National BARBERSHOP QUARTET Day is celebrated on the 11th Day in April. This commemorates the beginning of the barbershop movement. Rupert Hall and Owen Cash invited 26 men to gather for a singing jamboree on April 11, 1938. Hall was known as the βRoyal Keeper of the Minor Keysβ.
As time went on, songsters gathered more and more eventually leading up to the formation of the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America. Since SPEBSQSA was too hard to pronounce upon reading the minutes, they now go by the harmonious title of Barbershop Harmony Society boasting almost 40,000 members.
BARBERSHOP HARMONY SOCIETY describes the genre as
βSongs 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.β
Eventually, both men and women formed quartets to enter competitions. In fact, Sweet Adelines International was formed in 1945 and eventually amassed over 1200 quartets on five continents. A more diverse Harmony Inc split from the Sweet Adelines in 1959.
Barbershop quartet music is kind of like acapella music which is unaccompanied & simple vocal tunes with easy-to-learn lyrics often in ragtime arrangement. Except the emphasis is on carefully arranged harmony and word sounds with variations of tempo, volume, and phrasing.
Not sure how to LOVE the day? Weβve got a few interesting ideas to consider that may help get you started.
Here are some activities that you can do on National BARBERSHOP QUARTET Day!
Listen to some barbershop music and learn its history. Itβs quite a thing to listen to harmonious melodies that transport you back to yesteryear β seemingly back to a time when life was much simpler.
Many folks who are older and younger enjoy this style of music. This is a music genre that people can appreciate which brings smiles. Use this as a topic of conversation with someone older than you. Perhaps share similarities and differences between modern-day acapella and barbershop quartets. When your parents or grandparents talk about βin my dayβ β do listen βcause it might be fascinating.
This could be a fun thing to do: get some friends together either male or female, some straw hats, colorful bow ties, and sing songs you love acapella style. If four-part harmonies are suddenly your thing, there are both local and national competitions that you might check out.
Use social media posts with the hashtags #NationalBarbershopQuartetDay, #BarbershopQuartetDay, #BarbershopQuartet, #BarbershopHarmonySociety, #EntertainmentHolidays, #AprilHolidays, #Holiday, #FindADayToLOVE, #iHEARTdays to support the importance of celebrating, promoting, and sharing with the world why you β€οΈ National BARBERSHOP QUARTET Day.
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2023 | April 11 | Tuesday |
2024 | April 11 | Thursday |
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2026 | April 11 | Saturday |
2027 | April 11 | Sunday |
Barbershop Quartets are melodic. Songs that are performed by these singers are often recognizable and fun songs and they elicit happiness when people hear them. This harmonious sound of the barbershop quartets creates a stir and people naturally want to join in since itβs fun. The Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Quartet helps to promote this style of music so it can continue to be enjoyed. After all, when people find something that is enjoyable like barbershop quartet singing naturally, people like to join in, be a part of and listen to the music.
My father in law, Papi, explained about how he used to singΒ barbershop quartet style with some of his friends in his younger years. He really enjoyed doing it and to this day he still sings songs that are very nice, which to me is a similar style to the harmonious sounds of barbershop quartet style. Topics like barbershop quartets of yesteryear are ways you can reminisce, bond and learn from loved ones that are older than you.
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