National Barbershop Quartet Day
Toes begin tapping to four-part harmony on National Barbershop Quartet Day on April 11th. Barbershop quartets have a way of making the heart flutter. They often take us back to a simpler time or at least make it standstill, or at least make it standstill.
Barbershop quartets are a form of a cappella or unaccompanied vocal music. Their music includes songs with clear lyrics and easily singable melodies..
Barbershop music gained a following between 1900 and 1919. It began to fade into obscurity in the 1920s.. The barbershop quartet saw a revival when the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America was established. This tongue twister of a men's group quickly grew, as did other similar organisations promoting barbershop music as an art form. SPEBSQSA members today, with just under 25,000 men in the United States and Canada participating. Thousands of men in the United States and Canada are members of the SPEBSQSA.
However, men aren't the only ones performing four-part harmony, but they aren't the only ones singing four-part harmony. Organizations like the Sweet Adelines bring women of all ages together around the country, melding their voices together and attracting crowds of people to fun tunes, from swooning to fun tunes.. The women also compete, much like the men's clubs. They tune their voices and rehearse while also performing locally. They rehearse and rehearse.
How to celebrate #barbershopquartetday on a Tuesday
- Is it possible to harmonize with a quartet? Nearby you, join a barbershop group. Lend them your voice!! You never know who you will meet or whose life you might have influenced by your music
- Attend a barbershop fair. They host shows throughout the year and provide excellent (often comedic) entertainment, as well
- Learn more about the barbershop quartet's past. Or watch Aengus James' documentary American Harmony in Four Parts, No Waiting by Gage Averill, No Waiting by Gage Averill
- In Celebration Voices, read about On the Brink, a barbershop quartet from Bismarck, North Dakota
- To post on social media, use #BarbershopQuartetDay
- For more curriculum, educators can visit the National Day Classroom for more details
The national barbershop quartet day is the longest in national barbershop quartet day history
In Tulsa, Oklahoma, April 11, 1938, the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America's birthday is April 11, 1938. Potential customers were not even allowed to sing by Rupert I. Hall and Owen Clifton Cash, and were not even required to be able to sing. Cash was quoted in an article in a June 13, 1938, issue of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, saying, "All we ask is just that said prospective member THINK he can sing."
Faq of barbershop quartet faq barbershop quartet FAQ
Q. Is it necessary to be a barber to be in a barbershop quartet?
No. A. No. A. No. While the word refers to the music's past, you do not have to be a barber to participate in a barbershop quartet.
Why is it called a "barbarshop" quartet?
A. At a time when barbers sold their own improvisational music to their clients, it was called barbershop music. barbershops in the United States developed social clubs that eventually gave way to acapella-style singing groups..
Q. What is four-part harmony?
A. In barbershop music, four-part harmony is a form of song written for four voices. Each singer appears in a barbershop quartet without an accompaniment.
Q. Do barbershop quartets choreograph steps to go with their songs?
A. In their performances, many barbershop quartets use choreography. A. Many barbershop quartets use choreography. The addition of choreography provides a visual element and lifts the overall enjoyment of the performance.
