The goal of the barbershop chorus or quartet is for the four parts of the harmony - the melody, tenor, bass and baritone - to come together perfectly to make the elusive overtone.

When most people think of a barbershop quartet, they envision four men in red-and-white-striped suits, sporting straw hats and waxed mustaches, and singing “Sweet Adeline” in four-part harmony.

What are the parts of a barbershop quartet? From top voice down, we classify it as tenor, who usually sings primarily above the melody.

A little close harmony: a medley of nineteenth-century harmony -- The golden era: quartets in show business and the music industry -- The lost chords: the early barbershop revival -- On Main Street, U ...

Quorum easily won the top prize July 9 at the Barbershop Harmony Society’s annual International Quartet Contest in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Along with its two annual shows, the Valley of the Sun Barbershop Chorus competes and hosted, for the first time, the Evergreen District V Chorus and Quartet Contest in early June.

Ohio singers keep the American barbershop harmony tradition alive as part of the Barbershop Harmony Society. In January they held an intense weekend of training and fun.