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Singing in a choir, group or ensemble can
be technically rewarding as well as personally satisfying.
It also teaches you additional singing skills such as harmony
or 'part' singing.
Today we look at some songs which are sung with harmonies
or can be adapted for harmonies.
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Harmony is a pleasing
combination of two or more different notes sung (performed)
together simultaneously by different people (instruments).
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Bands that commonly use harmonies:
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Band
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| Human Nature |
| Destiny's Child |
| Backstreet Boys |
| Simon and Garfunkel |
| S Club 7 |
The following also use a
lot of harmonies:
| Oratorios e.g. Handel's "Messiah" |
| Barbershop Quartets |
| Songs from Musical Theatre |
You can also successfully write harmonies to songs which
have been recorded by individuals. I have converted the following
solo songs quite successfully for our students to sing:
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Performer
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Song Example
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| Delta Goodrem |
Lost Without You |
| Leann Rimes |
Can't Fight The Moonlight |
| from the movie "My Best Friend's Wedding" |
Say A Little Prayer |
| Carly Simon |
Let the River Run |
| Alicia Keys |
How Come You Don't Call Me |
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Fallin'
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| from the musical "Rent" |
Seasons of Love |
| Five For Fighting |
Superman |
| Ronan Keating |
When You Say Nothing At All |
| Whitney Houston |
Run To You |
| Destiny's Child |
Emotion |
| Bill Withers |
Lean On Me |
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