Luciano Pavarotti or José Carreras it ain't!

The tenor line is the top harmony part in ladies barbershop, so you would be correct in thinking "this is going to be high". The challenge to a barbershop tenor is to keep the vocal quality light and delicate most of the time, so is not necessarily suited to strong Sopranos who would be better lending their virtuosity to the melody line.

The range: middle C up to 'top' A

Without the tenors, as with any of the other three parts, the chord would sound incomplete and rather thin. It is commonly said that the role of the tenors is to add the 'sparkle' to the sound.

As the range is the highest, tenor notes can easily be heard, so in a barbershop chorus there really only needs to be a few, accurate, tenors, so spaces are limited. But if it turns out that your voice is especially suited to this part, that's where you'll be placed!

Please come along to any rehearsal and find out what it's all about!

Bass   ~   Bari   ~   Lead   ~   Tenor