The Best Group Wins Sandi and David Wright A Brief Look at the History Beginnings 1938 SPEBSQSA (now BHS) 1945 Sweet Adelines Inc. 1959 Harmony Incorporated Singing Music Three Category System Performance... and all other barbershop organizaoons worldwide except SAI 1
Sound Music Four Category System Expression Showmanship Are they really so different? Three Category System Singing Music Performance Four Category System Sound Music Expression Showmanship Singing and Sound Singing IntonaOon Melodic and harmonic Vocal quality Support, free tone, resonance, ring, tone placement, vibrato/tremolo, tessitura, suitable to performer Unity Single voices, Ombre match, word sound match, balance, avacks, releases, synchronizaoon, flow, pronunciaoon, enunciaoon Expansion Root/3/5/7, degree, quality, ensemble ring, barberhsop style ArOstry Musical, technical, tone color, expression, from the heart Sound 70% Unit Sound Posture, breathing, phonaoon, resonaoon, aroculaoon Accuracy Notes, Intervals, chords, tuning/ intonaoon, secoon and part accuracy, synchronizaoon. Barbershop Blend Tone and vowel producoon Barbershop Balance 30% ArOsOc Sound Energized Vocal Line Tone Flow Dynamic Flexibility Vocal Style 2
Music and Music Music Music (Sweet Adelines Intl.) Melody 30% Song & Arrangement StylisOc, disonguishable, tonal center, Merit as Barbershop Material alteraoon Form/Melody/Lyrics Lyrics Arrangement StylisOc, quality, phrasing HarmonizaOon Harmony Voicing StylisOc, barbershop 7ths, major/minor triads, 70% Performance voicings/voice-leading, progressions Range & Tessitura Harmony Accuracy StylisOc,in good quality, balance Barbershop Style Tempo/Rhythm/Meter Tempo/Rhythm StylisOc, forward mooon, rubto/ad lib Musical Unity ConstrucOon & Form Phrasing StylisOc, overal concept/contour, unit and Dynamics contrast, added material Musical Energy Embellishment Musical ArOstry StylisOc, appropriateness, degree Suitable to Performer From the Heart Performance and Expression Performance Vocal/Musical Elements Melody/Harmony/Lyric Dynamics Tempo/Rhythm IntonaOon/SynchronizaOon Effect/Impact Believability CreaOve Genuine/Heareelt Excitement/Energy Suitable to Performer Expression (Sweet Adelines Intl.) Technical Elements SynchronizaOon/Unity Word Delivery (vowels, diphthongs, consonants, enunciaoon) Musicality ArLsLc InterpreLve Plan Lyric Flow Phrasing Forward MoOon Embelishments Dynamics Tempo/Rhythmic Elements InflecOon Energy Finesse and ArOstry CharacterizaOon EmoOonal CommunicaOon Performance and Showmanship Performance Visual Elements Audience Engagement Character development Facial/Focal/Physical Ensemble Rapport/Unity Effect/Impact Believability CreaOve Genuine/Heareelt Excitement/Energy Suitable to Performer Showmanship (Sweet Adelines Intl.) PreparaLon (30% for Visual Plan) Entrance/Break/Exit Costume Makeup/Grooming Choreography CreaOvity Performance (70% for the CommunicaLon of the Visual and Musical Product) Energy Poise & Command Entrance/Break/Exit CharacterizaOon Physical Expression Choreography Unity Audience Rapport Pitch Pipe Technique Posture 3
3/16/17 Differences Shorthand vs. Legible Score Sheets EvaluaOons Time limits Judge qualificaoon criteria 3-year ceroficaoon Annual receroficaoon with training every 3 years Pre-compeOOon leveling 30/60-day rule Contest Administrator vs. Panel Secretary/Panel Chair SimilariLes The group that performs the best wins Each song is worth 100 points Two compeooon songs per contest InternaOonal qualificaoon based on score Judges are responsible to select the winner Each category has a director/specialist Procedure for addressing outlying scores QUESTIONS? 4
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