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Exactly! That was awesome! I usually skip everything and go right to the end to see the result BEFORE wasting time in some "beginner-teaching-beginner" tutorial. This guy KNOWS how to show his stuff. Only 38 sec of the first video I watch from this channel and instantly subscribed 👍
@@songsbyspencer I only hope you don't use autotune/pitch correction to shift up to those thirds and fifths when making this video. I'm skeptical because it sounds almost to perfect and not human sounding.
99% of the time I agree. It gives a more full and complete sound. That being said, having 2 mono harmonies panned 15 L and R can sound cool too, as you preserve the character of the individual performances a bit more. Early Beatles recordings are a great example of that!
True if there's just one harmony part. If you're doing 3 or 4 part harmonies, I give each pair a unique space in the field, always 180 degrees apart. 30% left and 70% right is a pair.
@@BrianHunsakerMusic I don't like in between panning for most of the elements, the exceptions being toms and strings and occasionally some guitars if there are already many elements hard panned. I like to have all the vocal layer except the lead vocal and harmonies double tracked and hard panned
I love Spencer's teaching style. He makes it simple, to non-musicians, doesn't make one feel inadequate, then teaches by doing, or singing, where we can sing along, and surprise ourselves without much knowledge,just watching, observing, and trying it. I am a teacher, but not of music, and I give Spencer the Music Teaching Award for the Decade! So well done,and so inviting and personable! I'm on my way to the next video , the acapella one! Thanks so much Spencer!
1. Singing in thirds of the same melody 2. Singing counterpoint 3. Singing one note , usually holding the root note 4. Open harmony , increasing interval distance 5. Close harmony
Now I finally understood the concept of close harmony. Asked a music teacher once and she said: it ´ s Jazz harmonies. Alright, but did not help me. Would be great to see all this in a written score, just to have a sample visualising it. Great Job. Always loved the Four Freshmen.
This is one of the best videos I’ve ever seen. Seriously Incredible job packaging what would take most people years to figure out for recording into just a few minutes.
@@wyattstevens8574 Parallel harmony is as far I go, generally. It's the easiest harmony to pick out; the sort of sound that the Everly Brothers excelled at. Carry On Wayward Son is more complex, I think.
THANK YOU so much for this video, Spencer. Your techniques were a real an eye-opener for me. My only wish was that you had illustrated how to blend these five harmonic methods by soloing each Harmony part directly AFTER singing the Melody and THEN combining the two together. That way, I could latch on to the harmony part and record my trying to sing each of those five harmonies you illustrate here against each of the initial Melody sections that you sing. If you could release an update of this video with those solo harmony parts, I believe it would widen the value of your lesson to make it that much more accessible to myself and, more than likey, countless others.
Harmonies aside, can we just acknowledge the great voice this guy has!! absolutely beautiful TONE and stable pitch? gorgeous and silky ( Typos corrected. Reposted original comment AND SUBSCRIBED. )
I get confused with vocal harmonies because I tend to perceive the highest notes as the main melody. So in your first example when you add a third as a harmony it stands out to me above the main melody and I perceive the melody of that harmony such dominant that it seems to be the main melody. Thanks for the video, both your editing and your musical quality are incredible!
I appreciate the kind words! You raise an interesting point. If there are two melodies consistently going at once, which one is the main and which one is the harmony? Simon and Garfunkel is a prime example. Most people would say the high is the harmony but if that's the one you hum when you hum the song, then that's the main melody to you!
