Barbershop music is so old
I know, barbershop music and vocals sound pretty good though.
yea its quite fun to listen to
This barbershop music was more popular during the 1930s.
wow thats quite the time ago.
Yeah, that time was known as the barbershop revival era.
huh thats cool
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
Masculinity in Barbershop Quartet Singing". Journal for the Society of American Music 1, no. 3 (2007), 453–483.
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