How to Sing Harmonies for Beginners
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 มิ.ย. 2024
- Singing harmonies can elevate singing to a breathtakingly beautiful sound. But singing harmonies doesn't come naturally to all singers. Which is nothing to be concerned about... the great news is that with dedicated practice and some guidance, you'll be well on your way to singing harmonies!
Harmony is singing two or more different notes together in a way that sounds pleasing. And it's one of the harder things to do as a singer - but it's certainly possible with practice. There are some simple ways to pick out harmonies that Singeo coaches, Lisa Witt and Julia Ziegler will break down for you in this video.
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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:05 - What is a harmony?
2:00 - Simple music theory lesson
3:49 - Singing a 3rd
4:00 - Harmony practice exercise
4:55 - Apply harmony to a song
6:10 - Lisa and Julia perform Free Fallin'
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Lisa is arguably the happiest music teacher on the planet. We can’t prove it, but we’d be willing to bet on it. With a background in classical and contemporary vocal training and a love for popular music, Lisa Witt focuses on helping her students uncover their own, unique sound and develop their voice with simple routines and tips for faster results. Her personal singing journey started filled with intimidation and fear about “singing out loud”. Lisa’s desire to find confidence led her to discover HOW her voice works (physically) and gained newfound confidence and passion to perform in her discoveries that she now shares in her lessons. Lisa is a singer-songwriter who values singing as a therapeutic release for communicating harder emotions.
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I’m so in awe of folks who can hop over into harmonies without a second thought! Thank you for this tutorial!
After I hear it, I need time to iron it in!
@@jennywax1713 same😭
I've struggled to get it but will keep practicing.
WHAT HE SAID!
Awe, you're so welcome! (Julia here) We do have a whole course on Singeo.com on how to sing harmony that goes into much more detail if you're curious! 🙂 But just keep practicing and you'll get it!
I remember me and my cousin when we were kids just singing whatever tune comes out trying to harmonize till we learned to do it at the drop of a hat 😅😅
‘My cousin and I.” Because grammar. Stay in school!
@@BrenQ99 This is a music channel not an English grammar channel and not everyone's first language is English so piss off
@@BrenQ99 Me and my cousin is correct as well
@@BrenQ99We have grammar police here guys 🙄
@@BrenQ99as a non native speaker i wouldnt want to be around you
i practiced this for a while already and became addicted, i now harmonise randomly in most songs i listen to, and my family might be a little annoyed sometimes but it's just so good to be able to do that!!
That's amazing! Once you figure it out, it's practice practice practice! 🙂 When you get good at, it singing harmony becomes more fun than singing the melody!
@@SingeoOfficial That's so true, i can't seem to stop haha
Hey, is there any tips of how or what to listen to, in order to do the practice or you just have to randomly practice it till you find the note?
@@rhedrhed2064 Try to pick songs that already have harmonies in it, then focus on singing the harmony with them. You're going to develop a sense for it and it's easier to learn than having to do it immediately yourself.
@@huntma3787 uHm?? lmao i'm pretty sure that i am, i've been in choir and i've performed with a band a few times, harmonizing was not the problem
it's more that they're trying to sing along with the main melody and it's confusing for them when i harmonize haha
Thanks ladies, I've been asking so many "musicians" to teach me this, but to no avail..I'm blessed at the age of 73 to have met with you! What a joyful blessing 🙌 💖 ✨️
Ah, amazing! I'm glad you found us! 🙂
I sing in choir so I technically already knew this but I didn't really understand how to apply it to other non choir songs, Thank you for explaining!!
You can hear the harmonies in the music if you're struggling to find the note. Years ago, there was a pastor who visited the church I attended whose daughter could sing harmony naturally as if she was singing the melody. It was amazing. Simon and Garfunkel are a good listening reference for harmonizing.
