Harmonize like THE BEATLES (without reading music)

[@James_roy_music]

I’ve been listening to the Beatles religiously for fifteen years and everytime I go further in depth with their music I come away with more and more respect for Paul McCartney every time

[@GEMA6974]

Paul McCartney couvrait 4 octaves ce qui est exceptionnel!

[@leealtman]

Finally, after a life time waiting for someone to explain this to a non music theorist!!!! I learned so much in this video, thank you Sir!!!

[@jbuckley1992]

This is the best visual representation of harmonies that I’ve ever seen. I love this thank you this is great.

[@gsuderman]

Old guy here and I am now today years old finally learning how vocal harmonies work. Thanks James for this! Brilliant lesson and yes, liked and subscribed.

[@kwk9470]

Same old guy here sharing your sentiments.

[@caryheuchert]

I’ve always loved “Yes It Is”

[@eyesopen45]

I've spent countless hours trying to tweeze out some of those harmonies. In particular, 'Because'. Your teaching style is clear and easy to receive. Thank you!

[@horacioguillermobrizuela4295]

Totally agree!

[@wedspagonhimself7550]

No way, I’ve been looking into beatle harmonies lately and James has just made a video on it. Nice one again, you know exactly what we want. Keep it up James.

[@JamesHargreavesGuitar]

Glad to hear it! Enjoy 👍👍

[@PoogiebearP90]

Same here man the timing was perfect

[@MrStix25]

I sing barbershop so probably have a better understanding of harmony than most, but seeing it laid out here so well and simple to understand makes harmony accessible to all, great video 👍

[@jeffkramer28]

Fookin' brilliant!! Best non-music-reading way to explain music I've ever seen.

[@evelynyturralde4113]

You did a great job at explaining, James. The graphics helped a lot, and showing each vocal part in a different color. Thanks!

[@danielben-avraham1539]

Wow! Incredible. I loved your vocal harmonies and presentations. I gives me a renewed appreciation for the Beatles music.

[@TheSapanone]

You speak so nicely and clearly that even I can understand each and every word. Thank you! I was curious what you would tell, because I had the incredible luck to be 13 when the Beatles conquered the world. As a result music became the most important thing in my life and I studied music at the conservatory in Cologne. When we listen to your harmony examples we hear that it sounds only similar to what the Beatles sang. They had this unprecedented success because their playing and singing was unique and magic. That these four blokes met and became a band was a miracle with incredible consequences which had a bigger impact on the human kind as any other musician's work before. (And probably after.)

[@JuanMoreGame]

I try to look at who made who, they along with George Martin had a way of giving the public what they wanted and then some. They knew when certain things didn't work and were very quick to correct themselves. As talented as they were, and the Stones and the lot of them, we were responsible for making them what they became just like other generations created Sinatra, Elvis, etc... Think of all the great talent that gets ignored because the press doesn't jump on the bandwagon. They also knew who to borrow from and get ideas from, that in itself takes tremendous talent and effort. I do love their music, as every generation loves the soundtrack of their youth.

[@MrMusic32150]

This is probably the best vocal video explanation ever. I just purchased a book with 190+/- tunes the Beatles did, with the intention of eventually learning them all. I have a vocal harmonizer that I can set to react differently for numerous occasions. This video should help me immensely. Thank you so much.

[@monovision566]

Yes It Is is great. It’s the best harmonies of the early Beatles as they explore more intricate parts. It’s not “butchering” the sandwich-it’s evolving past it to more colorful harmonization. That’s why, to make it sound bad, you had to make it sound bad yourself.

[@fromchomleystreet]

The F natural (or at least something significantly closer to an F natural than it is to an F#) that George inexplicably sings over every F# chord in “Yes it Is” is not “more colourful harmonization”. It’s just being really, really horribly flat. Like all human beings, the Beatles had their off-days, and the day they recorded the vocals for that song was one of them.

[@Mojo16011973]

yeah that was a weird take

[@monovision566]

@@fromchomleystreet You mean the major seventh? Classic.

[@anthonyfernandez1768]

Thank you for producing this video. I have struggled with harmony for my entire adult life. Yours is the best, most comprehensive explanation of how it all works that I have ever heard (and watched -good graphics). I gave you a thumb up and subscribed! I look forward to longer videos with more examples of harmony. Great work!

[@wishkahzyricks]

Thank you James. Such a nice video, could be an example for music KZbinrs: no clickbait or other BS, no beating around the bush for half a video, straight to the point which is explained and demonstrated with craft. I'm glad I found your channel, and I've been a subscriber ever since, and you don't disappoint. Great job!

