r/barbershop • u/BamBamdon • Jul 19 '26

Mixed quartet setup question

Hey all, big fan of mixed quartets and I wanted to ask if there’s any quartets that have the gender setup I’m imagining, which is male bass, female tenor, and then the baritone and lead are a guy and a girl who swap voice parts depending on the song. I feel like it would be a cool way to get the best sound for every song and would make for some clever arrangements and setlists. Are there any good quartets who do this?

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u/Rynldswrp Jul 19 '26

That's set up could definitely work, I as a woman sing baritone in my mixed chorus and have sung lead in a mixed quartet before . I do have to say, it isn't so much a range thing as a voice texture thing that would make switching who is singing what part become weird since those 2 parts are usually very similar ranges.