Heart of Long Island Chorus is a women's Barbershop chorus,
and has been a chapter of Sweet Adeline's International
in the Greater NY/NJ Region 15 since 1960.
Barbershop singing is one of the trickiest
yet most rewarding accomplishments of a vocal ensemble.
Imagine this: you’re singing a song with three other harmonizing ladies,
each hitting the perfect pitch when bam—you hear it.
An overtone vibration, a resonant ring,
a different sound than any one tone being sung by any one singer!
This overtone produces a visceral experience and
is unique only to four-part barbershop harmonies!
Although the voice parts in women's barbershop harmony
have different names and functions than they do
in other SATB or SSAA vocal styles,
the foundation is the same—beautiful music,
stunning chords and a passion to create the intangible,
moving essence of music that brings us together.
(from the Sweet Adelines International website)
Tenor
our lofty angels, twinkling on the high notes
Lead
our melody, holding down the familiar tunes of our songs
Baritone
keeping it interesting with all the fun harmonies
Bass
our rocks, giving songs a nice deep foundation