Yes! I have always struggled with harmony. So I try to focus in on one of the instruments being played, and I can usually hear it. I have improved so much since I started doing that
As a lady who has been trying to harmonise her whole life, I want to thank these two gorgeous ladies for making this very informational AND enjoyable video. Great energies. Inspiring women. I’d love to grow further into adulthood and become more like them! ❤
Wow, I'm so glad this is helpful and that you enjoyed this video! Thank you so much for watching and keep singing! 🙂
I have never seen harmonies taught before!! ive been singing them all my life- funny, you guys did the free falling and I automatically found the 2nd harmony hahah. ya'll are great!
Good for you, you must have a good ear for music!! 💜
Yeah this is a topic that's not super easy to explain to a beginner. We've really had to wrap our heads around how to make the information accessible. 🙂 This is just the beginning; there's so much more to it.
This is a really useful topic! I’d love to see more on how to sing harmony!
This should be a series
@@tristan_840 Good news! We're about to release a course on this, so check out Singeo.com for an upcoming Guide to Harmonies! 🙂
@@SingeoOfficial yeaaaaahhh😁
Y'know how sometimes you've missed something obvious for, like, ever, and one day something clicks it into place? I learned to sing harmony (any part of standard 4 part harmony) from listening to my parents and extended family who all played instruments and sang. Once I started writing songs 15 years ago I nailed down basic music theory, the old 1-4-5 pop song, etc. As a bass player, knowing the Nashville numbering system for notes and chords was the Holy Grail.
Then, friends started asking me how to sing harmony. And I couldn't tell them.
Now I can. Because, while it's not easy, it IS simple. Listen to scale intervals, then twist and shout your way to a harmony.
Thank you :)
THANK YOU!
I've never understand harmony better. Thanks for this 🙏🙏
AMAZING! We're so glad this was helpful for you!! 💜
Enjoyed the practice at 4:00 ..it was a joy hearing myself harmonizing with you on the first note. Been practicing harmonies for the past years and yeah it's a long journey. Thank you for this tutorial.
That's great to hear! Singing harmonies is so fun, but definitely a journey! Don't give up! We're about to release a longer course on it, so stay tuned!
Two other groups are great for studying harmony. They are: the Andrews Sisters (3 voices) and the Lennon Sisters (4 voices).
YES! Love the Andrews sisters! Their harmonies are so tight it's sometimes hard to hear who's singing what.
En Vogue also
This is the best harmony video ever 🥺! Thank you guys so much ♥️
I always tried to figure out the harmony. Singing to Beatle's songs for forty years helped me. This is a great tip!
It's so simple, yet so hard.
your voices are so lovely...and love the joy in which you present this
Thanks for the video! I'm a worship leader and I'm trying to teach a couple of our new vocalists how to hear harmonies. It would be awesome to see a video on 3 part harmonies. Sometimes those get a little more complex. There are times when one of the parts needs to stay place while the others move in the same direction. Also, harmonies can be more difficult when you have a song with accidentals. But this is great! Thanks again!
Alice in Chains had perhaps single handedly established the inexplicable beauty of harmonizing vocals for me. Laney and Jerry together layered such immaculate harmonies that made me look for tutorials on how to actually do it.
This was a great introduction to practicing harmonies. Great job 👍
Interestingly AiC harmonies were mostly based on fourths, which is not very common.
@@xblinketx true that. Great to see a like minded AiC fan...cheers!
Love the harmony in Heaven Beside You
After this comment, I’m gonna look for more Alice in Chains’ songs
its funny you say that because i was just listening to junkhead (the demo version) and thought how great the harmonies and immediately searched how to do it jerry cantrel is a musical genius
That was a lot of fun and informative, thank you guys for posting. You guys have a ton of chemistry and are super welcoming too. The video production was great. I will definitely keep watching. Appreciate the effort! It shows.
That's great to hear, glad you liked it! 🙂
Thank you for that... I've been wanting to learn about harmonies for ages!
You two harmonize so beautifully! ❤
Thanks for all your videos, piano stuff is great and glad to see some singing/vocal coaching stuff
Thank you for your lessons
You're so welcome! Glad you're enjoying them!