(Sorry I've jumped in to reply to this comment when the video has only just started... hopefully not just repeating some stuff that was already said 😆) As I've deliberately tried hearing and singing along to backing vocalist harmonies, I have found that - because of this intention - it then starts to feel like the main melody to me. Though there is truth to the high note grabbing our attention the most - there's also sometimes arguably an "objective" main melody: decided to us by the mixing. If a band or artist just has one vocalist, then the extra harmonies that are lower in the mix are perhaps "objectively" not the main melody. (counterargument: if 2 melodies have equal footing, as with counterpoint melodies. This is rare with rock bands, and one thing that I like about System of a Down, though they may not to be many people's taste, for multiple reasons😅). Also, if a band has a lead singer and then the other band members do harmonies, then arguably the person singing the lead vocals would have the main melody. I've found finding live versions of songs can help pick out the harmonies better, as they can be mixed quite differently to meticulous studio versions where only the lead singer with overdubs is present! (primarily thinking of Everything Everything and their songs 'Can't Do' and 'Distant Past', if looking for examples)
Thank you so much for watching! I had a ton of fun with this one. I've got a follow-up video coming up on how to make complex vocal harmonies in an easy way, so I hope you'll enjoy that one too!
Dude, I haven't watched the video yet, and I don't even know what you're going to say in it, but 20 seconds of this was enough to hit the subscribe button!
I've started to do a lot of close harmonies by default, but now you've got me thinking of other ways to approach it. Thanks! It helps a lot to hear the examples so well done so we can think about the sound we want to achieve before just randomly trying things.
I really enjoyed this video. Gave me a lot of insight. Would you be able to do a video breaking down easy method to find complimentary notes to create cohesive harmonies? Im pretty good at coming up with dope melodies, but I struggle in finding the right notes for the harmonies. So a song that should have taken me a couple of days to record, takes me a week or more because of finding complementing notes that go with everything when I sing.
Very nicely presented - easy to see and understand and widely applicable. Since I haven't done vocals for a long time, I instantly went to applying this to any number of VSTi instruments, such as lead and acoustic guitars, piano, synth/pads, violins/strings, woodwinds and other melodic leads.
Incredibly best tutorial I have seen so far. So much impressed I played it several times. Never knew before the concept of harmony and backing up vocal. Simon & Garfunkel’s are open harmony!
That means a lot. It truly is my biggest passion. Each one of these videos takes me days to write, record, shoot, and edit. But I have the time of my life doing it.
Will you talk about chord structures. Chord extensions (6, 7,9, #4, etc.) that lend themselves well to close harmonies, or do you think that t is best to let one’s ear guide their choices, without getting bogged down with theory? Clearly, one way or another, you know what you are doing.
Well done, dude! Tech 3: Alternative tone to the root could be the 5th, used all the time in classical music to create tension leading towards the tonic. Eventually, instead of a low tone, placing a mid-range 6th in a major key song and keeping it there can completely shift the feel of a song, because it turns every tonic chord into a minor7. Have only tried it a few times at parties, it was really fun. Giorgy Sviridov does this in his "Canticles & Prayers" no. 13.
I'd argue that most people who watched this value their time when it comes to receiving information... You sir, didn't waste a second of it. Thank You! Liked and Subscribed
Great video. Succinct explanations with good visuals and your examples in use are great too. Of course, there are other issues to address here too - e.g. vowel/tone blend, matching phrasing and entries and cutoffs. (I really have to work on those.) Maybe you already have a video on those or will address those in the future. This is my first time here. I subscribed and will check out your content. Thank you for sharing this lesson!
Dude this just made it to my search for a certain tune and made my night. What an amazing didactic experience. I never heard harmonizing explained this neatly with examples. Quick and easy like and subscribe. I look forward to more of your work.
