Learn To Sing Harmony and Join the Choir

If you’ve always wanted to learn to sing harmony but weren’t sure where to start, there’s good news. It’s not hard to learn this skill and become a great back up or accompanying singer. You’ll be able to easily form beautiful harmonies. All you need is some practice and good control over your voice. Here are a few exercises that can help.

One of the most important things is to be able to objectively listen to yourself harmonize. You can’t do this while you’re singing, so get a recording device that can play back a quality recording. Start out by harmonizing with a single note on the piano, or by singing along with one of your favorite songs. Match the song or note at first, and use the recording to see how well you’re doing. It’s important to be able to recognize and match a note before you can sing in harmony

After you’re sure that you can effectively sing along, it’s time to try some harmony. Try singing a little higher or lower this time. Record your performance and see how it sounds. Don’t worry if you’re not initially able to come up with a great sounding harmony. The purpose of the initial exercise is to try out lots of sounds and see how they feel and how they harmonize with the existing note or song. You can play back your harmony to check it.

Perform this sort of exercise for a little while every day, and be willing to experiment. You’ll soon see what kind of harmonies provide certain moods and which ones work best. Figuring out these sorts of relationships on your own will make you better at producing harmony. If you want to learn to sing harmony, all it takes is practice and some objective thinking. After a while, you’ll probably find that crafting an effective harmony isn’t difficult at all.

Intuition is a big part of learning to sing harmony. You’ll know what sounds right or wrong - just experiment until you get to a point that works out well. Traditional harmonies are usually sung only a little bit higher or lower than the lead, so don’t create a big difference when you sing harmony. Also, don’t over think things - it actually just makes it harder to learn to sing harmony! Practice and control are the best ways to learn - if you’re well trained in singing, harmony is a lot easier.

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