[@Aladdin_Sainsburys]

Superb explanation of how it works. I've sung harmonies with various musical setups for 40+ years. Always 'by ear'. Never understood how it worked, just knew what sounded right. Now its all making sense. Thank you so much.

[@fromchomleystreet]

The key to singing harmony is chord tones. Know the notes that make up the chord you’re singing over at any given time and always be singing one of those, and you really can’t go wrong. Rather than thinking of a single seven note scale for the song as a whole, think about a new one for each new chord, where the root note of the chord is #1. The three most important numbers for the harmony singer are always going to be 1,3 and 5, the three notes that make up a triad. Unless it’s a diminished, augmented, or suspended chord, if you’re hitting one of those three (with respect to the particular CHORD, not the overall KEY), and it isn’t the same one the other singer is singing, you’re harmonizing. BUT… it’s important to note that this will inevitably mean that there will be times when one voice moves and another remains static. Thinking that you need to follow an identical arc, in parallel harmony, is what gets people in to trouble. If you remain exactly a third (or fourth, or fifth, or sixth, or whatever) above or below the other singer at every turn of the melody, slavishly following their arc, you’re inevitably going to be horribly out of tune with some of the chords. The space between the voices HAS TO grow and shrink unless you are performing a piece of music specifically composed with parallel harmony in mind. The vast majority of Beatles chords are, fundamentally, simple major and minor triads. They each have a root, a third (occasionally replaced by the second or fourth in a suspended chord) and a fifth. So, for the most part, you are always responsible for either the root, the third (or its substituted suspension as noted above), or the fifth. But you won’t always be responsible for the same one. On one chord the lead singer might be singing the fifth, and you the root above them. On the next chord, their note has now become the root, and so you now sing the third. In both cases, you’re singing the closest higher note that is also a chord tone, but because the distance between a fifth and the root above is larger than the space between a root and a third above, the space between the two vocal parts has changed. While there are obviously exceptions that are more complex, the basic job of the close harmony singer is to always be singing a note that is as close to the note the other singer is singing as possible, while also being a chord tone. If you follow that basic premise, your harmony can’t really fail.

[@electropainted]

quite right

[@alysk2522]

Yes. This applies to people who play piano or guitar or mandolin or ukulele, or who have a bit of the Knowledge. Lots of little kids love singing, but have no experience of chords, or sadly, not even a musical instrument to practice on. I reckon we need more singing lessons in schools - those which make use of two or three part harmonies, because that practice of bringing up a mysterious different melody in your head could be learnt young. And, like languages - it's with you forever. (I think James Hargreaves' explanation was just right - particularly for people who don't play an instrument).

[@fromchomleystreet]

@@alysk2522 It applies to anyone who wants to harmonise effectively. It especially applies to those who don’t play a chordal instrument, because those who do are more likely to already have a grasp of it. It is literally impossible to harmonise with chordal music unless you have an understanding that with each change of chord the notes available to you as a harmony singer, and the fundamental harmonic relationships between those notes, also change . Naturally musical people who harmonise by ear, having never been “taught” to do so, have this understanding intuitively, even if they never think about it consciously, couldn’t put into words what it is that they are doing, and couldn’t name the chords or cadences to which they are instinctively responding. The problem with telling people who have neither the level of innate musicality I just described, nor a broader understanding of music theory, that the way to think about harmony singing is to think of a single numerically ranked scale that applies throughout a melody, and throughout any harmony line that joins it, is that it’s going to end up being extremely misleading and confusing the moment they are confronted with a song with more than one chord in it. They’re not going to understand why the “3” note that they chose to harmonise over the lead singer’s “1” (using James’s “two notes up” formula), and which sounded beautifully harmonious a moment ago, now sounds horribly wrong even though the lead singer is still singing the same note they were singing then. They’re not going to understand that the harmonic relationship each of those two notes has to each other and to the wider sonic context in which we’re hearing them, has fundamentally changed in ways that must be taken into account by a harmony singer, if they are to produce a pleasing harmony. The key understanding that will have been missed is that once we’ve moved to a new chord, and in all the ways that actually matter for harmony singing, we’re effectively (if not literally) in a new key. “1” is no longer “1” and “3” is no longer “3”. Instead, the exact same two notes are now 7 and 2 (where our harmony singer’s note, which is now 2, will clash with the 3 in the chord), or 6 and 1, or 5 and 7 (where our harmony singer’s note, now 7, will rub against the 1 in the chord) or 4 and 6 (where our harmony singer’s note, now 6, will clash with the 7 that is either present or implied in the V chord). And THAT’s in a song that is 100% diatonic (includes zero notes, in either melody or harmonic structure as a whole, from outside of a single key). Once a song includes chromatic chords or key modulations (as virtually every Beatles song, for example, does), the confusion will only get worse. The numbers that matter to the harmony singer are those that describe a given note’s relationship to the root of the current chord, NOT to the overall key centre of the song.

