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: A full-band beatbox

Os Naturally 7 usam o "beatbox" (vocalização de ritmos) para criar uma banda completa

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O incomparável grupo de R&B Naturally 7 faz "beatbox" de uma orquestra inteira de instrumentos apresentando uma versão cheia de groove do seu single, "Fly Baby."
- 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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♫ Acordar, acordar, acordar, acordar ♫
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♫ I see what you're sayingdizendo
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♫ Enviámos uma demo ao mundo, disseram que soava a Take nº 6 ♫
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♫ Eu disse, "Espera aí, já te trago o remix" ♫
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♫ eles a olhar torto pr'a nós, não conseguimos fazer dinheiro ♫
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♫ Levámos anos a perceber que 'távamos a lidar com fantoches ♫
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♫ Eles não compreenderam o som do Bronx, que é o boogie até ♫
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♫ to HuntsvilleHuntsville, AlabamaAlabama, there's no circlescírculos in my plannerplanejador de, so ♫
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Huntsville, Alabama, não há círculos no meu planador, por isso ♫
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♫ It was time to make the productprodutos, so we hookedviciado up with TownsendTownsend
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♫ Era altura de criar o produto, então ligámo-nos ao Townsend ♫
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♫ Fizémos um acordo com o John Neal, vendemos 10 mil na estrada ♫
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WBAWBA, that meanssignifica a tripviagem to NashvilleNashville
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♫ WBA ou seja, ir até Nashville ♫
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FestplatteFestplatte showedmostrou up and said them boysRapazes are naturalsNaturals
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♫ Apareceu o Festplatte e disse aqueles manos têm jeito ♫
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♫ Can you hearouvir what they were hearingaudição? See what they were seeingvendo? ♫
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♫ Consegues ouvir o que eles ouviram? Ver o que eles viram? ♫
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♫ From BronxBronx to BerlinBerlim, we tooktomou the tourTour EuropeanEuropeu
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♫ Do Bronx até Berlim, fizémos a tour Europeia ♫
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♫ All vocalvocal yeah, we widitwidit, call the albumálbum "What is it?" ♫
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♫ Só vozes, yá, conseguimos, chamámos ao álbum "What is it?" ♫
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♫ With SarahSarah ConnorConnor, setconjunto the goalobjetivo for numbernúmero one and we hitacertar it ♫
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♫ Com a Sarah Connor, apontámos para o número um e conseguimos ♫
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♫ But now it's KevKev, SimSim, DrewDrew, StewGuisado, time for a newNovo day ♫
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♫ Mas agora é, Kev, Sim, Drew, Stew, tempo para um dia novo ♫
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♫ Soar o alarme, dar-lhe no Skype, ou a dois ♫
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SungCantada by the wordspalavras, we readypronto to flymosca! ♫
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♫ Cantado pelas palavras, pronto pr'a voar! ♫
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FlyVoar babybebê! Time to leavesair that nestninho
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♫ Voa baby! Tempo de deixar o ninho ♫
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FlyVoar babybebê! This ain'tnão é no time to restdescansar
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♫ Voa baby! Não é hora de descansar ♫
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♫ Come on flymosca babybebê, we got work to do ♫
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♫ Vá lá voa baby, há trabalho a fazer ♫
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♫ Here we go, spreadespalhar my wingsasas and ... ♫
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♫ Vamos lá, abrir as asas e ..." ♫
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FlyVoar babybebê! Time to leavesair that nestninho
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♫ Voa baby! Tempo de deixar o ninho ♫
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FlyVoar babybebê! This ain'tnão é no time to restdescansar. Come on ♫
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♫ Voa baby! Não é hora de descansar. Vá lá ♫
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FlyVoar babybebê! We got work to do ♫
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♫ ♫ Voa baby, há trabalho a fazer ♫
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♫ Here we go. SpreadPropagação my wingsasas and flymosca. One more time ♫
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♫ Vamos lá. Abrir as asas e voar. Outra vez ♫
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FlyVoar babybebê! Time to leavesair that nestninho
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♫ Voa baby! Tempo de deixar o ninho ♫
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FlyVoar babybebê! This ain'tnão é no time to restdescansar
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♫ Voa baby! Não é hora de descansar. ♫
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FlyVoar babybebê! We got work to do ♫
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♫ ♫ Voa baby, há trabalho a fazer ♫
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♫ Here we go, spreadespalhar my wingsasas and ... ♫
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♫ Vamos lá, abrir as asas e ..." ♫
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FlyVoar babybebê! FlyVoar babybebê flymosca
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♫ Voa baby! Voa baby ♫
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FlyVoar babybebê! FlyVoar babybebê highAlto
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♫ Voa baby! Voa alto ♫
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FlyVoar babybebê! Up to the skycéu
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♫ Voa baby! Até ao céu ♫
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SpreadPropagação my wingsasas and flymosca
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♫ Abrir as asas e voar ♫
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InstrumentalInstrumental!
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♫ We're readypronto to flymosca! ♫
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♫ 'Tamos prontos pr's voar! ♫
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Thank you very much.
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Muito obrigado.
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Translated by Nuno Miranda Ribeiro

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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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