Hanger (barbershop music) Hanger (barbershop music) A hanger, or a post, in barbershop music is a long note, held by one of the voices in the quartet, while the other voices are free to change notes, and even breathe. Hangers usually occur in the tag of a Barbershop song, although they may occur anywhere. The held note is typically the tonic note of the song (e.g. if the song is in G Major, the hanger is usually a G). Any one of the four voices can have the hanger, although the hanger is typically a high note, therefore it is usually assigned to
Do You Hear the People Sing? protesters who have interrupted TTIP congresses as flashmobs singing the song. The song was also used in support of the Maidan protests by Ukraine 2020, who released a music video for the song on YouTube. In 2016, the song was used as a protest song in South Korea's nationwide Park Geun-hye resignation movement. On September 16, 2016, during his presidential campaign, Donald Trump used the song in a rally in Miami under the parody title "Les Déplorables", a response to Hillary Clinton's controversial "basket of deplorables" label. Do You Hear the People Sing? "Do You Hear the People Sing?" ("À