Hi Spencer, I've watched thousands of music and recording videos and yours are the BEST ONES ON RUclips hands down! In every area .. Content: - spot on!! - selected concepts are the bottom line - all of them immediately useful Delivery: - succint, crystal clear narratives, awesome examples - entertaining, fun to watch Production: - excellent camera, lighting, clear angles and shots - first rate editing and flow Perfomance Examples: - you are an excellent musician and vocalist !! - your performance of examples of topics is inspiring Thank you for investing what must be an enormous amount of time and effort into these videos and giving the world access to them ! Well done, well played !! Do you ever do vocals, harmony, and arraigements on existing songs? I'm a songwriter and I would like to transform some of my original recordings into more professionally arranged versions and think that I have gone about as far as I can go with my own performance and vocal abilities. Below are a couple of the songs I want to re-do. If you do studio work please let me know and what your rates are. If not THANK YOU AGAIN for posting your wonderful content!! ---------------------------
Lonely Road ruclips.net/video/LEG-Z41HzdA/видео.html A Heartbeat Away ruclips.net/video/fgIn1Rart70/видео.html
being able to harmonize on the fly is a different skill altogether, that takes great ear training. I think this video is mainly talking about different kinds of harmonies you can utilize in your songwriting. If you have the melody, you should be able to work out what the thirds are and if you struggle, a reference track made with an instrument or your own voice pitch shifted up a third would help you get there
I would argue those are not musicians, but people who play music (or sometimes they even do that...). I do have 8 years of music theory and 14 (8one instrument, 6 another) on my belt. A long time a go (some remains, but most is long gone) I don't call myself a musician, nor I do that for a living. I think you're being nitpicky.
This has the workings of being a great video, but if you’re trying to teach people how these harmonies work, I think it would be easier if you had use the same melody throughout. I also think that using the simple harmonies at the beginning would make it easier to understand for exampleafter the third harmony show the Fifth Harmony and then show the third and Fifth Harmony below otherwise this is a fantastic video.
That would have been really interesting. I think he was trying to demonstrate the best uses/highest impact of each style of harmony and they each lend themselves to different styles of music and arrangements. As an example, for the Pedal Point harmony he used a minor melody. Minor scales also have more tension, so that effect of the harmony is amplified. That being said, I agree that demonstrating in this way with different melodies confuses how much the harmony is doing vs the changes in melody.
Hey! I absolutely love how your audience has grown. You are just great a what you do and one can feel your heart is fully in that. You also show a lot of technical insight. You are so cool!
Wow, what an intro! Great job. This is the first video I directly liked after this stunning intro and even before watching the real content. I'm out now, over at a capella.
This video is a goldmine for anyone looking to dive deeper into music production and vocal harmony. The breakdown was so clear and the examples really helped solidify my understanding. Subscribed for more insightful content like this! 🎵🔥
Everyone always sounds good harmonizing with themselves. Your points are great! Pedal Point, Open Harmony, as well as Close Harmony are among my favorites. Glad you didn't use the Fall Off every time. Thanks for sharing. ❤😊
The last note of the melody, doh that you parallely hamonnized (1:53) wasn't sung a third above unlike you did to the first note which is doh as well (1:39). The latter was fourth above (fah instead of mi). You broke the rule but you did it at the right time which sounds better than sticking to the rule at exactly that time. You're awesome ❤❤❤❤❤
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You must have been great at singstar bro, very good
can you do an updated Video of this, but with examples of 1-3 popular songs that uses each kinda vocal harmonies used in this video .
What's the name of the app/software you use for the soundtrack?
They studied at Dixie Chicks university but couldn't pull the grade,.
You are not simple man bro
Best intro ever for a RUclips video and I’m not even a singer.
I appreciate that!
Exactly! That was awesome! I usually skip everything and go right to the end to see the result BEFORE wasting time in some "beginner-teaching-beginner" tutorial. This guy KNOWS how to show his stuff.
Only 38 sec of the first video I watch from this channel and instantly subscribed 👍
😂❤lol
I can recommend the video on harmonies by signal studio
Literally ever.
That intro took away any question of your ability to teach. I’m 30 seconds in and very impressed
Glad you liked it!
@@songsbyspencer a microphone, anny dog can doo that..la la
@@songsbyspencer I only hope you don't use autotune/pitch correction to shift up to those thirds and fifths when making this video. I'm skeptical because it sounds almost to perfect and not human sounding.
I subscribed when he told me to im the intro. I was like "word?"
Great video! I'd also add: ALWAYS double track your harmonies to pan them hard L and R. It sounds way better than a single mono harmony
99% of the time I agree. It gives a more full and complete sound. That being said, having 2 mono harmonies panned 15 L and R can sound cool too, as you preserve the character of the individual performances a bit more. Early Beatles recordings are a great example of that!
