close harmony
Tight choral intervals
Close harmony is a style of vocal arrangement where the notes sung by different voices are clustered within a narrow range, typically within an octave.
The technique creates a rich, blended sound characteristic of barbershop quartets, doo-wop groups, and gospel music: The sisters sang in close harmony.
The term occasionally describes any tight coordination: working in close harmony with local officials.
- barbershopHair-cutting establishment
- consonanceHarmonious sound combination
- madrigalUnaccompanied Renaissance choral composition
- quartetEnsemble of four
- gospel quartetReligious vocal ensemble, four
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- American Singingspirituals, blues, country, gospel, barbershop
- harmonychord, chords, triad, triads, consonance
- A Cappellaa cappella, unaccompanied, vocal ensemble, barbershop, doo-wop
- Choral Singinga cappella, voice parts, vocal parts, homophony, polyphony
- Doo-WopThe Drifters, The Coasters, Dion, Earth Angel, falsetto
- folk singingsea shanties, work songs, sea shanty, work song, call and response