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Chorus Membership Home | Calendar | Rehearsals | Visit Us | Contacts/Links |
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| You are welcome to visit our rehearsals. See the rehearsal page for address and directions. We start at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesdays, but come a little early so that our director, Lois Van Beek, may help you decide what part to try. Membership information will be provided at rehearsals to those who would like to consider joining. Call Jeanette at (941) 778-5499 or email her. As a courtesy to other singers, please no perfume, onions, garlic or alcohol. Thanks! |
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| We sing women's a cappella four-part barbershop harmony. | ||||||||||||||
| What Part Would You Sing? | ||||||||||||||
| The TENOR's range is similar to a first soprano. Her part is almost always above the melody. She sings with lightness and bell-like clarity -- and with no vibrato. | ||||||||||||||
| The LEAD generally sings the melody, in about the same range as an alto. The melody in women's barbershop music is pitched a little lower than that of regular choral music. A lead must sing with musical authority, moving smoothly and consistently through her range. | ||||||||||||||
| The BARITONE sings a harmony part which is in the same voice range as the lead. A baritone's voice must be flexible, singing with strength and fullness when her notes are below the melody and with a lighter quality, more like a tenor, when her notes are above the lead's. | ||||||||||||||
| The BASS is the lowest voice in the chord. Her range is similar to that of a second alto or contralto. She sings with authority, fullness and strength. Her part is the foundation for the barbershop sound | ||||||||||||||