@@songsbyspencerAnd don’t forget fan-panning. Can sound just right in the correct context. (Oh- Subbed, by the way!!)
True if there's just one harmony part. If you're doing 3 or 4 part harmonies, I give each pair a unique space in the field, always 180 degrees apart. 30% left and 70% right is a pair.
@@songsbyspencer I stick to LCR panning without overthinking it
@@BrianHunsakerMusic I don't like in between panning for most of the elements, the exceptions being toms and strings and occasionally some guitars if there are already many elements hard panned. I like to have all the vocal layer except the lead vocal and harmonies double tracked and hard panned
It's only 0:34 and you already convinced me to subscribe. Man, that was fast!
It means a lot!
same
I must tell you, the same happened here....
😂
Agree, 0:25 was for me. I love YT recommendations.
Wow, not only are these great techniques, but each of those example songs are bangers!
I appreciate that!!
I love Spencer's teaching style. He makes it simple, to non-musicians, doesn't make one feel inadequate, then teaches by doing, or singing, where we can sing along, and surprise ourselves without much knowledge,just watching, observing, and trying it. I am a teacher, but not of music, and I give Spencer the Music Teaching Award for the Decade! So well done,and so inviting and personable! I'm on my way to the next video , the acapella one! Thanks so much Spencer!
Thank you so much for watching and sharing the kind words! It really means a lot and I've got a lot more videos coming.
1. Singing in thirds of the same melody
2. Singing counterpoint
3. Singing one note , usually holding the root note
4. Open harmony , increasing interval distance
5. Close harmony
I've been a natural harmonizer for my whole life, but I finally found the ultimate in close harmony when I became a barbershopper. Nothing beats it.
Wow I bet! That’s cool
Ooh lovely
this is the best. he's actually doing what he is teaching...
Thanks for checking it out!
Now I finally understood the concept of close harmony. Asked a music teacher once and she said: it ´ s Jazz harmonies. Alright, but did not help me. Would be great to see all this in a written score, just to have a sample visualising it. Great Job. Always loved the Four Freshmen.
@@herbbartleby2817 Or check out Gas House Gang- or anything in barbershop style in general!
You’re the guy I wish I was sitting next to on a plane. Great stuff.
Thanks for watching and the kind word!
This is one of the best videos I’ve ever seen. Seriously Incredible job packaging what would take most people years to figure out for recording into just a few minutes.
@@NateTheMeh so glad you think so. Thanks for watching!
Excellent! The open harmony sounded like prog rock, while the close harmony reminded me of bands like the Eagles and America.
@@1man1guitarletsgo And now I think of it, the parallel harmony sounds almost like Kansas ("Carry On Wayward Son" specifically)
@@wyattstevens8574 Parallel harmony is as far I go, generally. It's the easiest harmony to pick out; the sort of sound that the Everly Brothers excelled at. Carry On Wayward Son is more complex, I think.
Entertaining, educational, clear, and concise. This is peak content!
PS I just did a video on lyrics you might enjoy.
Daym the subscribe button lights up when he sings the word "subscribe" at 0:21. Cool interaction!
That's why I clicked the subscription button
Me too lol@@enriquegarcia4002
You had me in the intro🔥🔥🤣🤣!
Loving the way this lesson breaks down Paul’s vocal techniques! He’s a master at using his voice as an instrument in every song.
He's the GOAT
THANK YOU so much for this video, Spencer. Your techniques were a real an eye-opener for me.
My only wish was that you had illustrated how to blend these five harmonic methods by soloing each Harmony part directly AFTER singing the Melody and THEN combining the two together. That way, I could latch on to the harmony part and record my trying to sing each of those five harmonies you illustrate here against each of the initial Melody sections that you sing.
If you could release an update of this video with those solo harmony parts, I believe it would widen the value of your lesson to make it that much more accessible to myself and, more than likey, countless others.
