history: barbershop music is a dying breed.
knowledge: 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.
response: Did you know barbershop was codified starting in the 1930s barbershop revival era?
history: barbershop music is a dying breed.
Did you know barbershop was codified starting in the 1930s barbershop revival era?
thats cool, seems lke you only see it in cartoons
knowledge: 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.
response: Really? There are four parts, with the lead usually singing the melody and the tenor, bass, and baritone singing harmonizing notes.
history: barbershop music is a dying breed.
Did you know barbershop was codified starting in the 1930s barbershop revival era?
thats cool, seems lke you only see it in cartoons
Really? There are four parts, with the lead usually singing the melody and the tenor, bass, and baritone singing harmonizing notes.
Yeah, they really have to sing together.
knowledge: The melody is not usually sung by the tenor or baritone, except for an infrequent note or two to avoid awkward voice leading, in tags or codas, or when some appropriate embellishment can be created.
response: Usually tenor and baritone don't do the melody beyond a few notes for embellishment or similar reasons.
history: barbershop music is a dying breed.
Did you know barbershop was codified starting in the 1930s barbershop revival era?
thats cool, seems lke you only see it in cartoons
Really? There are four parts, with the lead usually singing the melody and the tenor, bass, and baritone singing harmonizing notes.
Yeah, they really have to sing together.
Usually tenor and baritone don't do the melody beyond a few notes for embellishment or similar reasons.
yea its really hard to pull off well.
knowledge: One characteristic feature of barbershop harmony is the use of what is known as ''snakes'' and ''swipes.''
response: Barbershop also has a characteristic feature called a snake or swipe.
history: barbershop music is a dying breed.
Did you know barbershop was codified starting in the 1930s barbershop revival era?
thats cool, seems lke you only see it in cartoons
Really? There are four parts, with the lead usually singing the melody and the tenor, bass, and baritone singing harmonizing notes.
Yeah, they really have to sing together.
Usually tenor and baritone don't do the melody beyond a few notes for embellishment or similar reasons.
yea its really hard to pull off well.
Barbershop also has a characteristic feature called a snake or swipe.
Those are pretty snazzy names to use i like it.
knowledge: This is when a chord is altered by a change in one or more non-melodic voices.
response: It's when they would change one or more non-melodic voices to alter a chord.