Have you ever listened to a Barbershop quartet or Sweet Adelines Quartets, they are so beautiful to listen to
No, I've never heard of them.
It is an international orgnaization that helps further the barbershop harmony music through education and performances
That's really interesting. Tell me more.
Well the Barbershop vocal harmony is an a capella close harmony style of music with so they only use their voices to sing, like Pentatonix
I bet that's really hard to do.
They usually have 4 people doing different parts like the lead singer, sings the melody, the tenor harmonizes and so forth, that probably helps a little bit
Do they have someone singing bass as well?
Barbershop music
Barbershop vocal harmony, as codified during the barbershop revival era (1930s–present), is a style of a cappella close harmony, or 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: generally, the lead sings the melody, the tenor harmonizes above the melody, the bass sings the lowest harmonizing notes, and the baritone completes the chord, usually below the lead. The melody is not
arrangements. Today's barbershop quartets and choruses sing a variety of music from all eras—show tunes, pop, and even rock music has been arranged for choruses and quartets, making them more attractive to younger singers.
See also.
- List of Barbershop Harmony Society quartet champions & List of Barbershop Harmony Society chorus champions
- List of BABS quartet champions by year & List of LABBS quartet champions by year
- Sweet Adelines International & Sweet Adelines International competition
- "American Harmony" Documentary Film (2009