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Sweet Sweet Harmony (barbershop tag): Clarified that the post (drone) was an optional part of the original exercise
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== Sweet Sweet Harmony (barbershop tag) ==
== Sweet Sweet Harmony (barbershop tag) ==
This is a collaboration with Aaron Wolf. He wrote a short 3-voice piece for beginners that has lots of chromatic voice movement. The high voice neatly divides a vM2 into three equal steps. The middle voice divides an A1 into two equal steps.
This is a collaboration with Aaron Wolf. He wrote a short piece for beginners that has lots of chromatic voice movement. Here's the most basic 3-voice version:
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{| class="wikitable"
!guitar tab
!guitar tab
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|vVI^d
|vVI^d
|lo35
|lo35
|lo IVv7nR
|lo IVv7noR
|hi3
|hi3
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| colspan="2" |
|}
|}
Together we turned it into a proper barbershop tag with lyrics and 4 parts.
The high voice neatly divides a vM2 into three equal steps. The middle voice divides an A1 into two equal steps.
 
The exercise commonly also included a high tonic drone (which adds a 9th to the penultimate chord). The drone can be on the 1st string 5th fret or come from another instrument or from singing.
 
Together, we turned it into a proper barbershop tag with lyrics and 4 parts:
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