[@FredRollandMusic]

Absolutely. I've long been convinced the Beatles harmonies are not simply instinctive - they are clearly based on a knowledge of chords. For example, the parts in Nowhere Man do not mirror each other in the way the video suggests. George's line in particular deviates quite markedly from the melody. George has the reputation of being the most studious of the group when it came to guitar phrasing and his vocal line in Nowhere Man is most likely derived from studying the underlying chords. Same goes for the bridge in This Boy. George and Paul go in quite opposite directions in order to complete the underlying chords. John's counter melody in If I Fell is largely derived from following the root notes of the underlying chords. One could go on.... And Yes It Is is definitely NOT the mess up that the video suggests. Their employment of dissonance is deliberate and quite masterful.

[@alanhean6504]

Thanks James, you explanation is so simple yet profound, thank you so much❤

[@Fiftynine414]

Nice! I’ve loved the Beatles harmonies for decades. Some of these techniques I’ve been able to figure out, the more complex ones you’ve made clear for me. I appreciate it.

[@eminor2dee]

This is a really GREAT way to telling what you're revealing about their awesome harmonies. Stimulating graphic diagrams with entertaining examples. Thx for doing this!!! ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

[@patbrennan6572]

Every time I listen to a Beatles song I hear something new , and I've been listening since 1964. They've showed us what infinity is.

[@tjcint]

Love how you put this.

[@chermarie332]

This is really helpful, James! I've used the Beatles' harmonies as my 'go to' songs. I think they are very simple and easy to follow. I have never heard it explained like you have however and it really makes sense. I love the idea you called the 'melody sandwich'. Really a cool video. Thank you!

[@philipmcandrew]

fantastic lesson James...waiting for something like this for so long...really really well done.

[@JamesHargreavesGuitar]

Cheers :)

[@andrewbaerm.d.3984]

This is a fantastic video. I have been listening to the Beatles since they made their debut on the Ed Sullivan show. I started playing guitar and there came a time when I purchased a real to real deck which gave me the ability to do overdubbing. I would try and sing all of the parts. It was quite challanging. I had some music lessons and have a litle knowledge of music threory but I have never heard it explained as well as you have here. When I used to try and sing all the parts I was not always able to be certain who was singing what which was particularly true when I was trying to learn If I fell. I think, but I am not sure if this was the first time where John and Paul switched. It even sounds like there are more than two voices but I think the song was double tracked. Most people don't realize just how sophisticated and innovative the Beatles were. Paul is certainly a musical genius capable of playing a number of musical instruments.

[@jeffreyfranz]

This is a fine, clear and concise explanation of basic harmonizing. Thank you so much for avoiding the temptation to get pedantic. Very much appreciated. - Warm regards, Jeffrey🎼☮

[@伊達龍太郎-e9x]

This is extremly good analysis. Very helpful to learn harminy.THANK-YOU.

[@j0pj0p]

Love this. Clever way to present it too.

[@JamesHargreavesGuitar]

Glad you liked it!

[@fromchomleystreet]

The “Because” example is a mystifying choice to illustrate countermelody where “all of them are singing something completely different, and are not locked to a pattern” With the exception of Paul’s embellishment at the end, which briefly puts a major sixth, then a seventh, then a ninth into what is essentially an F#minor chord, they are literally just arpeggiating triads in total lock-step with each other. Throughout the song, in fact, they remain rhythmically and harmonically locked together. With (again) a couple of very minor embellishments from Paul as the exceptions to the rule, they are totally “locked to a pattern”. They go up at the same time, they go down at the same time. In fact, the parallel motion of the three parts (*not literally parallel in the technical sense because the size of the intervals changes) is almost the defining quality of the harmony. It’s difficult to imagine how you could have chosen a worse example. If you want a good example of independent counterpoint, look at “Help” The idea that “Because” is the Beatles most complex harmony is frankly bizarre. The vocal harmony in “Drive my Car” is more complex. “Because” is a beautiful song, and the harmonies are impeccably sung and gorgeously recorded. It may be their best three-part harmony PERFORMANCE. But while some of the chord choices are interesting, the vocal arrangement in which they are rendered is really quite simple. They’re essentially just singing the composite parts of the chords, in a very straightforward manner.

