how to HARMONIZE with multiple singers

(part 3)
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Saher Galt
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How to harmonize with multiple voices by singing chords plus a full on harmonization practice session! My singing lessons:
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Lyrics: Through the waking dawn, I will stagger on, chasing wishful stars who linger on the far horizon. We learn how to sing each part of a
basic triadic harmony (3 note chords) then use it to harmonize a lead vocal melody. A powerful tool for singing in a capella groups and
bands. For more on how to sing harmony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qV4ZY...
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Saher Galt2 years ago (edited)

Harmonize on a major chord: 1:23 Harmonize on a minor chord: 4:43 Harmonize on a
diminished chord: 6:23 Singing a song with vocal harmony: 8:00 (reference) and 8:53 (singing)
(shortcuts for more efficient practice time.)
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Legacy Official2 months ago

Saher Galt can you please do more videos of this your really training my ears
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Legacy Official2 months ago

Saher Galt can you please do ear training
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Twin Strings1 year ago

You are amazing Saher :) Was struggling with Harmonies from past 4 years !! Thanks alot <3
Keep uploading more harmony tutorials on Youtube :)
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Jeet Dasgupta2 years ago

love love love your teaching style !!!
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Saher Galt2 years ago

Thank you!
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MANNY~EmberDim2 years ago

Thanks so much for these vocal lessons! :D
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Aaron Harris1 year ago

I seriously can't stop commenting on your videos. Your teaching style is magnificent and
extremely helpful
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Emmanuel Agyei1 year ago

i just did a random search on youtube about vocal harmony and after watching various videos, i
got to yours and i'm stuck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I subscribed to your channel right after.
Marvelous!!!!!!!!
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Ruth Quadros2 years ago
This helps so much! Thanks!!
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Sara D2 years ago

This is a fantastic video, great quality and helped so much.
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Rolando Riley1 year ago

One thing is know how to execute and the other is how to teach. You are excellent on both.
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Iyank Brammastian1 year ago

Thanks, your video is really helpful
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Aarhisreshtha Mahanta1 year ago

ThANK YOU!!! YOU ARE AMAZINGLY HELPFUL
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Doug Ritchie2 years ago

Beautifully done Saher! Opens up a world of possibilities. Thank you.
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O A1 year ago
Loving your tutorials, they are really helpful and wonderfully thought out 😊 thank you so much!
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Sherlene Anderson1 year ago

Great teaching techniques!
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Lacey McDorman8 months ago

I never bothered trying to harmonize because I thought it would be too hard but these lessons
have made it really easy and totally fun! Thank you much!
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Akana Amemoto1 year ago

I just now ran across your channel and I know you've probably heard this before but, I just love
the way you teach. Thanks so much for making everything so easy to understand while also
making it enjoyable :)
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Piyush Punj4 months ago (edited)

Thank you sir. It helped me alot Amazing...😊😊♂️
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San2 years ago

Thanks! :D
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Parul Sharma1 year ago

this is helping a lot... lots of love from India 😊
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Dillon Barnes2 years ago

awesome!
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Saher Galt2 years ago

cheers Dillon!
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Conner Langford1 year ago

3:46 The plot thickens.. Oh my gosh haha
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Fried vs Rich1 year ago

Great instructions!!! Is really helpful!!!
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5833max2 years ago

Awesome videos, loved <3 I'm more about music theory to make my own music and improve
my videos, I'm loving your your channel, your videos, your way to teach... THANK YOU A
LOT!!!
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Dennis Muthuri1 year ago

High five dude. That's all I can say.
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Edgar Villanueva2 years ago

Saher, question? Should the harmony singers be following the harmonies of the individual
chords throughout the song? For example, if the first chord is major followed by a minor, does a
3 part harmony also follow on the 3 respective voices of the associated chords?
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Crying Kim2 years ago
wow this ectually helped me alot 😊😊
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Noragami2 years ago

love your videos
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poredge employment1 year ago

if your root is in "C", can i sing a lower E or G?
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Daniel Batricevic1 year ago

im not gonna lie, Saher you were a massive help, im only 15 but for my music studies i need to
know my pitches, I sang the main part at the end of the vid with almost perfect pitch and with the
right notes first try, i dont know what you have done but i love it <3 i dont even sing so.... :'D Im
happy, keep up the good vids
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reb2 years ago

great
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cperceptionsmusic1 year ago

Hey! =) I really liked the video. I really liked the song though also. This might sound like a
dumb question but do you know who wrote it and what its called?
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The symphony1 year ago

you are superb..thank you very much. now i can easily harmonize with any songs
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Tipu Singh1 year ago

nice.. very helpful
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Jaywolf Ak4 months ago

This is not just a harmony lesson....It's also ear training picking up your note from others needs a
good listening..I started from your video on the 3rd Harmony technique...and now it's getting
easy the more I practice..I can even sing C notes jumping an octave without reference..I can tell
between minor and major by the feeling of happiness and sad...thanks man
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Soya Sokolova11 months ago

Saher Galt, you are brilliant absollutely!!!!!
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the Bro Gamer1 year ago (edited)

#bestvocalteacherintheworld
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pentaholic' '8 months ago

Loved it! Thank you sssoo much 😊😊
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Jessi R1 year ago

I'd motorboat you.
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Azi Crawford7 months ago

I love the moving blocks. It’s really helpful for guiding the voice! Thank you!
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Adrian Daniel Botnariu1 year ago

Thes are some great videos and they are really helping me over an issue I'm experiencing. Thank
you!
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Angad Virk1 year ago (edited)

Hey, great video, thanks a bunch! Can I get the name of the song you gave for practicing near the
end this video? sounded great. :)
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nichxdani1 year ago

super helpful, thanks!
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Stacey Riley Artist1 year ago

