I don't know if that weird scale has a name, but if you start at C and go up the octave and only sing the black keys on the piano, that's what that scale is. One thing I(Joey) did not know before was that the accidental solfege syllables have different names depending on if you are ascending or descending, which made it that much more difficult to learn and fun to sing. I practiced this in my shower everyday for two months.

@saraalhashimi2650

8 ай бұрын

And it really paid off! You NAILED IT!

@lindaosborn9152

8 ай бұрын

@BarbershopHarmony Give Joey's comment a well deserved pin 📌

@kell_checks_in

8 ай бұрын

Pentatonic?

@AuriLuve

8 ай бұрын

hi joey! just sat at the piano a bit, and I think the scale is like C Locrian (in the case of that arrangement it would be F#) but without the 4.... Locrian omit 4 LOL idk but yea, theory is fun :) I could talk about theory for ever and ever and ever

@ticknermusic1

8 ай бұрын

Yes, it’s basically a Gmaj scale, starting on the 7th (F#) and omitting the 4th (B), so it’d be F# Locrian while omitting the 4th scale degree

Jackson's lead is more buttery smooth than ever. Marcus molds amazingly well with the group dynamic. Jake's bass is more crisp and defined. Joey is bald. The boys are back in form.

@TheNewfangledFour

8 ай бұрын

somebody's gotta be bald

@hyeonday9743

7 ай бұрын

JOEYS BALD LMAO

I am currently in the quartet for my college’s performance of Music Man, and the sudden switch to Shipoopi just made me lose it😭

@naomicole9706

8 ай бұрын

THANK YOU! I could not quite get what it was!

@hunterleebrown

8 ай бұрын

that made me smile too... down to the little dance jig as well.

@MommeeMadre1

8 ай бұрын

My son was in that quartet twice! It stays with you forever and that's a GREAT thing!!!! Don't hold back and Enjoy!!!

@plumper303

11 сағат бұрын

Just finished a high school performance of this lol. Funnily enough, I was in the barbershop quartet for the play. The dancing number was fun. :)

2:45 Didn't even notice that Jackson is singing tenor for this whole section, lol!

@hunterleebrown

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for pointing this out! Was a buttery smooth transition into his Tenor... awesome stuff.

@Maweena

5 ай бұрын

I’m so glad trumpet boy let him sing lead for once 😂

I've run into Marcus a couple times at my school (he works as a sound tech) and I always do a double take cause I'm like "oh that's Marcus.... WAIT how do I know Marcus"

@donnajones9303

2 ай бұрын

WAIT HOW DO I KNOW MARCUS

2:45-3:16 is some of the most clever parody writing I have ever witnessed! ❤

I don't think a lot of people appreciate how intricate this performance is. This is the type of performance you can watch endlessly and never get bored. Seriously! Try watching it four times paying attention only to what one of them is doing throughout. Side note: I really love the "chemistry" between Jake and Marcus throughout the whole contest, tbf

The "Me" followed by the head snap and the "WHAT" and "NO" by Jake and Marcus immediately after at 3:12 is my favourite part of this entire song

@mrmilktrayman8002

8 ай бұрын

@@AlwaysHungryAlwaysThirsty Jake my bad got the names mixed up

@MadisonHasty

8 ай бұрын

*Jake and Marcus

3:39 I loved Joey keeping the thumb movement going as they said "it is not his fault he is stupid".

Here are some The Newfangled Four histories that were referred to in the song! "three of us went to music school" at 2:00 Jackson - Trumpet Performance Jake - Classical Vocal Performance Marcus - Jazz Performance Joey - Computer Engineering "he's the guy we're glad we found" at 3:44 Joey and Jake started the quartet. (Joey was the lead at that time.) Joey&Jake, then Jackson joined the next year, then Ryan, then finally Marcus.

