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Hugh McKee
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| Posted 4/6/2002 12:58 PM (GMT -6) |   |
I know this is not the right forum, but as a user and reader of Finale, I thought I could start here: I would appreciate any pointers towards "how to" write 4-part harmony for men.
Regards - Craig
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duser
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| Posted 4/6/2002 5:26 PM (GMT -6) | |
When you ask for advice on 'how to write four-part harmony', do you mean how to notate it in terms of clefs and staffs and barlines and that sort of thing, or how to make it sound good musically?
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Hugh McKee
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TTBashore
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| Posted 4/7/2002 12:37 PM (GMT -6) | |
Start by studying 4-part harmony. Bach's 371 harmonized chorales are a good place to start if you are new to harmony & voice-leading. From what I've heard are some idiomatic things to barbershop that you should also study, perhaps someone more knowledgeable could recommend some specific composers and arrangers. If you have a quartet write as often as you can. Write a new arrangement every week and pretty soon you will learn what works and what doesn't.
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Al Newman
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| Posted 4/7/2002 5:30 PM (GMT -6) | |
Barbershop writing is very stylized. It is usually broken down into Countertenor, (a high harmony usually a third above the melody) Tenor (the melody), Baritone, and Bass parts. There are some good examples that have been recorded by groups such as the Buffalo Bills. It was well displayed in in the sound track of "The Music Man". Studying Bach chorales is always helpful in the study of harmony, but listening and transcribing the barbershop style would be more of an education in learning the idiom. There was a female attempt at imitating the barbershop sound during the late '50s and early '60s with a group called the Chordettes. Their big hit was "Mr. Sandman" and they were unfortunately know for little else despite their ability in this style. Good luck.
Al
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jswdsm
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| Posted 4/10/2002 5:02 PM (GMT -6) | |
Contact the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America, Inc. at www.SPEBSQSA.org or at
1-800-876-SING.
They have books and resources to help you understand barbershop harmony.
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cybersaxcb
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| Posted 4/16/2002 3:21 PM (GMT -6) | |
I have actually done something like this this may sound wierd, but trust me I am a very musical person.(just so you know im 16) I have just been cursed by loving the pop group NSYNC alongside my interest in classical, barouque, jazz, etc.
anyway, when I first got allegro, i didnt know what to write, but it was xmass so i wrote the arrangment of Night Devine that nsync sings on their xmass cd.anyway, my point is, if you have a good ear than you can try to listen to such arrangements- if you want, download some accapella nsync off of the net, such as Night Devine or I Thought She Knew. this will give you some really beautifull and interesting ideas for 5-part harmonies, and if i were doing a 4part id take out the highest part in the arrangement and leave the rest.
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