This video is really helpful because: 1) You explain what's happening clearly and simply
(theory). 2) You show the notes coming along and where they fall on the scale (visual aid). 3)
You provide support for the note the student is singing by playing it on the piano. 4) You provide
the other vocal parts, so the student can hear where his/her note falls in the chord. 5)You allow
the student to try each part. I'm impressed! I've been asked to be the 3rd back-up singer in a
Steely Dan cover band. Though I've had my own jazz combo for a few years, now, I haven't sung
harmonies in a while. I'm a bit intimidated by filling that 3rd voice role, especially for
sophisticated harmonies like those Steely Dan wrote. The other 2 singers have already chosen
which line they'll sing, so I have to be the detective and find/fill in a 3rd part. Any pointers?
Thanks again for a great video!
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Ushi Polinsky6 months ago

Can u make a video of each note and its 5th
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Priyansha Grover8 months ago (edited)

that song is so beautiful !!! can you give the link to the full version pleeaaaaseeee
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Andy Jones1 year ago

Thank you Saher, you videos are just pure gold!
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Cristian Czumadewski1 year ago
Great! Thanks from Argentina!!
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Sean Velhagen1 year ago

2ez jk this is pretty unintuitive for me but IMMA TRY MY BEST
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Prophetic camp5 months ago

great love to you from Nigeria. You are touching Talents.
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Unique Touch1 year ago

Wow Man... Im So impressed at you manner of teaching. Dude where were you all my life!!! So
***Do you have a dvd for sale with All the Harmony teachings on it yet??/ I want to buy your
Harmony Lessons Saher G.!!!??? >>>Also Would love to see you visually on your tutorials
singing the chords from time to time!!! Thanks Brother!
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Riley Tynan1 year ago

Okay but this has helped me so much! I used to be really good at doing this stuff when I was in
band, but once I quit to focus on ukulele, I lost that ability.
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jasmin pena1 year ago

Question: let's say you don't know what note the song is in, but you want to harmonize. Are you
saying that we have to sing the lyric higher than the melody or lead singer?
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Phoebe Zhang1 year ago

Saher, you are awesome! Really love your lessons. :D
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Krissonn the Rapper1 year ago

Dude, thank you! It felt lifting in my body to knowingly harmonize without the piano aid. And a
huge smile when I sang the main harmony line at the end. Thank you for your videos, I'll be
watching this a few times each day until I get it down pat. Liked and subbed!
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scaz3576 months ago

Loved it 😊😊(tears of joy) 😊

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Anna Porkalob6 months ago

Please keep making videos like this one! Thank you so much!
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jose hernandez1 year ago

Very important for me as a beginner.
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PrettyMuch Preet2 years ago

so basically 3 people sing 1 chord. each one sing one note of the chord? is that it?
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thrashfuckenhard2 years ago

this was a good video, it explains how to do the harmonies well with oohs and ahhhs as the
background vocals while sustaining only one note as the harmony, but is there a difference if you
were to follow the lead vocals with the harmony? it's much easier to hold the c note for a 4 beat
measure than it is to harmonize with each individual note from the lead line you used in this
video you know? I've got it down for the full measure oohs and ahhs as the additional vocals but
say if I tried to harmonize each note of the lead melody, it always seems to turn out like a church
choir singing the national anthem. how do i work with this info to make it sound epic like
journey and not so stale and stright forward and generally weird sounding?
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thrashfuckenhard2 years ago

a good example for this would be boston, piece of mind, when they song the main chorus " I
understand about indecision I don't care if I get behind people living in competition all I want is
to have my peace of mind" the harmonizing vocals switch back and forth like " I undestand about
indecision, oooohh, people living in competition, oooooh" did they follow the same techinque,
just with more notes involved when following the lead melody more strictly?
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thrashfuckenhard2 years ago

a good example for this would be boston, piece of mind, when they song the main chorus " I
understand about indecision I don't care if I get behind people living in competition all I want is
to have my peace of mind" the harmonizing vocals switch back and forth like " I undestand about
indecision, oooohh, people living in competition, oooooh" did they follow the same techinque,
just with more notes involved when following the lead melody more strictly?
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Maerchenlaenderin1 year ago (edited)

Oh, I love that! :D It actually works! :-O Never thought it would actually sound kinda good :P
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Male Empires1 year ago

Can you do a video on singing bass?
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Strato Incendus1 year ago

That was awesome! Have you considered making a part about four voices, as it is usually done in
most choirs (bass, tenor, alto, soprano)? Since I'm not particularly a fan of the sound of seventh-
chords, at least not all the way through an entire song, I always have to double a note when doing
four voices, and hence that fourth voice doesn't have much room to go besides being merely the
octave to one of the other voices.
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prospect6891 year ago

You are really good with teaching!
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Mariahlynn Gamotia10 months ago

now I found a better explanation
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GamingGen1 year ago

Can you do videos on the theory of music? From the basics?
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gedster721 year ago

Great vid. Thank you to clarify. .. In this example are the vocals replicating the basic chords of
the song? Thanks
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CTownLegend44 RED5 months ago

Dude, THANKS
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Micah Ibalr2 years ago

Quick question: what is the name of the song that was used as your example? But awesome
video! You really helped me understand how to harmonize with a group.
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Valerie Erickson10 months ago

You have a great style of teaching. You make it easy to understand! Thank you ..
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Mang Sunny11 months ago
Man. Colin Farrell teaches music.
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Mystery D1 year ago

Thank you :D
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StantsLOL1 year ago

I would like to see a video on harmonizing melodies over extended chords :)
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Ardis Faber3 months ago

What is the program that you use to make the bars of melody?
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Luis Brito1 year ago

Definitely subscribed
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Hannah Hillig1 year ago

I love your voice
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Hannah Hillig1 year ago

thank you