[@mikelistman5263]

Yep...I concur!

[@arwahsapi]

"Chains" was in their first album and it was perfect harmony in unison

[@Aladdin_Sainsburys]

But the intervals the sing against each other are not locked, are they? They can all sing a higher or lower note than the previously had but sometimes a third/fifth/whatever. Not exactly the same Interval as the accompanying counter melody.

[@pauldaviesantiques1556]

'Because' from Abbey Road is stunning. Great video, James.

[@nadir.k.siddiqui]

What a video ! This is the best video about Beatles' music

[@pesf69]

A-M-A-Z-I-N-G lesson!!! I have been watching Beatles lessons on youtube for years. This one is one of the best I´ve seen it! Thanks from Brazil.

[@songwriterdermotmcmahon4522]

This was a terrific explanation of the Beatles harmony and harmony in general. I love studying harmony as it can add so much!

[@pauldad1]

Thanks for this James, a really fabulous video combining musical analysis, tutorial and new insights into the perennially fascinating Beatles.

[@PierreGoulart-v9q]

Very well done. the examples and the visuals are very useful. Thanks so much James

[@CuteLittleVids]

Very interesting and helpful, thank you. It always helps when audio and video are combined to give the full picture of the subject being explained. And great choice of the songs.

[@Oleg_K.]

Phenomenal representation of harmony. Please do more analysis like these.

[@kwk9470]

Thank you, sir, for this new musical revelation, After singing and playing the guitar and doing vocal harmonies with my classmates in the1960s, I've finally learned a little about vocal harmonies.

[@Leanchew]

Thanks! Your explanation (with graphics) is so clear and enlightening. You are a good teacher.

[@worshipwatcher55]

Thank you for a wonderfully instructive video with the best possible imaginable explanations. Great work!

[@katiebeebee]

I love this! Thank you so much for explaining it so clearly to us non-music readers who love music ❤

[@jaguarsunburst1570]

Just Wonderful.👏👏👏👏 More Beatles Please.!🙏

[@Sanchan]

Great video man. I love it when you make beatles music. Its amazing!

[@JohnColapinto]

You hope that was helpful? Ummmm, how to put this? Yes, yes it was helpful. I’ve been trying for 4 decades to understand their harmonies. Solved!! Brilliant

[@GD-ns8wf]

wowww this is great work. Thank you so much

[@horacioguillermobrizuela4295]

What an excellent teacher you are! It is the first time in my life that music really makes sense for me ! You have found the clearest representation of notes, tonalities, harmonies, etc, that I could never ever understand in that stupid cumbersome nonsensical representation of the pentagram. I think you have given me the key to the up till now forbidden kingdom of music. Thank you so much

[@fronts3165]

Thanks for that breakdown, James. I’m not in a band, but I play guitar and sing for my own amusement. And although I do read music, I have very little experience in singing other than sitting in a pew when I was younger. Much appreciated. ❤

[@inakicampo4922]

It only goes to show how fab the Fab Four were. Thank you for this informative, enjoyable video.

[@johnmazza9432]

I am forever amazed at how the Beatles learned all these things mostly on their own simply listening to other artists and learning their instruments as though it was as simple as exploring the streets and neighborhoods of a city, if that is any analogy .

[@Allegro11Maestoso]

thank you for this excellent break down, James! Much appreciated

[@engineerauthorpilot]

What a great tutorial. Ive only ever guessed at what harmonies were. Now i have a good understanding of what is actually happening. Thanks so much. 😊

[@delbo3115]

Most excellent! Thanks very much.

[@willdwyer6782]

The Sound of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel is one of the best examples of what you refer to as "fanfare." Paul's vocal changes notes maybe a dozen times from the beginning to the end of the first verse while Art hits note number 12 on the word "creeping."

[@Ckawauchi35]

Thank you for the lecture which is much appreciated by someone who only knows how to play the guitar.

[@Flukey_1970]

Pure musical genius

[@paulsawtell3991]

Er not really. If you want vocal harmonic 'genius' go to Singers Unlimited.

[@JulienPavret]

Thank you for this fantastic and really interesting video. 🙂👍

[@mattgould8592]

Great to learn this, nice examples, going to try the first easiest one now.