@oliverdelica2289

8 ай бұрын

hot damn

@ZackBlackwood97

8 ай бұрын

So at 3:44, who's the guy? Can't be Joey

@ILoveSomethingStupid

8 ай бұрын

@@ZackBlackwood97 They meant Joey. According to their website, Jake met Jackson and Marcus in 2010 (as friends, not as quartet members). I don't know how and when Jake and Jackson met Joey, but I assume between 2010 and 2012. Then Joey and Jake started a quartet with two other dudes. Before NF4, Joey was in another quartet and won the International Collegiate Quartet Championships in 2009, so I guess he was a famous tenor. I hope this helps :)

@alistairwall5470

8 ай бұрын

@@ILoveSomethingStupidThey were all members of Westminster at the time

@ILoveSomethingStupid

8 ай бұрын

@@alistairwall5470 I am not sure about that one... I didn't have time and energy to search for that information, but they say Jake was not a member of the Westminster Chorus until 2011, if I'm not misreading. -"Jake earned a gold medal with the Masters of Harmony in 2011 and became a dual member with the Westminster Chorus." And I have no idea when Joey joined the Westminster Chorus. They probably were members of the Masters of Harmony at the time though.

The lyrics are genius lol. That disastrous reinterpretation of Do Re Mi here is going to be stuck in my head forever. One of my favorite comedic bits was at 5:03 where every last ounce of patience flew out of Jackson's body and he stops singing halfway. Comedy aside, love their singing again!

5:40 Jo stops at Ti because Jackson at Ti at 1:55 when demonstrating how to do it :D

4:33 I think I literally screamed in my living room watching the livestream. Brilliant writing and from out of nowhere

@samprice1598

8 ай бұрын

What is it from?

@4partharmony208

8 ай бұрын

@samprice1598 they're trying to teach him a basic major scale, but instead he does every non-major syllable in both directions. You can hear all the music theory nerds in the crowd gasp. As they said, "He didn't not do it".

@amitshakhar7575

8 ай бұрын

@@4partharmony208 Isn't he doing the major third tho?

@aloysiuskurnia7643

8 ай бұрын

I literally shouted "fwhaaaat???!" looking at the screen

@PureMustache

8 ай бұрын

This was my favorite thing in the entire song. I love it when groups sneak in little jokes for music (theory) people.

i love how this connects to the bare necessities parody they did, as joey stated how he didn't have a degree in music.

There are certainly great performances by many quartets, but NF4 is my go to favorite. I'm stuck on them. Love, love, love these guys. Always fun to watch and memorable. Makes me want to know and sing with them if I could. I assume by now that BHS knows what a huge asset they are, as I've seen other comments saying it was NF4 who influenced some young singers to get into singing in the first place. No higher compliment.

@BarbershopHarmony

8 ай бұрын

Couldn't agree more!

@TwoToneShoes

8 ай бұрын

They're everyone's favorite besides the judges.

@MartinDoyleUK

7 ай бұрын

@@TwoToneShoeslies. No one likes the judges.

@TwoToneShoes

7 ай бұрын

@@MartinDoyleUK Missed the context on that one. I'm saying the NF4 is everyone's favorites besides the judges themselves who don't think they're ever a top 5 group

@MartinDoyleUK

7 ай бұрын

@@TwoToneShoesmy apologies. I’m British, so most things out of my mouth are flippant, bad puns or sarcastic. I forget how badly it comes across online sometimes.

THE HARMONICS AT THE END?? NF4 has improved so much as a quartet over the years, they've always been my favorite and I'm really happy to see them on stage again !

@CatherineBellLife

11 күн бұрын

yes I love the newfangled four they're hilarious and sound amazing

These guys really are the full package. Jake's comedic timing and delivery blow me away.

5:48 is the musical equivalent of edging… solfedging

@Lozza1991

7 ай бұрын

Softedging

Wait, they reformed?! Just without Ryan Wisniewski now, I guess. Followed em through the pandemic and it was rather sad to see how that took a toll on em eventually having to have the group to disband. As Ryan's moved on to other stuff in life along with him being a singing trainer, hope he's happy, and is dearly remembered. Welcome to Marcus Carline! Been with em since 2022 it seems. Fits the group like a glove.

@maxbowen6482

Ай бұрын

This video just popped up and seeing them together again was such a pleasant surprise

Joe absolutely nailing complex solfege out of nowhere got me!

