barbershop music is a dying breed.
Yes I agree! My dad was in a barbershop group. He sang in the cappella style with close harmony. There were 4 people in the group.
thats cool, seems lke you only see it in cartoons
This is true! It's not easy either. He sang the lead, so he would do the main melody. There was a tenor, bass, and baritone that would complete the sound.
yea they really have to sink together
My dads from who was the tenor always wanted to sing the melody, but it just didn't work. It resulted in awkward voice leading.
yea its really hard to pull off well.
They used to do this really neat trick when singing called "snakes" or "swipes". It sounded amazing!
Those are pretty snazzy names to use i like it.
It's when they would change one or more non-melodic voices while singing a chord. You could probably imagine what it would sound like if you think about how the music usually goes.