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The Dapper Dans barbershop quartet, at Disneyland's Main Street, USA WPA poster, 1936. Barbershop vocal harmony is a style of a cappella close harmony, or unaccompanied vocal music, characterized by consonant four-part chords for every melody note in a primarily homorhythmic texture.
Notable examples of barbershop quartets which made use of the full-voiced tenor include The Buffalo Bills and Boston Common. [20] The range of a tenor in barbershop music does not necessarily closely correspond to that of a tenor's range in Classical repertoire, often being more in the range of the classical countertenor range. [21]
Barbershop harmony is a style of unaccompanied vocal music characterized by consonant four-part chords for every melody note in a predominantly homophonic texture. Each of the four parts has its own role: the lead sings the melody, with the tenor harmonizing above the melody, the bass singing the lowest harmonizing notes, and the baritone completing the chord.
Media in category "Barbershop music" The following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total. Barbershop swipe - Sweet Rosie O'Grady - Shannon Quartet 1924.mid 7.8 s; 562 bytes
The Barbershop Harmony Society, legally and historically named the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America, Inc. (SPEBSQSA), is the first of several organizations to promote and preserve barbershop music as an art form.
The Dapper Dans are an all-male barbershop quartet that performs daily at Disneyland, [1] and Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom, since 1959 and 1971, respectively.They were formerly at Disneyland Paris from 1992 until 1995, and Hong Kong Disneyland from 2005 to 2008.
This category lists quartets that sing in the Barbershop music style. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory.
"Wedding Bells (Are Breaking Up That Old Gang Of Mine)" is a popular barbershop song composed by Sammy Fain with lyrics by Irving Kahal and Willie Raskin. Published in 1929 , the song laments the loss of childhood friendships as they are replaced by adult relationships.