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Download Contest Recordings

Each year the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America, Inc. (SPEBSQSA), now known as the Barbershop Harmony Society, holds a convention and competition at which barbershop quartets and choruses from all over the world are invited to attend, participate, compete, and share fellowship in song. In each year since the late 1940s, the Barbershop Harmony Society has archived recordings of these competitions.
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Jack Baird Music Library

The Jack Baird music library is an extensive listing of great public domain content in mp3 format for all to enjoy. It includes classic early recordings of wonderful instrumental and vocal arrangements of popular standards from the early 20th century.
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Direct and Teach Documents

These documents are a valuable resource for directing and education. It includes help documents, technique guides, manuals, important forms, handbooks, and certification exams.

Free Sheet Music

Download classic four-part barbershop arrangements absolutely free. Includes Auld Lang Syne, Kentucky Babe, Irish Blessing, Shine on Harvest Moon, Dear Old Girl, and many others.

Music Premiere Series

Music Premiere packets are a perfect way to review a great variety of published arrangements and to build a library of music you want to sing now or save for use in the future. Each packet contains six individual songs plus a CD demo of the songs and there are at least two new packages every year, and back issues are available.

Heritage of Harmony

The Heritage of Harmony Songbook makes available even more free sheet music for barbershop quartets. It includes Cuddle Up, Beautiful Dreamer, Hello My Baby, Old Kentucky Home, When You Were Sweet Sixteen, and many others.

Free Joe Johnson Arrangements

Society member and prolific arranger Joe Johnson has generously made available many of his high quality arrangments for vocal ensembles for free. Browse his list of titles which includes many gospel favorites.

Rememberance Music arranged by Joe Liles

Another Society member and prolific arranger Joe Liles has produced several arrangements to honor loved ones in rememberance, and has made them available online for free.

Tags

Free tags galore are available for download.

Youth Documents

These free documents help assist younger voices with proper warmup and tags to help them get started singing barbershop harmony.