Posted by editor on Apr 24 2006 | Category: Technique
We’ve heard it in sports metaphors: Whenever a player goes into a slump, the coach usually advises, “Let’s get back to the basics.” The same is true of music and singing. To improve upon our ability to sing well, it is essential to get back to the basics.
Posted by editor on Apr 14 2006 | Category: Craft
A new barbershop music term is catching on like wildfire. Soon this new term will pop up in conversations, and will join the ranks of terms like tag, swipe, and barbershop 7th. The origins of this new term might eventually be forgotten, but its meaning will endure. The new term: naked notes.
Posted by editor on Mar 27 2006 | Category: Craft
I am going to state the obvious. Many, if not most, barbershop singers are advancing in age. It is not unusual to find men and women who are singing into their 60s, 70s, and 80s. The love of this hobby — the music, the entertaining, the competing, the fellowship — sticks with you. Studies and common sense have shown that we tend to repeat pleasurable or satisfying experiences.
Posted by editor on Mar 17 2006 | Category: Rehearsal
Many chapters use weekly rehearsal time going over music, over and over the same songs, the same spots, the same phrases. From week to week, it seems like little, if any, progress is being made.
