ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Naturally 7 - A capella ensemble
The group Naturally 7 practices vocal play -- the art of using the human voice to mimic instruments. It's as if a beatboxing troupe decided they could "-box" a whole orchestra: flute, horns, drums, guitar -- building a vocal wall of sound.

Why you should listen

The men of Naturally 7 can sing like a dream. But what you might not expect from this vocal group is what else they do -- their voices contain multitudes of instruments, from a glorious trumpet to a full drum kit (with a side of turntables). They call it "vocal play" -- the art of creating instrumental music with the human voice. It's an evolutionary step beyond beatboxing, which is a solo pursuit -- these seven musicians are a tight orchestra.

Naturally 7's sonic range is clear even by reading the member lineup: Roger "N'glish" Thomas is a baritone and rapper; Rod Eldridge handles tenor, trumpet and scratching; Warren Thomas brings percussion, guitar and a third tenor. Baritone Dwight Stewart; tenors Jamal Reed and Garfield Buckley (who also plays harmonica); and bass Armand Hutton round out the group.

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Naturally 7 | Speaker | TED.com
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Naturally 7: A full-band beatbox

ナチュラリー7:7人のビートボックス

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独自のスタイルを持ったR&Bグループのナチュラリー7が、ビートボックスでオーケストラ並みの楽器のグルーヴをパフォーマンスします。曲は"Fly Baby"です。
- A capella ensemble
The group Naturally 7 practices vocal play -- the art of using the human voice to mimic instruments. It's as if a beatboxing troupe decided they could "-box" a whole orchestra: flute, horns, drums, guitar -- building a vocal wall of sound. Full bio

