Click on the selections below for some definitions, descriptions, and examples of the barbershop style of unaccompanied four-part harmony.

• Definition of the Barbershop Style--The dry version as set forth by SPEBSQSA.
• "What Are We Trying to Preserve?" by Dave Stevens (requires RealPlayer).
• "An Examination of the Barbershop Style" by David Wright (RealPlayer recommended).
• "The Historical Roots of Barbershop Harmony" by Jim Henry--Historical evidence of barbershop's African-American roots are abundant, and now there's musical evidence, too (from July/August 2001 Harmonizer).
• NPR Radio Program "Present at the Creation: Barbershop Harmony" (aired March 18, 2002).



(updated March 2004)

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