This 3-CD set is the follow-up to Susan Anders’ Harmony Singing by Ear-- it uses her same successful method with seven more fully produced songs and accompanying teaching segments. Singers who have used Harmony Singing by Ear, and/or singers with with some harmonizing skill can deepen their harmonizing ability with these more advanced songs. One, two or more singers can learn two and three-part harmony singing above and below a melody. Vocal coach Susan Anders has used her how to harmonize method for over twenty years with pop, R&B, folk, rock and country singers, and Harmony Singing by Ear has been used by singers worldwide.
More Harmony Singing by Ear includes:
• Three CDs with almost four hours of instructional narratives and fully produced music tracks.
• Music tracks with and without guide vocals.
• Seven pop, rock, and jazz songs; six songs arranged for 3 part harmony, one for 2 part harmony.
More Harmony Singing by Ear begins with a review of harmonizing basics while guiding you through how to find the harmonies for ‘Lean On Me’. These same harmonies are sung on the music track. On the music tracks the melody and harmony are panned to different speakers-- singers can listen to one speaker and just hear their part, listen to both speakers and hear both parts, or listen to the other speaker to practice with the other part. This method allows you to hear more or less of your part as needed. Please note that to do this you need a stereo system with a speaker balance function. You can also use headphones and remove one headphone for the same effect. Music-only tracks for all of the songs are also included. These can be used for practise or performance purposes.
Skill Level: Advanced Beginner to Advanced Intermediate. The early songs are the same level of difficulty as the songs on Harmony Singing by Ear, then increase in difficulty past the level of Harmony Singing by Ear. Parallel harmonies, call-response harmonies, block chord harmonies, seconds harmonies, jazz and blues harmonies, and counterpoint harmonies are all discussed and sung. It is highly recommended that singers first work with Harmony Singing by Ear since the explanation of chord, scale and harmonizing theory is more detailed. However, singers who already know a small bit of theory or can do simple parallel harmonies will also benefit from these CDs and increase their harmonizing skill.
More Details:
• The songs on this set are longer versions than the songs on Harmony Singing by Ear.
• Three of the arrangements include the exact vocal harmony arrangement from the original recording: Teach Your Children, Drive My Car, and Gone Gone Gone. The latter includes the Alison Kraus/Robert Plant harmonies.
• Basic music theory is not explained on this set since it’s covered on Harmony Singing by Ear. Harmonizing theory is explained again but not in as much detail, and the teaching narratives move a bit faster except for the more difficult harmonies.
Songs on More Harmony Singing by Ear
Lean On Me
Proud Mary
It Doesn’t Matter Anymore
Teach Your Children
Gone, Gone, Gone (Done Moved On)
Baby All the Time
Drive My Car
Vocal Ranges:
Higher Part: G#-C alto/soprano range
Middle Part: E-G# baritone/tenor/alto range
Lower Part: D-F baritone/tenor/low alto range
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 during the instruction.
