New Lesson - Sing a String...

[tstrahle]

My latest YouTube offering...

 

[mikesr1963]

Eeeeeeeee
Aaaaaaaaa
Dddddddd
Ggggggggg
Bbbbbbbb
eeeeeeeee

 

[tstrahle]

Eeeeeeeee
Aaaaaaaaa
Dddddddd
Ggggggggg
Bbbbbbbb
eeeeeeeee

That'll work!

 

[el diablo]

That's really useful, actually. I sang Madrigal acapella in early high school, so can I actually sing, but still find it awkward while playing.

 

[tstrahle]

That's really useful, actually. I sang Madrigal acapella in early high school, so can I actually sing, but still find it awkward while playing.

It took me a while too. I really honed my singing skills in a garage studio by myself screaming background vocals on my band's demos.

 

[baimun]

My latest YouTube offering...

Not what I was expecting, but very useful. Perhaps I can get my bandmates to sing different harmonies based on what I pick out for them on adjacent strings.

 

[tstrahle]

Not what I was expecting, but very useful. Perhaps I can get my bandmates to sing different harmonies based on what I pick out for them on adjacent strings.

That would work too. Especially for "la, la, la" and "oooooooooo" type backgrounds.

 

[baimun]

That would work too. Especially for "la, la, la" and "oooooooooo" type backgrounds.

And they're not very strong singers so two or three notes would work for them.

 

[Modern Saint]

Nicely done Tom!!!

The irony of it is all is what Tom is singing are pretty much the harmonies in both "What I Like About You" and "Rock In The USA". My band in the 80's used to run those to songs together.

 

[vonbladet]

If the chords define the harmony, then the notes in the chords - the "chord tones" - will work as harmonies. Picking a string constrains the voice as the harmony changes. This is extremely clever and I only feel a bit stupid that I had to have it pointed out; thanks.

 

[tstrahle]

If the chords define the harmony, then the notes in the chords - the "chord tones" - will work as harmonies. Picking a string constrains the voice as the harmony changes. This is extremely clever and I only feel a bit stupid that I had to have it pointed out; thanks.

Yeah, it's kind of a no brainer. When you study SATB harmony in theory, you notice that the sopranos (melody) and the basses are defined, but that the alto and tenor notes are flexible, and you are even taught to not move them if you don't have to.