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How do vocal harmonies work?

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How did you extract separate voices from record?brbrUpd ok he explained it
Comment from : @neyguan4163

"How to Sing Harmony"
Comment from : @rmbnxs

The Beatles example is sung an octave lower than what's written
Comment from : @bluemoon6579

Thanks a lot for a well made educating video🙏
Comment from : @AtulJataayu

Hun if this
Comment from : @kdevolld

Great video
Comment from : @kvondecks2538

Dear David Bennett, I congratulate you for the work you have taken to explain in such a didactic way the different types of voices I am a huge fan of The Beatles and I wanted to ask you what type of voices Paul McCartney uses in Dr Robert from the album Revolver and in The Ballad of John and Yoko I have noticed that the voice he uses is not a third one, what is it called and if you could dedicate a video to it at some point explaining this specific case I also take this opportunity to congratulate you for the explanation of Double Tracking and the ingenuity of the Abbey Road Engineer Greetings from Argentina
Comment from : @eleucos

I’m a huge Beatles fan I love driving with the Beatles Channel playing and singing along trying the different harmony lines brbrIt’s even more fun when my wife is with me She’ll tend to take the melody line, and I’ll grab a harmony line A great example is the bridge on We Can Work It Out I’ll grab John Lennon’s line Good fun
Comment from : @kevinmoulton2480

There could have been so much system of a down 😔
Comment from : @carolclare6160

Simon and Garfunkel "Scarborough Fair"
Comment from : @MaraDimitriou

My absolute favorite song featuring counterpoint has got to be "Lida Rose/Will I Ever Tell You" from Meridith Willson's "The Music Man" The opening part is performed by the school board (played by a barbershop quartet) in typical barbershop rubato acapella style This section describes a man and his love and simple love song for his Lida Rose The next section, after a upward semitone key signature change, is sung by our heroine, Marian Paroo She sings about a newfound love for the story's con-man-turned-hero, Harold Hill, whom she was JUST about to turn in to the mayorbrbrAt the end of her singing, she goes da capo for her part and as she does so, the school board comes in, producing a wonderfully unforgettably beautifully harmonic fabric of music
Comment from : @kattphloxworthych

Great vid, surprised there wasn't a Bee Gees example
Comment from : @chaddubois8164

Super I learned a lot
Comment from : @CatharticGuitar

❤
Comment from : @speedcrawlmusic

Hold my Garfunkel
Comment from : @markusszelbracikowski

Feeling this - blink182 vocal breakdown Id be interested in this
Comment from : @caseywebb7914

Angry chair (Alice In Chains) and Heart shaped box (Nirvana) sound so unique
Comment from : @nivac5227

If Queen and Yes saw this video, they'd have made more interesting music
Comment from : @hxrx900

There are backing vocals during the chorus of Rolling in the Deep by Adele
Comment from : @IbrahimSheriff-ub2it

9:00 it sounds to me like a chorus effect on the nirvana song, not double tracking
Comment from : @Leperkahn1315

Please analyze why the hell vocal harmonies of any band are beautiful but for some reason beach boys is like the sound angels sing to you when you enter the gates of heaven, whats distintive about them? What are the techniques used when it comes to voicing? Whats about music theory? I know brian wilsen uses a lot o modal interchange
Comment from : @matheusferraz486

best harmonies for me - Patience by Take That
Comment from : @heartlandheartland

what a fantastic video - thanks very much!
Comment from : @kevinturvey8213

Hey David, I grew up on CSN&Y and Grateful Dead (American Beauty and Workingnan's Dead) got into bluegrass stuff and fell in love with Manhattan Transfer brbrI have the "knack" of finding the "other" part I practiced by singing the missing parts on Simon and Garfunkel and the Everly Brothers Love the Band and Little Feat harmonies That Three Stooges method " Heĺlo Hello Hello 1 3 5" works wonders
Comment from : @ElliottBarra

Great lesson! Great examples!brAnother example that comes to mind of a main voice that becomes backing vocal and a backing vocal becoming the main one is in the third verse of “ Let Down” by Radiohead It has always been one of my favorite moments from them
Comment from : @agraciotti

