How do they sing gospel music?
When the Queens of Harmony sing, they sing in a style thats special to gospel music. Here are some things you can say about the gospel style of singing: • The singers express feelings and emotions. • The singers use lots of different types of improvisation. • Individual voices stand out in the group (all the singers dont sing the same words as each other all the time). • The singers move their bodies in time to the music. • The singers keep time to the music by hand clapping, hip slapping, or foot stomping. • Sometimes singers get so involved with the music that they feel their spirits move. Even with six, the Queens are a quartet Just like there are four quarters in a dollar, there are four singers in a quartet. But the Queens of Harmony has six members. How can the group be a quartet? The answer is, even though there are six Queens, only four sing at one time! While those four are singing, the other two ladies rest their voices. In a quartet, one woman sings lead and the other three
