@@rsaettoneIt's called a 'thaighpeaugh', and they happen sometimes but rarely actually obscure the intended meaning of the phrase, something evidenced by the fact you understood exactly what they meant. :|
As someone who sang with one of their members and enjoyed their music for years back in Cuba, I can attest their endless talent, creativity and professionalism... Proud to the bone of them, thank you so much for the analysis
This reminds me of Bulgarian women's folk chior, on which you also did a reaction to. The tonal complexity/stress is so incredibly beautiful!
Those harmonies remind me of the group,Take 6. They sing gospel, and they are incredible. I LOVE this type of acapella where the voices are so intricate and precise. You have to be precise with this type of harmonizing. If someone is off even slightly it throws the whole thing off. These women are amazing!
I was going to say the same thing! The Take 6 guys are consummate masters of their craft. These ladies are super good too!
I think this is a great demonstration of the limits of equal temperament. You can hear the vocal harmonies being perfectly in tune throughout, but the piano sounds slightly off on some of the chords. Cool video!
I was just gonna say that that 😊😊😊
Sometimes, I wish we had semi pianos for times such as this.
You can definitely hear the crunch of the piano in contrast to the smooth intervals the singers are hitting
Like a Lumatone!@@BettyAlexandriaPride
@@Crookedile You make a good point! They're a great instrument, but in my head, they weren't what I was thinking of, haha. They're the closest real-life counterpart to what I want, though. I'm willing to invest in one. Hopefully they have some nicer patches than the ones I've heard.
Always been a fan of super tight dissonant harmonies. Eric Whitacre's Water Night is also super beautiful. It's been about 10 years since I sang it, but I want to say it had like 10-12 layers to those chords, and most of them were really tight.
The cluster chords are where it's at.
Because I'm a huge nerd, I actually remember one of the big chords from Water Night almost exactly. The basses sing three notes in a non-clustered chord - I think Gb2, Db3, Bb3. Then the tenors sing Eb4, F4, Gb4. Then the altos and sopranos sing Ab4 through maybe F5? Maybe Ab5 on the top? All the notes in the Bb minor scale. So it's either 12 or 14 parts. Now I want to listen to see if I can remember exactly.
Edit: Yup, pretty sure it's 14 parts at 2:51 on the video on his channel. Just incredible.
Normally I would describe chords like this as "crunchy," but their voices and blend are so smooth I don't even have words for it. Like… if stars could sing, this is what it would sound like. The first chord bright tears to my eyes 😭🤩🥰
Celestial or elemental fits
Very proud of my cousin Yudelkys!!! Shes wonderful singer. Thank you!!!❤❤❤❤
that's goddamned inspiring.
what an absolute miracle, to have these women here alive on earth at the same time as us.
The beauty of dissonent harmonies are underpinned by the rich sub-harmonics of the human voice. Few other instruments can compete with the sub-harmonic complexities of the human voice. As a singer, I have performed a few times in musical productions which require this level of dissonance. There is no question that it's very difficult to learn but when it's done right, it's just amazing to sing and to listen to.
This is transcendent. It reminds me of a Cuban Mystere des voix Bulgares! The intro is half the Debussy piano etudes book. Lots of major 7 flat 5 chords. Half-diminished seventh chords which are actually rootless dominant ninths. Open quartal voicings. Great stuff. Then when the rhythm kicks in, it takes me back to C.K. Ladzkepo's Ghanian music class at UC Berkeley. I recognize that exact cascara from West African music, but I've never heard that term.
It seems that their ability to modulate between harmonies really is a "sixth sense," just like their name. The harmonies were so good that I had to pause Charles's video and study the original.
Beautiful, and surreal.
Yoruba tribe man here. Pleasantly surprised to hear Charles mention it out of the blue. Haha!
Sumptuous harmony from the immensely musical ladies!
Back in the 70s my momma introduced me to an album called “Missa Luba” which floored me for the same reasons. Stunning harmonies
How to make a masterpiece
Step 1: Melody
Step 2: Countermelody that goes hard
Step 3: Satisfying dissonant chords
Aiyooo I'm cuban and I've NEVER thought I'd see something from my country in your channel, there's more great stuff if if you want
yoooo!!! I'm Cuban as well very impressed to see something from our island here!!! Irakere next!!!!
@@dcuza coñooo siii Charles listen to irakere!!!
HOW?! Incredible harmonies. And this genre of music is originally written without the help of, say, a piano?
And this is part of why I love your channel!
Thank you for bringing this music to our attention!
These women are amazing! I sang in choirs for about 15 years and singing such harmonies is insane.