My favourite song to you these techniques is "Scarborough Fair" by Simon & Garfunkel
Comment from : @Allegro11Maestoso

Easy to answer your question, anything by the Beach Boys I've sung and recorded so many of theirs, as it's such a joy layering all the various types of harmonies and backing vocals Another relatively modern example of well executed and well structured hatmonies are Blink 182 They do an excellent, circular, 'Row, row, row your boat' style set of harmony vocals at the end of their song 'Feeling This' Which I've also had the pleasure of recording
Comment from : @tjordulf

The old guys smile when he recalled John Lennon being the most impressed with his discovery/invention warmed my soul, he’s probably so proud
Comment from : @jacobdavis4017

Midlife Crisis by Faith No More has this overlayered choruses, that are introduced previously and they are so, so different and compliment each other so well
Comment from : @ambientfolklore3004

Brilliant breakdown! Thanks!
Comment from : @clifflong1203

Good examples… Until Boygenius 😩 anaemic dogsh*t
Comment from : @Jimmyjames738

How about Everly bros
Comment from : @stevestokes1963

Because by The Beatles and 10CC Im not in Love are very complex vocals Obviously a lot of production and recording tricks are used alongside the mixing and mastering process Took a lot of skill Now it just gets auto tuned and processed through a DAW to turn out Junk Food 😅
Comment from : @Jhon-kv8kljtm60

Somehow, Bulgarian choral folk music sticks heaps of minor seconds (two vocal parts momentarily a semi-tone apart) in there and it sounds amazing
Comment from : @fromchomleystreet

👏👏👏cool … all other videos do blah blah blah but not show the music notation for it with simple samples
Comment from : @MyCS-ec7vv

No more I love you's by Anne Lennox - A great use of backing vocals
Comment from : @philllewellyn6464

I've been fascinated with harmonies, and have performed, for better or worse, trying to emulate legends of music What I haven't investigated was why it seems that siblings have great harmonies almost naturally brbrI'd be interested in your exploration of this subject, sort of spinning off of this particular episode Thank you for your fascinating videos
Comment from : @johnnyseg754

I want to know what notes they are singing in the harmonized vocal only part near the end of BTO's Takin Care of Business
Comment from : @terrykosowick594

So the art it’s to blend and choose which type of voice to use I would add when the same line is stacked at the beginning creating a interesting effect
Comment from : @rblc86

Absolutely fantastic!brbrLEGENDARY backing vocalists:brbrThe Jordanaires (with Elvis)brFull Force (with James Brown)
Comment from : @pascaldelacaze

9:13 Now I wanna hear that song with 1 vocal do bad!
Comment from : @pascaldelacaze

Very informative video Thank you
Comment from : @Davidphilly13

The Jordanaires backing Elvis and Patsy Cline were exquisite with their “ooh and aah” harmonies
Comment from : @pjesf

Thanks!
Comment from : @georgebielous1881

Kikidi and Elton is my all time favourite Thank you 😊
Comment from : @artseducationalservicesabn7926

Things that you didn't cover were choirs, doo wop groups, barbershop and etc I'd love for you to analyze these types of vocal harmonies
Comment from : @ladywilhelminabass

One of the most difficult counterpoint harmonies (which you didn't mention😂) is "Scarborough Fair" by Simon and Garfunkel - and which would have been an excellent example!
Comment from : @patriciolegett1757

Brilliant lesson David Thank you so much
Comment from : @philipcampion386

Thanks David !br❤❤❤❤❤
Comment from : @MichaelTrentColvin

Been looking for a video like this for ages! Thanks so much David!
Comment from : @tariqkhawaja2720

How to not make harmonies sound like a choo-choo train!!!??
Comment from : @klickingkayasmr7585

The quality of your work in this video is simply amazing
Comment from : @mashedpotatodj5395

Good info but, why are you calling -non-changing notes-on a "straight line," "oblique"? That's not the meaning of the word Also, "How to vocal harmony" is an illogical statement
Comment from : @leonardodalongisland

Outstanding video man This is what I wanted to hear, and I am a drummer lol
Comment from : @thumbs2drums

How did you isolate the harmonies? That's amazing!
Comment from : @SunriseWaterMedia