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♫ I think I'm ready準備完了 to do my thing ♫
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そろそろ始めようか
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♫ I think I'm ready準備完了 to take my chancesチャンス
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やっと俺の出番が回ってきたようだ
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♫ I've been diningダイニング out and all stressed強調された out ♫
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今まで運が悪かったから
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Due支払期日 to the circumstances状況. See? ♫
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疲れ切ってしまった だろう?
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♫ I gottaやらなければならない get up, get up, get up, get up ♫
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でも 起き上がって 動き出さなきゃ
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Wake目を覚ます up, wake目覚め up, wake目覚め up, wake目覚め up ♫
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さあ しっかりと目を覚まそう
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♫ I see what you're saying言って
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そうだ その通りだ
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♫ We sent送られた a demoデモ to the world世界, they said it sounds like Take 6 ♫
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デモテープが Take 6 に似ていると言われたから
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♫ I said "Holdホールド on, wait a minute, I'll be back with the remixリミックス" ♫
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「リミックスして来る」と言ったのに
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♫ They looking at us funny面白い, we can't make any moneyお金
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奴らがまともに取り合わないから 俺達には金が入らなかった
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♫ It took取った us years to figure数字 out that we was dealing対処する with dummiesダミー
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仕方のないヤツを相手にしていると気づくのに 数年かかった
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♫ They didn't understandわかる the sound from the Bronxブロンクス, that's the boogieブギー down ♫
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連中はブロンクスのブギダウンを理解してなかったのさ
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♫ to Huntsvilleハンツヴィル, Alabamaアラバマ州, there's no circles in my plannerプランナー, so ♫
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だからアラバマのハンツヴィルへ行って
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♫ It was time to make the product製品, so we hookedフック up with Townsendタウンゼント
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制作をするために タウンゼンドと手を組んだ
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Made a deal対処 with Johnジョン Nealニール, on the road道路 sold売った ten thousand
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ジョン ニールと契約したら ツアーで1万枚も売れた
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WBAWBA, that means手段 a trip旅行 to Nashvilleナッシュビル
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ナッシュヴィルのWBAに行くと
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Festplatteフェストプラット showed示した up and said them boys男の子 are naturalsナチュラルズ
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Festplatte関係者が来て 俺達を天才だと言った
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♫ Can you hear聞く what they were hearing聴覚? See what they were seeing見る? ♫
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俺達は耳も目も 研ぎ澄まされているってことさ
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♫ From Bronxブロンクス to Berlinベルリン, we took取った the tourツアー Europeanヨーロッパ人
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ブロンクスからベルリンへ ヨーロッパをツアー
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♫ All vocalボーカル yeah, we widitウィット, call the albumアルバム "What is it?" ♫
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声だけの音楽で "What is it?"ってアルバムを出した
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♫ With Sarahサラ Connorコナー, setセット the goalゴール for number one and we hitヒット it ♫
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サラ・コナーと共演したら 見事に1位に輝いた
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♫ But now it's KevKev, Simシム, Drewドリュー, Stewシチュー, time for a new新しい day ♫
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Kev Sim Drew Stewを迎え ここから新しく始まりだ
02:22
Ringリング the alarm警報, hitヒット 'em'em on SkypeSkype or a two-way双方向
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Skypeかtwo wayでみんなに知らせよう
02:25
Sung by the words言葉, we ready準備完了 to fly飛ぶ! ♫
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そうだ 声を上げて飛び立つ時だ
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Fly飛ぶ baby赤ちゃん! Time to leave離れる that nestネスト
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さあ 飛ぼう!巣立ちの時
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Fly飛ぶ baby赤ちゃん! This ain'tない no time to rest残り
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さあ 飛ぼう! 休む時間は無い
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♫ Come on fly飛ぶ baby赤ちゃん, we got work to do ♫
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さあ 飛ぼう! やらなきゃいけないことがある
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♫ Here we go, spread普及 my wings and ... ♫
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行こう 翼を広げて...
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Fly飛ぶ baby赤ちゃん! Time to leave離れる that nestネスト
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慣れ親しんだ場所を後にしたら
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Fly飛ぶ baby赤ちゃん! This ain'tない no time to rest残り. Come on ♫
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飛び続けるんだ!立ち止まっている暇はない
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Fly飛ぶ baby赤ちゃん! We got work to do ♫
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成功を目指すなら!することはたくさんある
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♫ Here we go. Spreadスプレッド my wings and fly飛ぶ. One more time ♫
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その才能を思う存分発揮するんだ
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Fly飛ぶ baby赤ちゃん! Time to leave離れる that nestネスト
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一歩を踏み出して!新しい場所を目指そう
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Fly飛ぶ baby赤ちゃん! This ain'tない no time to rest残り
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大空へ舞い上がったら!羽ばたき続けるんだ
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Fly飛ぶ baby赤ちゃん! We got work to do ♫
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今がチャンス!これを逃すなよ
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♫ Here we go, spread普及 my wings and ... ♫
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俺達の実力を見せてやろう...
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Fly飛ぶ baby赤ちゃん! Fly飛ぶ baby赤ちゃん fly飛ぶ
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さあ 飛ぼう! 飛び立つんだ
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Fly飛ぶ baby赤ちゃん! Fly飛ぶ baby赤ちゃん high高い
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さあ 飛ぼう! 高く高く
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Fly飛ぶ baby赤ちゃん! Up to the sky
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舞い上がろう! 大空のかなたまで
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Spreadスプレッド my wings and fly飛ぶ
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翼を広げて飛び立つんだ
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Instrumentalインストゥルメンタル!
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インストゥルメンタル!
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♫ We're ready準備完了 to fly飛ぶ! ♫
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さあ飛び立つ時だ!
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(Applause拍手)
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(拍手)
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Thank you very much.
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ありがとう
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(Applause拍手)
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(拍手)
Translated by Keisuke Kusunoki
Reviewed by Chieko Tamakawa

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Naturally 7 - A capella ensemble
The group Naturally 7 practices vocal play -- the art of using the human voice to mimic instruments. It's as if a beatboxing troupe decided they could "-box" a whole orchestra: flute, horns, drums, guitar -- building a vocal wall of sound.

Why you should listen

The men of Naturally 7 can sing like a dream. But what you might not expect from this vocal group is what else they do -- their voices contain multitudes of instruments, from a glorious trumpet to a full drum kit (with a side of turntables). They call it "vocal play" -- the art of creating instrumental music with the human voice. It's an evolutionary step beyond beatboxing, which is a solo pursuit -- these seven musicians are a tight orchestra.

Naturally 7's sonic range is clear even by reading the member lineup: Roger "N'glish" Thomas is a baritone and rapper; Rod Eldridge handles tenor, trumpet and scratching; Warren Thomas brings percussion, guitar and a third tenor. Baritone Dwight Stewart; tenors Jamal Reed and Garfield Buckley (who also plays harmonica); and bass Armand Hutton round out the group.

More profile about the speaker
Naturally 7 | Speaker | TED.com

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