Harmonies are the most delicious thing on songs and this is a perfect video to sprinkle some deliciousness. Stellar stuff!
Couldn't agree more!
Harmonies aside, can we just acknowledge the great voice this guy has!! absolutely beautiful TONE and stable pitch? gorgeous and silky ( Typos corrected. Reposted original comment AND SUBSCRIBED. )
I get confused with vocal harmonies because I tend to perceive the highest notes as the main melody. So in your first example when you add a third as a harmony it stands out to me above the main melody and I perceive the melody of that harmony such dominant that it seems to be the main melody.
Thanks for the video, both your editing and your musical quality are incredible!
I appreciate the kind words! You raise an interesting point. If there are two melodies consistently going at once, which one is the main and which one is the harmony? Simon and Garfunkel is a prime example. Most people would say the high is the harmony but if that's the one you hum when you hum the song, then that's the main melody to you!
(Sorry I've jumped in to reply to this comment when the video has only just started... hopefully not just repeating some stuff that was already said 😆)
As I've deliberately tried hearing and singing along to backing vocalist harmonies, I have found that - because of this intention - it then starts to feel like the main melody to me.
Though there is truth to the high note grabbing our attention the most - there's also sometimes arguably an "objective" main melody: decided to us by the mixing.
If a band or artist just has one vocalist, then the extra harmonies that are lower in the mix are perhaps "objectively" not the main melody. (counterargument: if 2 melodies have equal footing, as with counterpoint melodies. This is rare with rock bands, and one thing that I like about System of a Down, though they may not to be many people's taste, for multiple reasons😅).
Also, if a band has a lead singer and then the other band members do harmonies, then arguably the person singing the lead vocals would have the main melody.
I've found finding live versions of songs can help pick out the harmonies better, as they can be mixed quite differently to meticulous studio versions where only the lead singer with overdubs is present! (primarily thinking of Everything Everything and their songs 'Can't Do' and 'Distant Past', if looking for examples)
This is great
I love to sing with Crosby Stills, and Nash or Simon and Garfunkel. Harmonies are so fun!
Eagles, hall and oates etc
All the greats
I love that you sing the instructions and it doesn’t suck lol
Very helpful tool thx ❤
Glad to help!
Great tutorial 🙏
Thank you so much for watching! I had a ton of fun with this one.
I've got a follow-up video coming up on how to make complex vocal harmonies in an easy way, so I hope you'll enjoy that one too!
Dude, I haven't watched the video yet, and I don't even know what you're going to say in it, but 20 seconds of this was enough to hit the subscribe button!
Glad to have you on board!
notice how the mic makes the sound…?
A microphone works by converting sound waves into an electrical current, which can then be amplified:
Sound waves hit the diaphragm: When sound waves hit the diaphragm inside the microphone capsule, it vibrates.
The coil moves: The vibration causes a moving coil to move back and forth in a magnet's field, which generates an electrical current.
The current is amplified: The small electrical charge is amp..singing WTF. THAT MIC COST $$$$$$$$shitlods..la la la
Brilliant! Super inspiring video.
Glad you liked it! I had a lot of fun with this one.
Trop bien ! J'ai souscrit immédiatement.
Thanks!
This was fantastic, valuable knowledge - thank you so much!
I'm here to help, thanks for watching!
I've started to do a lot of close harmonies by default, but now you've got me thinking of other ways to approach it. Thanks! It helps a lot to hear the examples so well done so we can think about the sound we want to achieve before just randomly trying things.
Happy to help!
The entrance itself is amazing
Much appreciated!
Would be great if the f ex the harmonys also could be heard separately, not only blended. The 3rd for instance, how does it actually sound isolated?
This video is amazing - very informative and I appreciate your ability to actually write nice parts lol, that on its own is very impressive
Thank you! I'm glad you found the video helpful!
This video earned my sub! Guitarists like me really need to realize their voice is their primary instrument. Great work Spencer!
10CC were SO good at harmonizing, and blending their voices. And SO overlooked as creators of adventurous pop.
