TTBB


In musical choral notation, TTBB denotes a four-part men's chorus. Its configuration is Tenor 1, Tenor 2, Bass 1, Bass 2.
The Tanunda Liedertafel employs this method of notation in their music.
Typically the 1st Tenor part is the melody, with the other parts as harmony. In music for barbershop quartets, which use the TTBB arrangement almost exclusively, the 2nd Tenor is almost always the melody.
The way traditional German music notation is expressed with two staves:
T1 - treble clef 8va - up stem,
T2 - treble clef 8va - down stem,
B1 - bass clef - up stem,
B2 - bass clef - down stem.
This is usually classed as a 'closed score'.
The above may not be true for some recently written music, however writers make it is easy to see which part sings their respective pitch. For example, T1 and B1 the highest pitch on each stave. Most of the time, this occurs where T1 and T2 are singing at the same time.
Sometimes the melody part is sung as a solo, with the choir singing the harmony parts.

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