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How to Sing Harmony: a few Exercises
So you always wanted to learn how to sing harmony? The guidelines given in this article will help you on how to sing harmony. If you thought that singing was difficult wait till you start harmonizing. Since it involves synchronizing your voice with another singer you will have to work really hard to sound right. Also you cannot push mistakes made while harmonizing under the carpet because they are glaringly obvious. The following exercises will help you to harmonize.
Harmonizing is by far one of the most rewarding styles of singing. When you harmonize your voice with that of another singer the cumulative effect is a very rich tone. You will have to work hard and be very patient to learn to blend our voice with that of another singer. You will have to start by recognizing harmony. Begin by listening to your favorite song. You have to pay attention to the melody and the instruments.
Listen for instruments that are being blended with the melody. You will have to train your ear to pick up these sounds since they will not be very conspicuous.
The next step after you recognize the harmony is to try it yourself by matching 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.
To begin with try harmonizing your voice with a note being played on the piano. It may take you a few rounds to get it right. What you are trying to do here is learn about the different notes that work as a harmony.
You don’t have to practice with just one note. A good way would be to record yourself. It is also important to listen to your performance. 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.
Each harmony will create its own mood and this technique is a good way to learn the moods.
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.
As a last step, put everything you have learnt to practice and harmonize with another singer as you record yourselves.
Singing harmony with another talented singer can be a very rewarding and fulfilling experience albeit one that will take diligent practice and hard work.
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