Harmony Singing By Ear uses two complementary methods to teach singers how to harmonize by ear. After reviewing some music theory basics, instructional sections walk you through how to find the upper and lower harmony parts for eight songs. Those same harmonies are sung on music tracks. On these tracks the vocal parts are panned to different speakers--singers can pan to one speaker and just hear their part, pan to the middle and hear both parts, or pan to the other speaker to practice with the other part. In this way, beginning harmonizers can control how much or how little of the other voices they hear, making it easier to stay on their part. More confident harmonizers can sing without the guide vocals. Singers who simply want to learn and sing the harmony parts can skip the instructional tracks, go right to the music and vocal tracks, and pan their speakers to the right to learn the harmony part for each song.

Though much of Harmony Singing By Ear focuses on the how-tos of parallel harmonizing above and below a melody, singers will also learn about call-response, blue note, chromatic and block chord harmonies. Music tracks without vocals are also included so singers can practice their parts "without the training wheels". Plus, there are supplementary sections including exercises to build one's harmonizing skills and advice on how to polish harmony parts. The songs range in style from pop to R&B to folk to modern rock to jazz.

Skill Level: Beginning to Intermediate. The early songs are very easy, the later songs increase in difficulty.

Vocal Ranges

All parts can be sung an octave above or below the harmonies on the CD to allow lower and higher singers to join in. How to do this is explained on CD #1.

Songs on Harmony Singing By Ear

• Chapel of Love
• Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
• I Can See Clearly Now
• Angel From Montgomery
• Bring It On Home To Me
• Centerpiece
• One of Us
• Walk Away Renee

Audio Samples

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