So, what sort of thing do we sing? TUBBS performs in a variety of forms, including lower voices, upper voices, small groups, quartets and a massive modern a cappella eight-part harmony chorus! Samples will be added below as soon as our revamped recordings are available:

• Bright Was The Night (Sanguinello)

More on our recordings page…

More TUBBS music can be found on our new CD album, Hopes And Expectations!

So what's all this about barbershops, then?

Barbershop (learn even more at Barbershop music) is a style of a cappella (singing without instruments) in which the melody is sung by the lead voice, harmonised above (by the tenor) and below (by the bass) and with a baritone getting whatever's left over in the chord!

Most barbershoppers aim for a bottom-heavy sound, and the distinctive barbershop chords are produced by the combination of all four voices. When each part is perfectly in tune and balanced, a fifth “phantom” voice can be heard; that means you're hearing some really good singing

TUBBS was founded as a barbershop quartet, and both our gents' and ladies groups sing traditional barbershop, but there's not a lot of that around for mixed singing, so we also sing modern a cappella from jazz and show tunes to film soundtracks and rock numbers.

We're fortunate to have several people in TUBBS who can re-arrange tunes so that they can be sung in our style, and we also perform stock arrangements. If you're at UoB (studying or just passing through), come and have a sing; if you're not, you might like to come to one of our gigs or even hire us for yours!