What do we do?

Well that’s an easy one.

As we’ve already said, we sing the old barbershop style. If you are American or English you may already know what we’re talking about. But in Argentina is so rare, I would dare to say that no more than twenty people sing barbershop (and we are nine). Most people relate it with the B-sharps, the well known barbershop quartet Homer Simpson once took part in.

Anyway, we’re going to give you a brief and quick definition on barbershop

Barbershopharmony,ascodifiedduringthebarbershoprevivalera(1940s-present),isastyleofvocalmusiccharacterizedbyconsonantfourpartchordsforeverymelodynoteinapredominantlyhomophonictextur.Eachofthefourpartshasitsownrol:theleadsingsthemelod,withthetenorharmonizingabovethemelod,thebasssingingthelowestharmonizingnote,andthebaritonecompletingthechord.Themelodyisnotsungbythetenororbas,exceptforaninfrequentnoteortwotoavoidawkwardvoiceleading,intagsorcoda,orwhensomeappropriateembellishingeffectcanbecreate.Occasionalbriefpassagesmaybesungbyfewerthanfourvoiceparts.(???)

You could also say that it is Barbershop when a bunch of big guys get together and sing catchy tunes. And although we could use this definition for almost any supporter’s group in a soccer match, we’re going to stick to it by now.

We do it in the most honest way we know, trying to establish a bond with the audience. That is easy to say, yet difficult to accomplish.

And we do it with a smile, because the music asks for it, and because we are such a nice bunch of good fellows…