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What are country harmonies?
Like most western pop and traditional music, country uses close harmonies, meaning notes that are in within the same octave. What makes for great country harmonies, however, other than the fact that many country legends grew up singing together, is their ingenuity within traditional song structures.
How do I learn to harmonize?
To harmonize, you could sing a minor third above the note A (the note C, which is the fifth of the chord) or a major third below the note A (the note F, which is the root note of the chord). Such harmonies are pleasing to the ear in Western music.
How can I improve my harmony?
Here are four effective (and fun) ways to learn how to sing harmony:
- Sing along with the harmonies of your favorite recordings. This is how I taught myself to hear harmonies. ...
- Join a choir – (anything but 1st soprano) ...
- Practice harmonic ear training exercises. ...
- Apply your music theory knowledge.