Newfangled Four are always a treat, and it's great to see that they haven't lost a step

I don't know how else to describe it, but that Do Re Mi at 1:28 was absolute pure magic. ... ...followed by the utter carnage of Joe Re Mi! it's seriously butter smooth and amazing, I wish there was some way to hear NF4 do the whole scale in that same smooth magic. Maybe it's because Jake gets a bit louder and we can hear him more? Either way, awesome job guys!

This whole contest was some of the best performance and acting from this group. Jackson’s face after Joey did the wrong but not wrong scale is comedy gold! On top of it swapping parts, Joey killing it on tenor, the addition of Shipoopi being just a flawless inclusion, and the timing on everything was so perfect.

That part change between Joey and Jackson at 0:23 is seamless!!!

4:33 He didn’t not do it 😂😂

Today I learned that Joey Buss can twerk better than I can

@peace_maybenot

8 ай бұрын

I wonder if he had to practice for this song XD

Who else picked up on the octatonic solfege at 4:32?? That's more impressive than the traditional solfege

@bandana_girl6507

8 ай бұрын

I don't have all of the accidentals memorized, so I had thought it happened but was unsure

@alexchannon

8 ай бұрын

It sounds like an Indian or Indonesian scale we learnt in my world music course in uni

@cvproject3684

8 ай бұрын

@@alexchannonIndo not using these scales, probably Indian, it almost goes to Raga Puriya Daneshri scale where he sing F# G A# B# Cx Dx Ex (x goes whole tone up instead of usual # only goes up semitone/half tone), just except last two note… or it could be almost whole tone scale, just the second note only up a semitone instead whole tone scale.

THE ENDING CHORD WAS SO LOCKED IN???

@alistairwall5470

8 ай бұрын

Oh you just wait for when Stonehenge goes up, it's easily the best they've ever been

Its a shame none of these are on Spotify. They're perfect for my cardio distraction playlist

I still can't believe that Joey pulled off that scale at 4:33. Here are the notes (I believe) for anyone wondering. (All in F#) Upwards: Do Di Ri Fi Si Li Do Downwards: Do Te Le Se Me Ra Do

I'm obsessed with Joey's "Suppose" at 3:08. I really hope we get to see him sing Lead one day!

@mrwyatt6006

8 ай бұрын

He was singing lead in that section. Jackson was singing tenor.

@asterythm

8 ай бұрын

If only trumpet boy would let him…!

@ThePoubel

8 ай бұрын

That's one thing I really liked about this year's songs - everyone had a chance to shine, even Marcus at the finals! And Jake, but Jake is just very pretty - "Guilty as charged!"

I discovered this group by accident (The Bare Necessities parody, where The Bare Necessities was one of my all-time favorite songs from childhood), but I have fallen in instant love with them! They take me back to my high school and college days where I was in men's octet (double barbershop, baritone in high school, bass in college), and I LOVE the comedic renditions! Signed, your newest fan!

I expected to hear the drumsticks clatter when Jake threw them

@Lozza1991

7 ай бұрын

The detail of his characterisation is always outstanding

As an enthusiastic but relatively novice choral singer (two years now, having started in my mid 30s with zero prior music experience,) watching this ripped my soul from my body.

The going up and down the scale at 4:03 just itches my brain just right, I love it

@annabellesky

5 ай бұрын

They’re actually parodying the song Shipoopi from The Music Man! Hope that itches your brain more 😊

3:12 Marcus’ “WHAT?” Is absolutely flawless

I've missed these guys!😊

I remember when some guy posted their rendition of this is one of the convention rooms and it got taken down, so glad it’s back I loved this one

@Aliyahu

8 ай бұрын

I spent far too long trying to find that video after it got taken down

@ILoveSomethingStupid

8 ай бұрын

Ikr! I thought it was all a dream, so I'm glad you mentioned it lol

The Newfangled Four are back, baby!

So glad these lads are back.

Newfangled Four is my favorite barbershop quartet.

I think this might be their best performance yet as a group, so locked in harmonically!

Wow. There is a real improvement in their sound this year, and the jokes are flowing smoother. Great to see and hear!

The kings are back!!

they are back omg

They are just NEXT level, outranks everyone.

nice job Kohl!

