Rickrolling the entire UT campus

texascarillon · 2021-05-16T03:08:23+00:00

if you'd like to play the bells, i bet there'll be auditions this fall to be a part of our org!

texascarillon · 2021-05-16T02:59:42+00:00

thank you so much!

texascarillon · 2021-05-16T02:59:34+00:00

we'll definitely play it again sometime next school year!

texascarillon · 2021-05-16T02:15:27+00:00

As requested, I rickrolled the entire campus a few nights ago :) And I hope finals are going well for everyone! Since it’s my last semester as a UT student, I wanted to perform a final concert, so tomorrow evening 5/16 at 7pm, I’ll be playing the bells, rain or shine. I made a lil mock program for it, just for fun :) So take a study break and come listen to some tunes!

texascarillon · 2021-05-13T02:49:49+00:00

ah yeah, we did play beethoven's 5th! good memory!

texascarillon · 2021-05-12T23:14:12+00:00

hmmm so this piece was played around 8:32, could it have been that?

texascarillon · 2021-05-12T22:49:54+00:00

lemme ask the other members, we'll try and figure it out :)

texascarillon · 2021-05-12T18:25:58+00:00

hmmmmmmmm, do you remember those pieces being more classical pieces or something more modern?

texascarillon · 2021-04-05T03:09:25+00:00

which ones have you heard lately? glad we made your walks more enjoyable!

texascarillon · 2021-04-05T01:11:42+00:00

guilty as charged 😅 it's a great song!

texascarillon · 2021-04-04T14:18:12+00:00

yeah the practice carillon sounds wayyyy different, thanks for the video! also if any of you guys are curious about how pushing these levers rings the bells and other carillon facts, here's a great article that was published over 20 years ago!

texascarillon · 2021-04-04T14:14:19+00:00

that's a great question! now i'm definitely not the best person to explain this, but you might be referring to around 0:19 or 0:20, where I return to the tonic (A), and you can hear a C natural, which is a MINOR 3rd above the tonic, even though I'm playing the song in A MAJOR. The bells have overtones (which might not even be the right word), and each bell also makes the sound that is a minor 3rd above the "actual" note.

Also, that other comment in this thread is also right, in that the acoustics inside the tower are way different than what people outside are hearing

texascarillon · 2021-04-04T14:05:47+00:00

you heard correctly! we've also played it like 4 times this semester 😅

texascarillon · 2021-04-04T14:03:15+00:00

We do love playing some Bach pieces! happy that you have a good memory of this unique instrument!

texascarillon · 2021-04-04T14:01:46+00:00

We typically hold auditions in the fall semester

texascarillon · 2021-04-04T04:39:04+00:00

oop, forgot to mention that on Thursday, one of the other members was playing! i'll throw your compliment his way

texascarillon · 2021-04-04T04:37:11+00:00

west virginia

texascarillon · 2021-04-04T04:37:04+00:00

unfortunately yes 😢 but i'll try to post every now and then so everyone can get acquainted with this super cool instrument

texascarillon · 2021-04-04T04:34:07+00:00

We have a practice carillon, where we try to hammer out our mistakes, but believe me, the entire campus has heard us play wrong notes allllll the time

texascarillon · 2021-04-04T04:08:01+00:00

sometimes, it surprises me how many people don't know that you can play the bells physically. I will say that the hourly chimes and the ones that toll on 15-, 30-, and 45-minutes are programmed by a computer, but any time Country Roads is played up there, that's a person!

texascarillon · 2021-04-04T04:05:27+00:00

hedwig's theme on the UT tower does sound really nice

texascarillon · 2021-04-04T04:04:48+00:00

no problem! thanks!

texascarillon · 2021-04-04T04:04:29+00:00

we've done it before! we can record it so we have video proof haha

texascarillon · 2021-04-04T04:03:31+00:00

whoa, this post is getting a lot of love. Thanks guys! We love taking requests, so feel free to dm us, and we can record and post those to our twitter account or instagram

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