Hey
Comment from : @mariocanas9412

Ive literally just been learning about phasing in my open uni course so this video is perfect timing, I was surprised you didnt mention the steve reich track "come out"
Comment from : @saulward1537

The Beatles song Help! was the first I heard of counterpoint singing and what a great example I was around 11 years old :-)
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Three-part harmonies are fantastic as long as I don't have to sing the middle part
Comment from : @beenaplumber8379

10:30 To the beatles producer,, sorry but just putting delay on a copied track is not at all the same as a doubled vocal track Every mix engineer including home recordist know this It doesnt have the same effect
Comment from : @SnowAngelfish

6:49 Alright, I'll binge-watch Better Call Saul again!
Comment from : @basstian

I miss david bowie and Laine Stayley
Comment from : @kosmicwizard

No Jon Anderson & Chris Squire????
Comment from : @SidAlienTV

Im surprised theres no mention of The louvin brothers
Comment from : @legoegoman

Pleasant Valley Sunday! The Monkees
Comment from : @apupnamedhotaru

Elliott Smith - "I Didn't Understand"
Comment from : @earthlingfire7168

California Dreaming is an interesting one
Comment from : @timtranslates

why would f# and g conflict? isn’t f# in the key of g major?
Comment from : @austinharvey9116

The Beatles Help has George and Paul singing the background harmonies before John’s lead vocal The best harmony from The Beatles is in And Your a bird Can Sing
Comment from : @pensiveboogie

Please use captions
Comment from : @patci4951

What software are you using to isolate that clearly?
Comment from : @rpoetic

Jimmy Eat World are masters of counterpoint, doubling at the octave, the kitchen sink of vocal harmony There's always so much going on to listen to
Comment from : @AshArAis

What makes that part of "Lovely Day" by Bill Withers a counterpoint harmony rather than an oblique harmony?
Comment from : @GodOnlyKnows_1966

Love John Lennon
Comment from : @scotty

I like brother Dave and Ray Davies harmonies and Richards to jagger too
Comment from : @somamusika

The harmonies in the last chorus of Radiohead's No Suprises is subtly beautiful
Comment from : @simonsmashup

I learned harmony from In Flames, Dark Tranquillity and At the Gates
Comment from : @Trotsky1981

Amazing content! Make more, please! It's all very clear and didatic! Well done!
Comment from : @felipelacerda9708

I'd like to know more references of songs harmonising in fifths
Comment from : @stephenwhiteman6226

No mention of the Everley Brothers?
Comment from : @peterfletcher6521

Surprised that the Bee Gees weren't mentioned They mastered three-part harmonies like no other band
Comment from : @KlausSgroi

Wonderful education! Hearing them all my life, and never realizing they're mostly just 3rds
Comment from : @davidsmookler5757

Great video, though, thanks
Comment from : @donaldomalley7861

Can you PLEASE not say "raver" and speak the damned language correctly: RATHER ! TH !
Comment from : @donaldomalley7861

Great crash course and just what I happened to need right at this moment, working out a tune Thanks!
Comment from : @spartacusjonesmusic

Omg how useful this video is Thank you!
Comment from : @МэкаШирс

Green Day sucks
Comment from : @MarkDiSciullo

AI sux like an airplane toilet 😠
Comment from : @CaughtStaring

How about the Sum and the Difference? When two different notes having a common denominator of frequency/wavelenth are played, they create two more notes with a lowest common denominator, and higher octive multiples Harmony? Ask my cochlea how it works 😉 Two different notes make many different sound tones, plus harmonics Try it!
Comment from : @Bob-yl9pm

The song "Save it for a Rainy Day" by The Jayhawks uses several different types of harmonies It's almost a case study in vocal harmonies Insanely good
Comment from : @vidjames6748

Isn't Simon and Garfunkles the Sound of Silence an example of counter melody ?
Comment from : @jackbaumun1605

Can you do something on church music harmonies?
Comment from : @leonardroemer7796

Please listen to "Be my lover" by the band Alice Cooper Sublime Very old style On the record "Killer" release in 1971 Those are probably an arrangement made by Bob Ezrin who produced the record
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