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D'Wolf
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Sep 30, 2010 - 08:32am PT
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The "Celtic Women" aren't half bad; actually, they're voices are awesome. Not music for everyone, but that's not the question here. Haven't taken the time to learn how to post links but they're easy to find on YouTube.
T.
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mooser
Trad climber
seattle
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Sep 30, 2010 - 09:29am PT
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Wailin Jennys
Indigo Girls
The Elders
 all great with tight harmonies!
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TMO
Trad climber
Puyallup, WA
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Sep 30, 2010 - 10:56am PT
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This has always been one of my favorites.... just found out that it is the Beach Boys singing the harmonies on this. Now that I know I can totally hear them, can't believe I didn't figure it out myself!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HhDAKuROEA
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Srbphoto
climber
Kennewick wa
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Sep 30, 2010 - 10:59am PT
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The Eagles weren't too shabby in this department.
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Sep 30, 2010 - 11:04am PT
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Don't step on The Roches!!! Unless you wanna go back to Hammond!
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Sep 30, 2010 - 11:41am PT
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Seldom Scene aren't half bad either
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Allison Kraus and Union Station/ Soggy Bottom Boys
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Allen Hill
Social climber
CO.
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The Louvin Brothers. Buck Owens and Don Rich. Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris. I like old country music as one can tell.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Don't know how I missed this the first time around, but I'll throw my vote in with Mooser for the Indigo Girls.
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Ken M
Mountain climber
Los Angeles, Ca
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The essence of harmonic singing has been elevated to a higher standard, in the "new" version of what is called barbershop harmony. The defining characteristic of the barbershop style is the ringing chord. This is a name for one specific and well-defined acoustical effect, also referred to as expanded sound, the angel's voice, the fifth voice, or the overtone.
it occurs when the upper harmonics in the individual voice notes, and the sum and difference frequencies resulting from nonlinear combinations within the ear, reinforce each other at a particular frequency, strengthening it so that it stands out separately above the blended sound. The effect is audible only on certain kinds of chords, and only when all voices are equally rich in harmonics and justly tuned and balanced.
The precise synchrony of the waveforms of the four voices simultaneously creates the perception of a "fifth voice" while at the same time melding the four voices into a unified sound.
Many great musicians have barbershop harmony in their background.
An example of this amazing harmony can be heard in the 2009 international quartet champions, Crossroads, made up of four guys all of whom were previous champions in other groups. In the following clip, they sing a song called "That Lucky Old Sun", and this performance is the highest rated song in competition, ever. The note held by the tenor for 25 sec near the end is nothing short of amazing.
To bring it full circle, the latest album released by Brian Wilson is titled "That Lucky Old Sun"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7mGjSZpdpk
To see the Barbershop harmony singing process laid on top of a Chorus format, here are the 2007 international champions, doing their championship performance. I guarantee that you've never seen/heard anything quite like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rohlIKJHNZk&feature=related
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