Original Barbershop Tag: You Beside My Side
A few days ago, I wrote a barbershop tag for my girlfriend Chelsea.
My multitrack of the tag (sung a half step lower than written):
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My goal was to write a “bloom” type tag where all voices start on a single unison note, and travel in smooth contrary motion to the final chord. Some great examples of this kind of tag are Cry and Sleepy Time. I took this idea so it’s logical extreme by using almost entirely chromatic contrary motion. In fact, of the melodic intervals in the tag, 19 are half steps, 9 are whole steps and 2 are perfect fourths.
The sheet music: beside_my_side.pdf
The Lilypond file used to generate the .pdf file: beside_my_side.ly
Update:
I made a little video that teaches you all the parts by ear:
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[..YouTube..] very nice job!
[..YouTube..] very nice job!
[..YouTube..] very nice job!