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natethegreatest
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Okay, I've been experimenting with vocal harmonies for a while now, but there is one thing I need some rules for. How do you create smooth three or four part harmonies that follow a melody?
Sometimes I can do it with just trial and error, but usually it's a pain with no "guidelines" to follow. Some bands like Jellyfish and Queen seemed to be able to do this effortlessly.
I know that when harmonizing in three or four in pop music it is best to stick to the background chord tones as much as possible, but what about passing tones? If you have three or four parts following a stepwise melody, you're going to have all the voice hit passing tones. What do you do to keep all the voices from sounding bad when clashing against the background chords during a passing tone?
Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!!
Sometimes I can do it with just trial and error, but usually it's a pain with no "guidelines" to follow. Some bands like Jellyfish and Queen seemed to be able to do this effortlessly.
I know that when harmonizing in three or four in pop music it is best to stick to the background chord tones as much as possible, but what about passing tones? If you have three or four parts following a stepwise melody, you're going to have all the voice hit passing tones. What do you do to keep all the voices from sounding bad when clashing against the background chords during a passing tone?
Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!!