My son take himself to the barbershop these days, but when he was little he loved the music.
Is that like a barbershop quartet? Four guys in porkpie hats harmonizing?
No, I'm referring to the selection of music played over the PA system at the barbershop.
sung by the lead, bass, or tenor singers. The baritone can sing either above or below the lead singer.
Quartets can be male or female, but are generally not mixed male and female. A female barbershop quartet may be referred to as a Sweet Adelines quartet (taking the title from the barbershop classic "Sweet Adeline"), and the vocal parts have the same labels, since the roles perform similar functions in the quartet even though the vocal ranges are different. Most barbershop quartets are male.
the Uniquely American Musical Term Barbershop". American Music 32, no. 2, 123–171.
- Hobson, Vic (2014): "Creating Jazz Counterpoint: New Orleans, Barbershop Harmony, and the Blues". Jackson/MI: University Press of Mississippi.
External links.
- Present at the Creation: Barbershop Quartets from NPR
- Barbershop Quartets on 78rpms: How Quartet Harmonizing Became Known as Barbershop
- Website of Barbershop-o-gram (aka The Quidco Quartet)
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