Come to think of it - you look a bit like Graham Gouldman. Are you sure you know who your dad is? Grampa, maybe?
Wow. Best intro to a video ever. This video is such a find.
Thanks!
I really enjoyed this video. Gave me a lot of insight. Would you be able to do a video breaking down easy method to find complimentary notes to create cohesive harmonies?
Im pretty good at coming up with dope melodies, but I struggle in finding the right notes for the harmonies. So a song that should have taken me a couple of days to record, takes me a week or more because of finding complementing notes that go with everything when I sing.
Great suggestion! I'll try my best to incorporate this into a future video.
The best example of examples I’ve seen
Thanks for watching
Very nicely presented - easy to see and understand and widely applicable. Since I haven't done vocals for a long time, I instantly went to applying this to any number of VSTi instruments, such as lead and acoustic guitars, piano, synth/pads, violins/strings, woodwinds and other melodic leads.
These harmonies definitely work for more than just vocals!
Great video!!! I've always been a natural harmonizer (tenor) and this is terrific information!!
Thanks, keep on harmonizing!
Originality in your intro with some nice harmony made me subscribe before you asked. As a songwriter/singer/producer, I appreciate you.
I take my intros seriously haha!
Best comprehensive and detailed tutorial on vocal harmony I've found on RUclips...thank you !!
Glad to help!
Incredibly best tutorial I have seen so far. So much impressed I played it several times. Never knew before the concept of harmony and backing up vocal. Simon & Garfunkel’s are open harmony!
So glad you got something out of it!
The level of music that you have brother is amazing. Another level.
That means a lot. It truly is my biggest passion. Each one of these videos takes me days to write, record, shoot, and edit. But I have the time of my life doing it.
@@songsbyspencer I wanna learn how to do that in order to help the worship ministry at church. But I never got voice lessons for choirs
TRY THAT WITH OUT A $$$$$$MONEY MIC JACK'
A microphone works by converting sound waves into an electrical current, which can then be amplified:
Sound waves hit the diaphragm: When sound waves hit the diaphragm inside the microphone capsule, it vibrates.
The coil moves: The vibration causes a moving coil to move back and forth in a magnet's field, which generates an electrical current.
The current is amplified: The small electrical charge is amplified inside the microphone. MONKEY.
KIller!! been singing for years could never wrap my mind around it this is simple and direct love it!!
Glad to help!!
thats no sining its a gid mic $$$$lodsacash lalala
Excellent, best RUclips video about harmonies 👏🏽
Appreciate it!!
Dude, THANK YOU!!!!! This is exactly the video I have been needing.
I'm so glad it helped!
That was seriously effective teaching. I can use this.
Please do!
This is soooo well done 👏🏻 👏🏻👏🏻Thank you 😊
Thanks, I appreciate it!
One of the best intros I have heard after a long time💯💯🔥🔥.... Super crazy
Wow, thanks!
A good pedal note melody can also create really clear and dynamic over and undertones.
Will you talk about chord structures. Chord extensions (6, 7,9, #4, etc.) that lend themselves well to close harmonies, or do you think that t is best to let one’s ear guide their choices, without getting bogged down with theory? Clearly, one way or another, you know what you are doing.
Great work! You are a very effective teacher and your vocal examples are outstanding!
Thanks, I try to make my videos as clear and accessible as possible!
The introduction sold me…. I subscribed and turned my notifications on 😅… well done Spencer
Thank you so much for watching, Taryn. It means so much!
Me too
Awesome, thx 👍
You bet!
THE BEST !!! demonstration of vocal harmonies!! Thank you for sharing and explaining what it is!
@@uri-c6z glad to help!
I love to play around with harmony and backing vocals in my songs. They add so much to them ❤
It's a ton of fun
@@songsbyspencer you‘re videos are fun, too! Thank you!
Never seen you before. Pushed pause after the intro. Amazing intro my guy! Amazing. You’re doing what you’re great at!!! ❤
15 years of video and music production led me to this channel!