[@TomTom-em2xl]

Thank you very much ! I’ve Bern listening Beatles songs for 50 years without knowing all those « secrets ». You open a new world to me 👍 It’s very clear, great job 👏👏👏

[@TheJorgSacul]

This was fascinating... and I love their rendition of "Yes It Is" lol

[@trollvidde]

The yes it is slander is crazy

[@johng94x]

No it's not have you actually heard the song? They absolutely are singing out of tune some or the time. It was a really bad attempt at harmonising for The Beatles standards.

[@trollvidde]

@@johng94x yes ive heard the song. You come across as a total dick by the way.

[@ThisBirdHasFlown]

@@johng94x so? Being out of tune here and there doesn't wreck an entire song.

[@leonardohonorato3652]

The problem with this song is that John wrote a melody that doesn't fit into the chords, then the harmonies had to do some weird patterns to harmonize. Nothing wrong with that, just add some colors and movement to it.

[@fromchomleystreet]

@@leonardohonorato3652 John’s melody works fine with the chords. The culprit here is George, as it usually was when their early attempts at three part harmony occasionally went a bit pear-shaped. Within the first ten seconds of “Yes it is”, he sings a horribly dissonant F natural over an F#minor chord.

[@michelfournier2683]

So Happy I stumbled upon your site. Thank You!!!

[@JuanMoreGame]

That was a brilliant explanation that was shown in a very understandable manner, thank you.

[@AllenMurphy-le8sw]

Now I can see the science in Classical Music and even the science of the Beatles

[@BritishBeachcomber]

I will never hear the Beatles in the same way. Not ever again. Thank you.

[@jenniferfletcher5617]

Very very interesting and informative thankyou

[@SATXbassplayer]

This is ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT!!! You were able to explain the “ear worm” that I’ve always heard in Please Please Me!! I knew there was something special going on but I never understood what it was. THANK YOU!!

[@waldronjb2001]

This is so helpful James. Im in bad with female singer and been struggling to get harmony right on some songs. Excited now to try it out 👍 will thank you when we're headlining Glastonbury 🤣🤣🤣

[@silmarmonte1]

Excellent lesson! Thank you very much!

[@cernaruka]

The first time that somebody explained that to me - just great!

[@ethanhood5304]

It’s so funny, I was in the car today listening to Abbey road and when “Because” came on I was thinking about how awesome the vocal harmonies were. Now I’m watching a video explaining it lol

[@chipcurry]

Fantastic video! And good singing, to be able to sing all those notes!

[@markkinnish1196]

Great video James just watched it I’ve just joined your channel. I’m a big Beatles fan and living so close to Liverpool helps to. I also sing myself got a pretty good voice I’ve been told I’ve even done recordings at my cousins studio he has at his house. I even sing in my room along to Beatles songs and do harmonies with them while I’m singing a long to them I have to say it comes out pretty good. I’ve got a guitar to and keyboard. Look forward to more of these ones. I’ve got a more McCartney sound me though can sing quite high

[@kastro99]

just what I've been looking for. thanks James!

[@JamesHargreavesGuitar]

Very welcome 😎

[@Nutspittle]

Wow! I love this. That was great. One of my favorite harmonies are in the bridges of Baby’s in Black and Norwegian Wood. 👍

[@alysk2522]

This was so very clearly presented and easy to follow, thank you; I learned the proper names for what I've been singing when it's my turn to stick a harmony in. In the 1960s the Beatles would have been accustomed to the close harmonies of the songs of their parents' era. If you like - it's not only practice, but also learning an "ear in your head" for it when you're young. I suppose this is why The Beatles didn't find "Moonlight Bay" difficult when they sang it on the Morecambe and Wise show in 1963. (A two note difference, which the Everley Brothers also used to get their unique fraternal sound). Everyone loves harmonies, so satisfying when it goes right. We seem to have mostly stopped using them in primary schools, which is a bit of a shame. Thanks again.

[@683147]

Well done. Thank you!

[@dreammachine2013]

Fantastic analysis of Beatles harmonies perfectly clear explained! Thank you very much James🎉😊

[@ivangranja4566]

Quanto mais detalhes conheço sobre Os Beatles, mais fico maravilhado. Thanks from Brazil.

[@fattmusiek5452]

Love this. I hope you'll make more and do more deep dives into The Beatles' catalogue. Dare I request...Elliott Smith deconstructions

[@stujlunn9226]

Thought I knew more than I did(!) - really useful, thank you James

[@greatestunknown]

Amazing! I have always been mesmerized by Johns part in If I Fell.

