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  1. In music, a style of unaccompanied
  2. close-harmony singing of sentimental ballads,
  3. revived in the USA during the 19th century.
  4. Traditionally sung by four male voices, since
  5. the 1970s it has developed as a style of a
  6. cappella choral singing for both male and
  7. female voices. Barbershop originated in
  8. 17th-century European barber's shops, which
  9. offered dental and medical services. Waiting
  10. customers were provided with a cittern or
  11. guitar by managements aware of the benefits
  12. of music to those undergoing pain.
  13.