Always thought people could hear this stuff naturally but was surprised to find most can’t. Made me feel special lol
Damn I've been looking for a video like this for 8 months now
I'm just thrilled I'm able to help. It means a lot!
Well done, dude! Tech 3: Alternative tone to the root could be the 5th, used all the time in classical music to create tension leading towards the tonic. Eventually, instead of a low tone, placing a mid-range 6th in a major key song and keeping it there can completely shift the feel of a song, because it turns every tonic chord into a minor7. Have only tried it a few times at parties, it was really fun. Giorgy Sviridov does this in his "Canticles & Prayers" no. 13.
I'd argue that most people who watched this value their time when it comes to receiving information... You sir, didn't waste a second of it. Thank You!
Liked and Subscribed
Thanks, Garrett!
The intro already killed me. Now I need Spencer, The Musical.
Coming soon to Broadway!
Great video. Succinct explanations with good visuals and your examples in use are great too. Of course, there are other issues to address here too - e.g. vowel/tone blend, matching phrasing and entries and cutoffs. (I really have to work on those.) Maybe you already have a video on those or will address those in the future. This is my first time here. I subscribed and will check out your content. Thank you for sharing this lesson!
Dude this just made it to my search for a certain tune and made my night. What an amazing didactic experience. I never heard harmonizing explained this neatly with examples. Quick and easy like and subscribe. I look forward to more of your work.
If this video doesn't get a 1M views, i'm gonna lose my head. Top fricking content🎉
I really appreciate the kind words! I'm just glad people are finding it helpful.
Maybe run a vid explaining thirds, fifths of the scale etc - with regards to the chord that is playing? Otherwise, excellent video!
1:53 : this is a fourth, ,not a third 😉
Whoops!
Haha! Came here to say the same thing. Always those little changes that the pros do automatically because they know it sounds better.
Was just about to comment the same thing😹
Because you can't just parallel a melody directly note for note. Kinda missed explaining that.
Closed harmonies immediately reminded me of the Beatles sound! 😊
They're the harmony GOATS
On a second watch, it occurs to me this channel is such a hidden gem. It deserves not be so hidden. Glad to see the subscriber count grow!
Me too! I'm working to turn this into my full time job.
Hi Spencer,
I've watched thousands of music and recording videos and yours are the BEST ONES ON RUclips hands down!
In every area ..
Content:
- spot on!! - selected concepts are the bottom line
- all of them immediately useful
Delivery:
- succint, crystal clear narratives, awesome examples
- entertaining, fun to watch
Production:
- excellent camera, lighting, clear angles and shots
- first rate editing and flow
Perfomance Examples:
- you are an excellent musician and vocalist !!
- your performance of examples of topics is inspiring
Thank you for investing what must be an enormous amount of time and effort into these videos and giving the world access to them !
Well done, well played !!
Do you ever do vocals, harmony, and arraigements on existing songs?
I'm a songwriter and I would like to transform some of my original recordings into more professionally arranged versions and think that I have gone about as far as I can go with my own performance and vocal abilities.
Below are a couple of the songs I want to re-do.
If you do studio work please let me know and what your rates are.
If not THANK YOU AGAIN for posting your wonderful content!!
---------------------------
Lonely Road
ruclips.net/video/LEG-Z41HzdA/видео.html
A Heartbeat Away
ruclips.net/video/fgIn1Rart70/видео.html
Brilliant, thanks Spencer! Loved the intro.🙂
Glad you liked it!
As a Skate Punk Co-Lead vocalist I'll take lots of inspiration from this video 🙏.
Good! Go make something!
Impressively, The Beatles mastered all of these!
@@joaoelias07 they sure did! They’re the GOAT
Wow...is this extra extra good? It grabbed right away...very impressive
Every musician, including beginners or people do not know music theory? Singing in thirds is very difficult and would deserve its own video, I believe
being able to harmonize on the fly is a different skill altogether, that takes great ear training.
