| Home | Barbershop | Fencing | Theater | Family | School Stuff | Future Goals | My Hero |
| If you've ever seen a group of four guys
wearing matching clothes and singing what you think is nutty or
downright strange/dumb-looking, chances are it was barbershop. For music
junkies out there like me, barbershop music is generally a capella and
sung in quartets. While you can hear ladies screaming over the really
good men's quartets and even choirs (oh yes, they DO exist), a women's
version, known as Sweet Adeline's exists. If you've never heard one, the
video on the right should give you a pretty good idea of how amazing
this style of singing can sound. Mixed barbershop singing is also
legitimate. In the music world, any style (except bad rap) is quickly
accepted by the public audience, which means the stuffy suits upstairs
in the judge seats quickly follow suit.
|
C-C chromatic pitchpipe. Generally, an F-F, G-G, or A-A can be used to help tune novice tenors and leads. The basses usually start on the lower octave or a third above/below. Nearly all B.S. performances are begun by giving the key OR starting root pitch on this "instrument." <----------------------------> Vocal Spectrum: International Barbershop champions and my musical idols. <----------------------------> |
|