@Lozza1991

8 ай бұрын

The transitions into and out of the Shipoopi section were particularly clever

This is easily a new one of my favorites by them. The comedy, the harmony, it's just perfect! And who doesn't love a little Shipoopi, as a treat?

no WAY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, THE BOYS ARE BACK!!?! HELLO!?

The Lock-in’ Ringers quartet must thank Joey (not OUR Joey!) here for this new Barbershop group name we were trying to come up with for a while! 💈🎶

It's so good. Holy crap. Y'all sound incredible

All of this comedy during the performance is just GOLD!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Since 2019 they've made a big step in the professionalism of their performance. Every little moment of this is so carefully planned and practiced and it's thick with comedy and clever little musical moments, yet it feels fresh and uncomplicated. Outstanding performance. Why do Jake and Joey look at each other at 3:28? It looks very deliberate. Are they coordinating for the next section?

@Lozza1991

2 ай бұрын

Maybe, but I expect it's largely theatre. Jake does the same thing with Jackson after Joey has stepped up to the mic.

This was just delightful

I love these guys SO much! I never thought I’d like Barbershop until I found The New Fangled Four!! The have so much fun!!!

These guys are better than ever! Love seeing them perform. So good, and the most entertaining barbershop quartet :)

The tag is so much fun

Long Live the Newfangled Four!

oh, based on snippets ive seen, i had been WAITING for this!! so glad it's here in all its glory. so clean, so tight, so funny, and that final chord rings INCREDIBLY. what an amazing job!

Just so it's written down somewhere: Joe, a name I call myself, Fa, a note that follows Joe. Re...t [rate] me on a scale from 1 to 10, Mi, am I good or no? (No!) So, who even really cares? (We care!) Ti...ch [teach] me what I need to know. (There's...) La...ts [lots] to learn then I suppose. And that brings us back to Mi, Joe, Joseph Daniel Buss.

@ruggedfur

5 ай бұрын

Fa, a note that FA-lows Joe. I caught it on my 10th (or so) viewing.

@saraalhashimi2650

4 ай бұрын

probably the most clever parody writing I've seen!

They’re back! We missed you guys!

OMG THIS IS SO FUNNY!! 😂

This is some of their best imo

Ok the SSN bit got me laughing out loud!! 🤣😂🤣😂😁

❤❤❤❤

Legends

I know the song is about Joey but Markus is so cute here!😊

@Lozza1991

7 ай бұрын

He's always friggin cute

Where do I contribute to crowdfunding the NF4 to record a full-length Music Man parody?

More of these guys is exactly what I needed to hear right now! What a pleasant surprise on my feed

My favorites are back baby!!!

Most videos on this channel struggle to break 1000 views but these guys consistently have thousands. It just speaks volumes about how entertaining they are

I always knew there was a cipher for music My dumbass never realised it was the alphabet even though it was RIGHT THERE

Jackson was incredible in this one!!

they're back!!!

I am so glad to see them back, they really were missing

You guys sound sooo rich, extremely happy to see u guys back at it this year 🎉🎉🎉

First a song about jackson (gaston) and now a song about joseph, how about the other two?

@Lozza1991

3 ай бұрын

Zazz is all about Marcus

Yea. You're back!

nice overtone at the end

I love listening to these guys!!!!!❤❤❤❤

I love Joey so much! He's the funniest member of the group and never fails to make me laugh. Love y'all and I hope to see you perform in person one day!

THEY'RE BACK!!

they bring me so much joy

I cant like it enough times!

BRAVO! I love it. Gave me goosebumps!

Obsessed with the ring on the tag

Baritone must be toughest to sing in this group! Marcus the new man.

Always a treat listening to these fellas!

THEYRE BACK

The boyz are BACK!!!

Love this song

Absolutely the best 👌🏻👌🏻 it's always such fun to figure out what jokes they're pulling off and they do it so naturally hahah even their gaston/jackson version was absolutely brilliant and now a song for joe it's just the best 👌🏻👌🏻

These guys remain my favorite 😅

MOST EXCELLENT!!!

What fun! What tremendous talent!

Incredible talent! Love seeing this style of music being continued!💪👌

I love you guys!! This was awesome.

Very clever and entertaining!! 💖

that backing part at 2:37 is so clean i love it

BRAVO!!