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How to Sing Harmony: a few Exercises

October 3rd, 2009 · No Comments · Arts and Entertainment

So you always wanted to learn how to sing harmony? The following tips will give you information on how to sing harmony. Singing is by no means an easy skills to master but harmonizing can be even more difficult. Since it involves synchronizing your voice with another singer you will have to work really hard to sound right. Mistakes made while harmonizing can be heard distinctly so it would be impossible to hide them. So try these exercises to learn to harmonize correctly. 

Harmonizing is by far one of the most rewarding styles of singing. If you want to give your performance a rich quality harmonizing is the perfect way to do so. It will require a lot of patience and hard work since harmonizing involves blending different notes sung by different people. So the first step is to train your ear to recognize harmony. You can do so by carefully listening to a song of your choice. You should hear the instruments and the melody. 

Listen for instruments that are being blended with the melody. This will not be easy at first because instruments that are blended with the melody seem to be in the background. 

Once you can distinguish the harmony, try it yourself by blending your voice with the instruments. Now this is where things may start getting a little difficult. So take the help of a musical instrument like a piano. 

Play a note on the piano and try to blend your voice with it. It may take you a few rounds to get it right. if you want to learn about the different notes that work in harmony this is a fantastic exercise to do so. 

After one move to another note. it is important to record yourself while practicing. After a few attempts, listen to the recordings. This is a good exercise to learn about how to sing harmony, singing at the proper pitch level and to pick a good note to harmonize. 

This exercise will also help you to understand the moods created by the different harmonies. 

Once you are comfortable with harmonizing, pick a melody from your favorite song and start by singing two or three notes above and below the melody, just slide up and down the notes till you find the harmony and also hear for the different moods created by the different harmonies. 

The final step would be to record yourself while you practice harmony with another singer. 

It will be a wonderful experience to hear yourself singing in harmony with another talented singer, a fruitful culmination to all the hard work. 

If you’d like to learn more about harmony singing please visit How To Sing Harmony 

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Visit my Blog Harmony Singing Blog

 

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