[@Geritopia]

Parts like "Because" were probably a pain in the butt to create (although in the key of C, it somehow seems more manageable) and yet, so worth it.

[@loraineashton4899]

Wow this is amazing and explained so well i have no knowledge at all and this has made me want to understand more thankyou so very much .

[@chrisgatesmusic]

BRILLIANT JOB JAMES!!!...BEST simplification & ease of communication I've seen..(maybe ever). Visual aids are perfect for those developing their ears. Harmony is always such a tricky subject for those that it doesn't come to naturally, & this smashes all the barricades. I'd LOVE (with your permission) to use this vid as an aid for my students, it is that good!! (obv sent directly to this vid, w full credits to you)

[@chrisgatesmusic]

PS: Paul's high one on Lucy...bet that was a doozy!!

[@JamesHargreavesGuitar]

Feel free to send it to your students 👍👍 glad you enjoyed it!

[@chrisgatesmusic]

@@JamesHargreavesGuitar CHEERS!!!...this is actually MEGA for them to get the"AH-HA" moment so much quicker & w ZERO need for the staff altogether! Putting the scale degrees to a midi scroll format as you did, not only makes midi clear, but most importantly, a perfect segue to PNO operation. Once compare how GTR barre chords keep gender/quality & Rt PNO triads change, but give all chords in the key, BOOM!!...they're off & writing their own songs immediately, w ZERO need for reading/writing the staff!!! You just made some VERY happy ppl!!!

[@billdollar7011]

Really excellent display and information...wish I'd seen this years ago...

[@elpidro1386]

thank you very much for this video!!! it will help me a lot

[@bitdropout]

The vocals in "Yes It Is" sound brilliant to me.

[@trollvidde]

I know right? Bro is nitpicking or sum

[@slidenaway]

i love that song, I have a good ear, and James is being weird about this. They sound incredible. Yeah it's not perfect but it's really freaking good

[@slidenaway]

@@vincewhirlwind68 idk man, he spent all that time making a shitty version of it, and edited it with people holding their hands over their ears! I hope he WAS joking, but in that case I wish it had been clearer that it was a joke. That might've been funny I respect your take but as I think more, I think you're stretching lol

[@fromchomleystreet]

He’s not being ironic, I’m afraid. He’s just being a person who isn’t tone deaf, and isn’t wearing rose-tinted fandom earmuffs. There are some really bum notes being sung in that recording. There just are. The Beatles, in common with the rest of humanity, were not infallible and thus, occasionally, had an off-day just like the rest of us.

[@johng94x]

One of them literally sings out of tune at around 8 seconds into the song. Not one of the Beatles finest attempts of harmonising.

[@holistic_radical]

I've recently been working on my first deep investigation of Beatles harmonies, figuring out the individual voices in the chorus of the rooftop concert version of "Don't Let Me Down". I think I've worked out what John and Paul are singing, and have not yet gotten George's part. The notes that clearly sound to me like the main melody, no one is actually singing! It's an auditory illusion! So this may be a step beyond the Double Counter Melody method described here! I could be wrong, as my ears are really challenged by this, and I'd love to see someone else's take on it! Thanks a lot for this great lesson!

[@paulanderson1915]

Excellent explanation!!! Thank you.

[@jayorag]

Thank you very much. This video is like the videos that show how amazing magic tricks are made. The magic doesn't fade away but you understand what's happening: double pleasure

[@leesmith6620]

Nice summary and examples for a harmony novice like me. Thank you.

[@arwahsapi]

The magic of Beatles harmony is that, although audible who takes which road, they harmonize in unison it's quite difficult (for me) to separate one line from the others

[@jimwalshonline9346]

Excellent job. You're right - the boys' harmonies, long overlooked, are a key part of their musical magic.

[@BeatlesCentricUniverse]

Overlooked by whom?

[@johnp515]

Not overlooked whatsoever. Very famous for their harmonies.

[@jensforsberg3124]

Great clip. Thank you very much!

[@franciscolf8873]

Fabtastic video (yes, a mix of fabulous and fantastic).

[@alfonsodurier3231]

Nice teaching, Professor. You make me "see", because I'm not a musician, how far can go the great talent the Beatles have harmonizing

[@TinoVelastico]

This is the video I've been looking for for years

[@quicksite]

Fascinating, clear and accessible! Thanks!

[@danlocke4904]

Thanks James! How cool!

[@escureto]

Amazing mate, a lot of learning here!