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Barbershop music is generally performed by either a barbershop quartet, a group of four typically male singers with one on each vocal part, or a barbershop chorus, which closely resembles a choir with the notable exception of the genre of music. According to the Barbershop Harmony Society (BHS), "Barbershop music features songs with ...
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.
A barbershop quartet is a group of four singers who sing music in the barbershop style, characterized by four-part harmony without instrumental accompaniment . The four voices are: the lead , the vocal part which typically carries the melody ; a bass , the part which provides the bass line to the melody; a tenor , the part which harmonizes ...
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
Harry von Tilzer, composer William A. Dillon, lyricist. The song was one of the most popular of 1911, bested only by "Alexander's Ragtime Band" by Irving Berlin. [3]According to Dillon's 1966 obituary in The New York Times, the song sold over five million score sheets and recordings.
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.
Max Q is the barbershop quartet that won the gold medal Barbershop Harmony Society International Barbershop Quartet Contest at Denver's Pepsi Center July 7, 2007. [1] The quartet's run for the title is featured in the 2009 feature documentary American Harmony .
Main Street is a barbershop quartet that started singing as a group on March 20, 2011. [1]The quartet has won several awards, culminating in their 2017 win of the Barbershop Harmony Society's International Quartet Championship in Las Vegas, Nevada. [2]