Terrific. The start of a long and hopefully rewarding journey.
Why do I love them??? ❤❤❤ at the first second!!!
💜💜💜 We love you too 😊
thank you so much for this. I've been overwhelmed about even the thought of learning to sing harmony. You gave me the push and basics that I needed to get started. many many thanks
Aw, you're so welcome! Keep singing, Neil, you can do it!
I've been trying to figure this out for FOREVER!!! THANK YOU!
Just made me smile! So lovely! So inspiring! I think music is about sharing, encouraging and enjoying! Bless you both!🥰
Hello Nina
How are you doing today?
I really want to learn harmony but there actually not a lot of video on it here on youtube that explains it well! Thanks for making the video ^_^
Hi! Just wanted to let you know we also recently released a bigger course on singeo.com if you're curious to learn more. Harmonies are quite a complex topic, so there's lots to learn! 🙂 Keep on singing and you can do it!
Be blessed for this nicest and shortest video with more lessons 😍loved this from Africa Rwanda
thanks for making it simple
So glad we managed to do that for you 💜
Wonderful lesson. Some of my fondest memories of my mother were her memories of her singing. She had such a rich, full voice and had a talent for harmonizing that I suppose she inherited from my grandfather Phil. Her voice was similar to Bette Middler and she could sing The Rose so sweetly it still brings tears to my eyes as I remember. :-) Mom had a beautiful voice and hearing this lesson reminded me of one of those connections that we share. My love of music and harmonies is very much the fruit of my mother's love of music. I grew up listening to Queen, Doobie Brothers, Eagles, ELO, BeeGees, Elton John and BIlly Joel. I also grew up listening to the hits of the 50s and 60s and the many harmonies of those classic gems. While I understand and can sing harmony, this lesson was a blessing to me and I am glad to have watched it.
What a beautiful memory of your mother ♥ Some of those old school classics have the BEST harmonies!
Hello how are you
Singing in my church choir for 30 years has taught me how to pick up harmonies
That's one of the best places to learn 🙂
Superb! Thanks a million for sharing. Your enthusiasm is infectious! 😎😎😎
This is so helpful! I've really been wanting to try harmonizing and following along with you guys actually worked for me. Thank you for this video!
Amazing! How great that you were able to follow along! I'm glad that worked for you. 👏👏👏
FYI, we do have lots more resources on harmony within the Singeo membership if you want to learn more.
This is fabulous xxx thank-you 💕
Out of all of the how to videos I've found this is by far my favorite! Subscribing for sure!
Nicely explained about harmony.
Very nicely done, I appreciate you sharing your talents to help others like me :) much love
I'm so glad it's possible to teach harmony! I certainly don't know what to tell people when they ask, but now I know I can point them to your video. 😊
Yeah it's absolutely possible! 🙂 Though it can take some people a little longer to understand while others can seemingly do it with no problem at all. We also have a whole in-depth course on singeo.com if you're curious or have friends asking... 👍🏼
this is a very helpful and fun video! thank you so much.
Thank you, I was able to sing along with you and I learned so much!!
Lovely human beings. Thank you for this great lesson.
This is perfect! Exactly what I needed🤩I not only can hear the harmonies but the camera from above showing the notes on the piano is genius!I feel like I FINALLY UNDERSTAND!!!🎉🤩🙌So thankful for y’all from Texas👋I subscribed & am excited to start learning 🥰
That's awesome! We've got a whole course on Harmony within the Singeo membership! 🙂
Worth spending 9:33 mins on this.
Perfectly explained and very clear with every details. Thanks ❤️
Thanks ladies. Well done.
The best explanation ive seen thank you so much
Best video on learning harmonies
Thank you so much guys for such informative content. I've been wanting to learn harmonies and after coming across this I've decided that I'll start here.
That's awesome! We do have a much more in-depth course on singeo.com if you're curious to learn more. 🙂 But this is a really great start right here!
Oh I loved this so much, so so much. Harmonies are life to me.
