Champagne Cork Harmony Chorus sings in close harmony, and is a member of IABS -
The Irish Association of Barbershop Singers
Singing barbershop songs in harmony ...
Barbershop songs are sung a cappella - which is 'unaccompanied'.
There are four voice parts. The lead usually sings the melody, with the tenor harmonising
on the line above and the baritone and bass completing the chord structure underneath.
There are four voice parts. The lead usually sings the melody, with the tenor harmonising
on the line above and the baritone and bass completing the chord structure underneath.
- The 'Barbershop 7th' gives a distinctive richness to the
musical sound. There are rules about how many 'Barbershop 7th's' - dominant 7ths - a song should contain.
- Every barbershop song ends with a 'Tag'. The tag (or
coda) is the end section of a song - the final 6-8 measures. Tag singing in itself is a favourite pastime with many barbershop singers.
- The singing is of utmost importance in barbershop, but visual presentation of the song is very important in itself too. Therefore appropriate 'Choreography' helps to convey the theme and character of a song.
According to the Barbershop Harmony Society (BHS), '"Barbershop music features songs with understandable lyrics and easily singable melodies, whose tones clearly define a tonal centre and imply major and minor
chords and barbershop (dominant and secondary dominant) seventh chords that resolve primarily around the circle of fifths, while
making frequent use of other resolutions."[1]
Slower barbershop songs, especially ballads, often eschew a continuous beat, and notes are often held (or sped up) ad libitum.
The voice parts in barbershop singing do not correspond closely to the
correspondingly named voice parts in classical music. Barbershop singing is performed both by men's and women's choruses and quartets; the elements of the barbershop style and the names of the voice parts are the same for both.
chords and barbershop (dominant and secondary dominant) seventh chords that resolve primarily around the circle of fifths, while
making frequent use of other resolutions."[1]
Slower barbershop songs, especially ballads, often eschew a continuous beat, and notes are often held (or sped up) ad libitum.
The voice parts in barbershop singing do not correspond closely to the
correspondingly named voice parts in classical music. Barbershop singing is performed both by men's and women's choruses and quartets; the elements of the barbershop style and the names of the voice parts are the same for both.