Judging Criteria-
Extract from IABS Competition Rules (May 2017)
SCORING CATEGORIES
4.1 In accordance with BABS scoring categories, judging of contestant will be carried out in three categories. Each category may use up to a maximum of 100 point per song per judge. In IABS contests, two judges per category combine their results to a maximum of 200 marks for each of the three categories.
4.1.1 Music
The music judges evaluate the song and arrangement as performed, in terms of musical elements in the performance, melody, harmony range and tessitura, temp and rhythm and meter, construction and form and embellishments. The music judges score on how the musical elements of the performance establish a theme and how best the performance demonstrates an artistic sensitivity to that theme and how it is displayed in the barbershop style.
4.1.2 Singing
The Singing judges evaluate how the performer achieves artistic singing in the barbershop style, in precision of intonation, vocal skill and vocal expression, a high level of unity and consistency within the ensemble. Mastering these elements creates a fullness and expansion of sound and when combined with expressive vocal skills will convey a feeling of genuine emotion to support the message of the song.
4.1.3 Performance
The Performance judges concentrate on how believable the theme of the performance is demonstrated in terms of its musical and visual setting, including the vocal and visual aspects of the performance and how they fuse to create the image of the song. They also evaluate the appropriateness of the performance and the emotional impact it has on its audience.
4.1 In accordance with BABS scoring categories, judging of contestant will be carried out in three categories. Each category may use up to a maximum of 100 point per song per judge. In IABS contests, two judges per category combine their results to a maximum of 200 marks for each of the three categories.
4.1.1 Music
The music judges evaluate the song and arrangement as performed, in terms of musical elements in the performance, melody, harmony range and tessitura, temp and rhythm and meter, construction and form and embellishments. The music judges score on how the musical elements of the performance establish a theme and how best the performance demonstrates an artistic sensitivity to that theme and how it is displayed in the barbershop style.
4.1.2 Singing
The Singing judges evaluate how the performer achieves artistic singing in the barbershop style, in precision of intonation, vocal skill and vocal expression, a high level of unity and consistency within the ensemble. Mastering these elements creates a fullness and expansion of sound and when combined with expressive vocal skills will convey a feeling of genuine emotion to support the message of the song.
4.1.3 Performance
The Performance judges concentrate on how believable the theme of the performance is demonstrated in terms of its musical and visual setting, including the vocal and visual aspects of the performance and how they fuse to create the image of the song. They also evaluate the appropriateness of the performance and the emotional impact it has on its audience.