The human voice as a musical instrument steals the show once again. Thanks for allowing us to discover stuff like this!
what I love about this channel aside from it changing my perspective on music is the introduction of artists that not only making beautiful music, but music that touches my soul. Instead of touching on the top 100 songs, this channel,welcomes corner stone components of history and culture.
I just love your ability Charles to find amzing music form various corners around the world. Quite amazing!! You've got such a delicate ear.
Saw the thumbnail, paused the vid and went to hear the full thing first. That was about an hour ago, instant sub and insta follow, exhausted the lot and now I'm back to watch this. These are some truly special musicians. So many harmonic surprises I was wooing and woahing more than I have in a while. Stellar.
Thanks so much for the analysis. That's great music for sure. I didn't know about this group so it's good to hear them. Love your channel.
I've always enjoyed the extreme vocal discipline of a capella group The Idea of North and this group also stuns. Thanks Charles for a brilliant recommendation!
Love your enthusiasm! Vocal groups have been doing this for a long time... Take 6 is a group that comes to mind with their super tight and intricate harmonies. A video about Just Intonation vs Equal Temperament would also be great as a way to explain why the "same" piano voicings you play sound a little off and so much worse than what they're singing :)
Oooh. Thanks. That’s practically philosophical. Take that, Bach!
Yes! I agree, I have been a huge Take 6 fan since the 80s when they first came out and would love to see Charles do a breakdown of some of their vocal masterpieces!
Well this is what actual jazz (from New Orleans) sounds like. Also a lot of groups from the 70’s the O Jays and Marvin Gaye use this, as do I in my music 😉. This is a rich part of Afro American history. The enslaved people did the field hollers which were even more vast and complicated. But to most Western ears it doesn’t make sense. Notice how he emphasized the polished aspect. Most of the time this is not going to be this polished for good reason. Also you can’t play those notes on a piano you need something that you can bend the notes with.
@@kalonicamcquesten692 well, speaking of Bach, I think baroque composers did know about Just intonation. I know that clavesimbels have been created at the time with different keys for the same note, with slightly different intonation to circumvent this problem on a piano-like instrument.
As a violinist myself, and knowing others playing Bach, we also adjust intonation in Bach's music on string instruments, first through knowledge of the harmonies and later trained intuition.
Gold Mine! 1st cut on their first record! 1987 or 1988 I think. I'll never forget the minute I first heard it on the radio in the car late one night. Immediately drove to Tower Records (open till midnight) to buy it!
Wow, my mind is blown. The intervals are so close and they’re singing them so deliciously perfect. There’s some serious study and discipline behind this. Thanks for sharing, I’ll be checking out all of this music!
This is why I LOVE being a choral singer. Those exceptionally complex harmonies are wonderfully fun when you hit them right.
So excited you found this gem!!! I actually wondered for years what you’d expect and do with this song! ❤
Breath taking, Amazing Talent!! 4 lady's with Perfect Pitch.
Beyond talented! Such an amazing piece created by this group
Proud of being Cuban and I've listened to them live and they're amazing! Great job on choosing them!
I was so addicted to this song when it first came out {still am} I couldn’t tell you how many times I have played this song trying to figure out what they are doing❤❤❤ thanks for the break down on the keyboard
The extent of my exposure to Afro-Cuban music before this was the Buena Vista social club and a few things I heard Steve Gadd play on the drums, but this was completely mind melting in its complexity and beauty. Cheers and Thanks for the tip!!!
Man, you can’t even understand how excited I am to have stumbled on this video!! WHOA! N ur excitement just makes it so much better 🤯😂
This is honestly up there as some of the best vocal harmony I've ever heard.
The voices are just heavenly! Wow!
It's gorgeous, the chords do absolutely work, but what's amazing to me is that they get all that color and harmonic richness with JUST FOUR VOICES! And it flows super smoothly.
I love that you and your channel exist. ❤
Charles, thank you for showing us the coolest music ever on the regular basis!
I love how the main theme is constructed under a simple pentatonic scale, but the harmonies grow so complex.
This is by far my favorite video ever. Seeing your enthusiasm and excitement for harmonies and rhythms of afrocuban music is awesome and makes me happy. Please keep making these videos man, I need someone else to flip out over crazy dissonances and rhythms with. 😂
Thank you for introducing us to them! Wow!!!
Blown away is the perfect term to describe it. And what you said about the difficulty to stay in tune while doing four parts harmonies remind me of an old video cassette by Manhattan Transfer, shot about their "twilight zone" period, maybe earlier, and you see them rehearse "Jeannine", around a piano, each taking turn to try to get his/her part right, and you can feel the difficulty of threading acrobatic different lines together into lush harmonies......and they have a pianist to work with (and a band, later in the clip). I'm so glad you introduced me to Sexto Sentido, they are the best thing I've heard for a long, long time. Ladies, I bow in front of you !
