National Barbershop Quartet Day
Toes re-harmonise on April 11th as a result of National Barbershop Quartet Day. Barbershop quartets have a way of making the heart flutter. They 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. However, 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 groups promoting barbershop music as an art form. SPEBSQSA members today, with just under 25,000 men in the United States and Canada.
But men aren't the only ones performing four-part harmony, and 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.
How to celebrate #barbershopquartetday on a Tuesday
- Do you have the pipes to harmonize with a quartet? Join a barbershop group near you. Lend them your voice! You never know who you will meet or whose life you will have with your music
- Attend a barbershop preview. They host shows throughout the year and provide excellent (often comedic) entertainment, as well
- Learn more about the barbershop quartet's history. Read Four Parts, No Waiting by Gage Averill, or watch Aengus James' documentary American Harmony
- In Celebration Voices, Read about On the Brink, a barbershop quartet based out of Bismarck, North Dakota
- To post on social media, use the hashtag #BarbershopQuartetDay
- For more information about the classroom, educators, visit the National Day Classroom for more details
The national barbershop quartet day in history is the longest in national barbershop quartet day in history
In Tulsa, Oklahoma, the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America's birthday is April 11, 1938. Prospective members were not even allowed to sing, according to Rupert I. Hall and Owen Clifton Cash. Cash was quoted as saying, "All we ask is just that said prospective member THINK he can sing," in an article in a June 13, 1938, issue of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Faq of barbershop quartet faq
Q. Is it necessary to be a barber to be in a barbershop quartet?
A. No. A. No. A. No. While the word reflects the music's past, you do not have to be a barber to participate in a barbershop quartet.
Q. Why is it called a "barbarshop" quartet?
A. There was a time when barbers sold their own improvisational music to their clients, and it was branded 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. Four-part harmony is a form of song written for four voices in barbershop music. Each singer performs one of the four parts without an accompaniment in a barbershop quartet.
Q. Is barbershop quartets choreographing steps to go with their songs?
A. Many barbershop quartets use choreography in their performances. A. Many barbershop quartets use choreography in their shows. The addition of choreography adds a visual element to the performance's overall enjoyment, as well as the overall enjoyment of the performance.
