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The British Association of Barbershop Singers, BABS, is a charitable organisation with music education as its goal. Registered Charity Number: 1080930
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Chord recognition by Dave King

A set of aural exercises with accompanying explanation that will help you recognise different chords and their relationships to each other.

Once you have entered the tutorial, you can get back here from any page by clicking on Home or, if there isn't a Home button, click on Contents and then Home. Once you are on the Home page, there is a link back to here.

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Pitch Awareness by David King

How good are you at telling pitches apart? Find out for yourself with this exercise. Once you have entered the tutorial, you can get back here by clicking Contents on any page and, on the Contents page, there is a link back to here.

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The POW Game by David King

A little test for your sense of rhythm. Just how good do you think you are? Once you have entered the game, you can get back here by clicking Contents on any page and, on the Contents page, there is a link back to here.

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Just Intonation by David King

A tutorial to explain Just Intonation and how it affects us. There are tests to see if you can hear it. Once you have entered the tutorial, you can get back here by clicking Contents on any page and, on the Contents page, there is a link back to here.

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Singing Category Resources

A collection of various documents and educational material used by the Singing Category training program. Even if you are not a judge, you are welcome to come in and browse.

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Toward Artistic Performance by Neil Watkins

Toward Artistic Performance by Neil Watkins. Identifies each element of our Music (sound, rhythm, melody etc), explains how the barbershop style affects and is affected by it and identifies performance issues relating to it. Some explanation of the technical background. This forms the basis of the Harmony College TAP stream. There is a lot of stuff here but a few empty pages are a symptom of lack of time rather than lack of anything to say!

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Coaching From Within by Nick Frampton

Some ideas and notes for quartets on how to make the best use of their own talents in improving the performance standard of the quartet.

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