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Introduction
Does Harmony Singing Examples for Children have to be limited to children only? No! However, children especially need good harmonic sound models to train their ears to hear how well-tuned harmony should sound.
The following soundtracks contain specially tuned sing-along songs that balance harmonic and melodic tuning. Thus, they help develop a cappella level intonation. Read more to find out how to use this powerful resource.
This article uses musical terms. For definitions, see the Glossary at the end of the post.
The Juvenile Tone and Harmony Singing Examples for Children
In the post, Sight Singing with Solfege, we talked about getting power in our singing. However, children should not try to sing with power. It is better for their young voices if they sing with a nice, light tone. Once their voices have matured, they can then start singing with power.
The harmony singing examples for children are designed to help them hear how good harmony should sound. However, as they work through the examples, they should not push their voices.
Harmony Singing Examples for Children: The Basics of Singing (Review)
As just stated, the harmony singing examples for children helps to train their ears. Nevertheless, other areas of singing, which we have talked about in past posts, remain important as well. Please review:
- Vowels: Harmonize with Sing-Along Songs
- Singing with an unrestrained tone: Ear Training for Harmonizing in Tune
- Breath phrasing: Shape Note Singing Lesson
- How shape notes work: Shape Note Sight Singing Success
- Background info: 10 Elements That Impact Singing in Tune
Remember to:
Begin by singing on the vowel ah. After ah, try the other vowels. Kids and sopranos should sing up an octave when singing with the sound examples.
The song track uses a synthetic voice rather than actual voices. Research has shown that this will help with the ability to identify and produce absolute pitch information. For more information, read Why Use a Synth Voice Instead of Real Voices.
When ready, try singing the example again to the solo organ part. Drill these examples every day until the kids have them down.
The Exercises for Harmony Singing Examples for Children
Mobile users: for best results reading the music, tilt your screen 90o to the right.
Melody & Organ Example:
Solo Organ Example:
Concluding Thoughts to Harmony Singing Examples for Children
This post has all the same elements as Ear Training for Harmonizing in Tune. They differ on one main point. Ear Training for Harmonizing in Tune lingers on each interval sequence. While the present article covers the same basic ground but in a more scale-like fashion.
Ear Training for Harmonizing in Tune gives a lot for time for tuning up the chords. Once you have mastered it, Harmony Singing Examples for Children maintains the progress you’ve made. Have fun and keep practicing!
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Glossary
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