I've been watching this video for over an hour and haven't finished because I keep rewinding in disbelief and awe.
Johny Bravo's joy in this video is absolutely contagious!!!
Completely blown away indeed! Thanks for showing me this incredible music
Amazing as always, thank you for your videos
Geeze this is insane! I love tight harmonies like that!
These sounds aren't foreign to me as a Yoruba at all. However as it went further the arrangements started hitting hard. They are AMAZING!!!
Charles you blow me away with your ability to translate what you hear onto the piano
watching you nerd out over this music is so great.... generally love your content but really happy you're featuring this group (and introducing them to me lol)
Absolutely wonderful analysis! Thank you! X
This reminds me of the vocalisations that Yoko Kanno likes to put in some of her works, but more detailed and deeper.
Thanx! Love the music! And a brilliant analysis!
Elite level stuff. Amazing.
What we always need is more incredible enthusiasm for harmony and execution, which is what this video exemplifies! It’s always cool to be exuberant about things like this! All your videos are like this and I am grateful. I wish you taught theory where I teach trumpet!
I have no words so will stick with THANK YOU
Phenomenal! I love your break down
And the vocals are not just dead on tuning, they are JUST tuned. You can tell when comparing to the equal-tempered keyboard how much more consonant, even those crunchy chords sound. LOVE IT.
Thank you, Charles. You give and give us more in every video, but this one stops the heart! I’ve sung in acappella groups for decades, but this is many levels (melodically, harmonically, rhythmically, texturally) beyond anything I’ve ever heard before. Thank you for introducing them to us.
Thanks for this. Amazing.
I love this stuff!! These ladies are genius. I'd love to see/hear them in a rehearsal.
This has to be one of my favourite videos of yours
I'm so glad I can feel chills. Apparently some people don't have that? Hearing a note that just goes down your spine is something that not everyone can feel and I'm very fortunate that I can cause I got it ALOT during this video.
Yeah, I was effected strongly by this song too.
A couple times I was actually shivering.
Ice cold harmony.
A thing of beauty.
Been replaying this track all day.
this blew me away, this is crazy good
hell yes give me all of this you have and twice on sundays. I feel it in my bones. these are mesmerizing harmonies. hopefully there's lots more, please.
Wow! Just wow , so gorgeous sound and looks too!!!!
This is amazing....the epitome of musical bliss. Why music will always be transcendent
crazy harmonies, thanks charles!
Thank you for sharing this amazing music with us. In a world where most music discovery now happens through algorithms that aren't actually very good at figuring out our tastes, it's great to have someone who's still like "Hey, check this cool thing out."
Beautiful, there is an a cappella group from Africa that is awesome as well. I sang in a barbershop chorus for years, while those harmonies were more “traditional” we still loved doing the right dissonant chords. Beautiful stuff. Just what I needed, another rabbit hole to go down!!
Wuff. Just wuff. That is so incredible on so many levels.
This is amazing!
Goosebumps. Every time. Wow.
I’ve been in a lot of choirs with a few awards to collect dust, and I’ve heard a lot of great vocal groups along the way. But I have never heard anything like this! This group is the gold the World Music river has been depositing under a newly flipped over boulder.
yep this is amazing. good find Charles. good find
Totally awesome! How was I not aware of this? This makes my brain explode with the same reaction that I got listening to Bobby McFerrin and Roger Treece's work on Vocabularies.
Beautiful work.
Marvelous analysis...👋👋👋 Thank you!
You don't have to know anything about music ( I don't) to appreciate how gorgeous this is - Thank You for sharing!!!
Very pretty voices! Love it!
I don’t know about anyone else Charles, but I will never tire of your enthusiasm. Great!
Also loves Charles's passion for his craft and instrumental/classical music and others 😸
Wow! I love this.
Without taking *_anything_* away from their obvious skills, I think that what they have grown up hearing plays a huge part in being able to sing these pieces...
yes, the same goes for the "maqam" scales; singing those microtones, accurately, for any "westerner" is almost an impossible job, but people who grow up in that environment can reproduce those scales perfectly over and over again
6th Sense! The harmonies are definitely giving otherworldly! I love it!
Amazing! Thanks for make us know this ensemble, and for enlightening with your education this extraordinary piece of music and Afro-Cuban culture!
I remember hearing 'tiny habits' and thinking "this is the tightest complex harmony I've heard". Especially when singing live with Lizzy McAlpine on tiny desk. But yea.... After hearing this. There's a new winner ❤️🌈
That is wild. Seemed like a normal song and that harmony happened.
That is serious.
I cold chill took me over.
I was literally shivering.
That is a different kind of power!
Wow 😳