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I did an initial recording of this two years ago, and set it aside. But the recent interest of 
barbershopwolfy made be bring this back out to finish it.
This is my own arrangement, and has five parts, rather than four. More like a lead singer backed up by a barbershop quartet. Although the arrangement is not precisely barbershop, since I don't know precisely what barbershop harmony should sound like.
Anyway, this song comes from around the time of the Civil War, and was quite popular in the South. I sang this song (but not this arrangement) with a chior I was in, thirty-five years ago as part of a Civil War medley called Southern Comfort. I enjoyed it so much I have remembered it.
This is a raw file, meaning I still have to autotune and mix it better, but it sounded so good raw, I wanted you all to hear it.
barbershopwolfy made be bring this back out to finish it.This is my own arrangement, and has five parts, rather than four. More like a lead singer backed up by a barbershop quartet. Although the arrangement is not precisely barbershop, since I don't know precisely what barbershop harmony should sound like.
Anyway, this song comes from around the time of the Civil War, and was quite popular in the South. I sang this song (but not this arrangement) with a chior I was in, thirty-five years ago as part of a Civil War medley called Southern Comfort. I enjoyed it so much I have remembered it.
This is a raw file, meaning I still have to autotune and mix it better, but it sounded so good raw, I wanted you all to hear it.
Category Music / Other Music
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Size 120 x 74px
File Size 3.55 MB
"Barbershop" is only a term for for-part harmony. The Barbershop Harmony Society describes it thus:
"Barbershop music features songs with understandable lyrics and easily singable melodies, whose tones clearly define a tonal center 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."
The defining characteristic of the barbershop style is the ringing chord. This is a name for one specific and well-defined acoustical effect, also referred to as expanded sound, the angel's voice, the fifth voice, or the overtone.
Please go to Wikipedia for more information. I understand a lot of people do not like Wikipedia, but this entry is spot on and incredible knowledgeable!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbershop_music
"Barbershop music features songs with understandable lyrics and easily singable melodies, whose tones clearly define a tonal center 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."
The defining characteristic of the barbershop style is the ringing chord. This is a name for one specific and well-defined acoustical effect, also referred to as expanded sound, the angel's voice, the fifth voice, or the overtone.
Please go to Wikipedia for more information. I understand a lot of people do not like Wikipedia, but this entry is spot on and incredible knowledgeable!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbershop_music
I guess you could call it a barbershop quintet. :)
The odd thing is that once there is more than about four voices singing in harmony, it becomes hard for me to tell exactly how many there is, especially if the harmony is good. I doubt if I could hear something with six voices and be able to tell that there were exactly six voices and not five or seven. I'm not sure if thats just me, or if most people lose the ability to separate the voices after a certain limit. Harmony always seems to sound better as more voices are added, even when I can't always quite tell how many there is.
The odd thing is that once there is more than about four voices singing in harmony, it becomes hard for me to tell exactly how many there is, especially if the harmony is good. I doubt if I could hear something with six voices and be able to tell that there were exactly six voices and not five or seven. I'm not sure if thats just me, or if most people lose the ability to separate the voices after a certain limit. Harmony always seems to sound better as more voices are added, even when I can't always quite tell how many there is.
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