I've been following Pianote for a while now, but I'm only just discovering this channel!! Very nice primer on how to hear and sing basic harmony. "Free Falling" was an excellent example song to choose. One thing I miss about music school is the ready availability of people to sing and play extra parts as I write them or think them up, so the the four-part V7 was fun to watch. If anybody asks me how to sing harmonies, I'm sending them HERE.
Yes! It's a great example to follow the singing in thirds... Glad you enjoyed it! We're about to release a longer course on it, so stay tuned!
If a note doesn't fit take another! Trial and error! A very good advice.
Very beautiful and helpful! Thank you all!
Hello how are you
thank you so much. This was very helpful.
The video I have needed to watch for years! Thank you!
Oh good! Glad this was helpful for you! 💜
YALL ARE SO HELPFUL AND ADORABLE! 💖🐰
Love your guys energy! Gonna keep practicing but I think I'm starting to get it:)
Lovely lesson, amazing and Beautiful voices you guys have ❤
Thank you, I'm glad you liked this lesson 🙂
Thank you. This is great.
For whatever reason, I’ve always felt like I “hear” the harmony over the melody! I love trying to get it to be compatible…this is a great video!
Thank you, very usefull and dynamic :)
I found this the most useful lesson on harmony on TH-cam.
This helps a lot. Thanks.
Wow, thanks so much for sharing this with us! I actually understand how to sing in harmony now! Can’t wait to try it out in church.
That's awesome!!
This is a very good lesson, and the way you have explained is awesome, thanks for sharing this knowledge.
Hello how are you
Brilliant!
This is exactly what I needed to learn to sing in harmony !!! Loved it thank you!
Awesome! 🙌
Love from Kerala, India
This is a great lesson, thanks!
Bellísimo!
Thank you it was so helpful!
I loved this video. Thanks for the information.
Wow, I think somewhere down in my brain opened a doorway for another fun and exciting lesson. Thank you so much😍
Yay for new skills learned and passions awakened! 💜
I've watched a lot of videos and I haven't gotten so good until now. Thank you so much
Nice! I'm glad this video helped!! 💜 Thank you for watching!
Excellent - thank you!
Thank you so much to both of you Ma'am. It was really helpful . ❤❤🙏😊
So glad this helped you!!
My mom sang, danced and played piano. On long car trips we sang harmony to common songs. It seemed to come naturally way back when. Now I’m having a hard time singing harmony now.
This is really good instruction.
This was so helpful to me. Thank you!!
Hello how are you
You are really good at it miss Julia
Once I started the video I just could stop it .. these girl are hardcore entertainers :D
You feel it.
You make making music sound so eazzzyy, breezzy and beautiful!
Glad you enjoy it!
Loved from India 🇮🇳 ♥️ ❤️
Thank you thank you!!! Uou guys are awesome!!
Thank you. I’m musical but have absolutely no theory. This has helped greatly.
So glad this has helped you!!!
Super great video! Beautiful duo.
Hello
Thank you for making this vid. It really works for me. I'm an English teacher and enjoy jazzing up the atmosphere with songs that I wrote on my own in front of my classes.
That's fantastic! Glad to hear this worked for you!
I have learned a lot. Thank you so much
Thank You for the useful tips..!! 😊💐🎵🎶
Oh my gosh. This really broke it down. You two are great!! xo
Thanks, glad it was helpful!
Warms my heart to see such joy in making music. And those nose crinkles at 6:56 - I'll have to work on that - mine look like I'm passing a kidney stone. 😂
This is awesome 👍❤️
Excellent!
Great instruction. Thanks for breaking it down. But I know I’ll still stumble finding it on the fly.
Lovely. Thank you
Thank you!!!
Thank you so so much❤️
That Beatles song was a great reference!!!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Very nice harmonies and great educational tutorial! I'm going to subscribe to support your effort to promote harmony in the world! That's what the world needs. Harmony!
🎶 What the world needs now, is harmony, sweet harmony... 🎵
@@SingeoOfficial So True!