What we’ll be singing
Music and learning trax
We will be learning three songs this year. Please download the sheet music and the learning trax for your voice part below. Then use the learning trax! You will have a lot more fun if know the music when you get to the festival. You can bring your sheet music to use for rehearsal time, but no music will be held during the show!
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How to read your music
Barbershop sheet music has a bass and treble clef, just like regular choral music. Each part takes a different line of of the music. However, there ARE a few differences, so check out below.
- Tenors read the treble clef using the notes that have stems going up, usually the top note, but not always. (Sometimes the tenors and leads swap positions!)
- Leads read the treble clef using the notes that have the stems going down, usually the bottom note, but not always.
- Baritones read the bass clef using the notes that have stems going up, and notes are sung an octave higher than the note written!
- Basses read the bass clef using the notes that have stems going down, and notes are sung an octave higher than the note written!
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MC script
MCs, or Masters of Ceremonies, are the people who announce parts of a show or an awards ceremony; they can be any combination of guys and girls. We will need two people this year to do MC work between The Chordbuster March and Fight Song.
If you want to be considered, auditions will be held during Saturday’s lunch. Melodee and Chera will decide on the two performers who have the best character and chemistry together. The expectation for the MCs is that the script must be memorized, which means if you are selected as an MC on Saturday — when you aren’t singing — you’ll be running lines to get the script off paper (or memorized!)
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AAU Music
The Chordbuster March
“The Chordbuster March” is a classic barbershop-style choral piece, arranged by W.A. Wyatt. It’s upbeat, energetic, and playful — a total barbershop classic with joyful lyrics to “put away your trouble let your joy be double while we bust a chord tonight”. So when you “bust a chord”, does that mean you break it? No!! Just like with “bust a move” meaning show off some great dance moves, “bust a chord” means nailing a great harmony with some amazing, ringing barbershop chords!!
Chandler High School Treblemakers singing The Chordbuster March
A Really Fun Women’s Quartet singing The Chordbuster March
Master Blaster Quartet singing The Chordbuster March with extended tag!
When you listen to your part track, use your headphones or set your left speaker on high and the right speaker on low to hear your part dominant. You can also just use your left earbud to hear your part.
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Fight Song
Fight Song was released in 2015, performed by Rachel Platten and was written by Rachel Platten and Dave Basset. It won many awards, and was featured on Rachel’s 2015 album, Wildfire. She was inspired to write the song about self-empowerment.
Link to Rachel Platten’s official Fight Song Video
When you listen to your part track, use your headphones or set your left speaker on high and the right speaker on low to hear your part dominant. You can also just use your left earbud to hear your part.
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Why We Sing
You will perform this song with the members of Alaska Sound Celebration as the closing song for our show.