I think this video is mainly talking about different kinds of harmonies you can utilize in your songwriting. If you have the melody, you should be able to work out what the thirds are and if you struggle, a reference track made with an instrument or your own voice pitch shifted up a third would help you get there
Agree, though it should not be too difficult if you stick to a single key.
I would argue those are not musicians, but people who play music (or sometimes they even do that...).
I do have 8 years of music theory and 14 (8one instrument, 6 another) on my belt. A long time a go (some remains, but most is long gone) I don't call myself a musician, nor I do that for a living. I think you're being nitpicky.
@@RuiSousa46 we are NOT gatekeeping what defines a "musician," that shit is so tacky. get out of here with that bs
Woooow !... Blew my mind !... God bless you!
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Close(d) harmony is where barbershop harmony gets its sound!
100%
This is just a fantastic video. Thanks for this.
Glad it was helpful!
This has the workings of being a great video, but if you’re trying to teach people how these harmonies work, I think it would be easier if you had use the same melody throughout. I also think that using the simple harmonies at the beginning would make it easier to understand for exampleafter the third harmony show the Fifth Harmony and then show the third and Fifth Harmony below otherwise this is a fantastic video.
That's what I thought was going to happen
That would have been really interesting. I think he was trying to demonstrate the best uses/highest impact of each style of harmony and they each lend themselves to different styles of music and arrangements.
As an example, for the Pedal Point harmony he used a minor melody. Minor scales also have more tension, so that effect of the harmony is amplified. That being said, I agree that demonstrating in this way with different melodies confuses how much the harmony is doing vs the changes in melody.
WOW! what a talent, and what a voice.
I appreciate it! You can do it too.
There's a free university that puts all this to the test. It's called The Beatles.
Some of the best to ever do it- no doubt!
Then there’s the Bee Gees Academy 😅
You also have ABBA :)
Can’t forget about the academy of Beach Boys.
Really!?!? I like the Beatles.
My goodness! You should never stop singing! Absolutely beautiful! Gosh! I love how you harmonize! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Thanks for the kind words! I'm glad you enjoyed the harmonies!
Do it like ABBA: double everything.
Hey! I absolutely love how your audience has grown. You are just great a what you do and one can feel your heart is fully in that. You also show a lot of technical insight. You are so cool!
Thank you so much!
The director guy from The Boys
amazing video and amazing voice! Thanks man for sharing!
So glad to help! Thanks for watching
That was the coolest intro to an audio RUclips video I’ve ever seen! Great video!
Thanks! I'm really proud of that intro.
I hear CSN in close harmony, also Little River Band.
Wow, what an intro! Great job. This is the first video I directly liked after this stunning intro and even before watching the real content. I'm out now, over at a capella.
So glad you liked it!
So closed harmonies is pretty much The Eagles. Loved the video man! 😀
Glad you enjoyed it! You’re right, The Eagles really own that style!
This video is a goldmine for anyone looking to dive deeper into music production and vocal harmony. The breakdown was so clear and the examples really helped solidify my understanding. Subscribed for more insightful content like this! 🎵🔥
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Yes I do need this kind of energy in my life.
That close harmony example was so cool. loved it. great video. thanks.
Glad to help!
This guy is just excellent with a beautiful voice!
The kind words mean so much. Thank you!
Excellent! Recording vocals tomorrow - good to have a set of techniques to think about options.
You got this!
Incredíble the quality of sound!!! Super masterclass. Tks.
Many thanks!!
God bless you, you've made it clear and simple to understand
Glad to hear that!
Everyone always sounds good harmonizing with themselves. Your points are great! Pedal Point, Open Harmony, as well as Close Harmony are among my favorites. Glad you didn't use the Fall Off every time. Thanks for sharing. ❤😊
Thank you for watching! It really means a lot.
The last note of the melody, doh that you parallely hamonnized (1:53) wasn't sung a third above unlike you did to the first note which is doh as well (1:39). The latter was fourth above (fah instead of mi). You broke the rule but you did it at the right time which sounds better than sticking to the rule at exactly that time. You're awesome ❤❤❤❤❤