How to Find Harmony (The Easy Way)

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[@nebulonicc]

God its so frustrating when you can hear the harmonies in your head but can't sing it. I'm usually so off but can hear the harmony coming together in my head.

[@QuincyKane]

Yeah, it happens! Do you play an instrument by chance? Having an instrument usually helps with finding the notes you're looking for; otherwise you just have to break down the melody into smaller sections and find the harmony a couple notes at a time.

[@nebulonicc]

@@QuincyKane i do, actually. I never thought about using it to help.

[@cherrykamino]

As I practice harmony I can now gradually hear the harmony just by listening intently but I can't sing it,... Same problem 😔

[@sarahchoi2657]

Ikr!!

[@francesca95]

Yes that's me!!

[@agnesfonmarten]

this is the best explanation i've seen

[@KaizenProductionsPH]

trur

[@KaizenProductionsPH]

true

[@Nathan-fl6is]

Trur

[@ModernBurlesque]

Agreed!

[@queenfaith5977]

Facts... my family isn’t going to embarrass me this time...

[@kebakeba2891]

I don’t play an instrument and I get it in theory, but to sing it, I can’t. I either revert to the melody or I’m off-key when I attempt to harmonize. It’s so frustrating.

[@QuincyKane]

It may take some practice to get used to it. When I was a kid, I liked singing in the higher end of my range, so sometimes when a song was in a key that wasn't satisfying, I would sing a "higher melody". I didn't realize it at the time, but I was actually singing harmony. So, maybe don't think of it as harmony, just think of it as "another melody". If you can find a way to record the harmony, even just a few notes, you can listen to it over and over again to get it in your head. The better you can hear it, the easier it is to sing. I hope that gives you some ideas!

[@kebakeba2891]

So singing an octave higher or lower is harmony?

[@QuincyKane]

@@kebakeba2891 If it's an octave higher or lower than the melody, I wouldn't really consider it a harmony, although it does sound good to layer up the melody on different octaves. When I said I would sing a "higher melody", I didn't mean the same melody but an octave higher. I meant I would sing a "different melody" that used notes higher than the main melody and sounded good with the music (which turned out to be harmony).

[@kebakeba2891]

Quincy Kane Morris I understand in theory. Will keep trying, I don’t have a singing partner though.

[@joetroutt7425]

He said 2 scales notes up or down not an octave which is a whole scale higher or lower.

[@jekabskarklins]

Such a simple and elegant thing. I'm 33 and I didn't know this. Probably because I don't play piano... or any other musical instrument for that matter... But thanks for clearing this up dude. Now I know. PS: I found this video by searching "how to find harmony in your life" . I've got bigger problems.

[@QuincyKane]

Haha, sorry if there was any confusion, but I'm glad you found it interesting and were able to learn from it! I don't know what you're dealing with, but I hope you find the answer you're looking for. You know, "harmony" is kind of an interesting word because in music it's usually something that is "orchestrated" or "planned", but life is so random and unexpected that you can't really "orchestrate" or "plan" anything. I think life requires you to "improvise" and "adapt". It may be none of my business, but I think a better word for you would be "peace" or "contentment", because while you can't control the things around you, you can choose how you feel and react to those things.

[@dannyokezie7656]

That would preach 🙌🏽👌🏽

[@clex2349]

“Improvise. Adapt. Overcome” That’s a meme btw in case anyone is wondering...

[@dudeivealreadydonethis5tim289]

@@QuincyKane beautiful

[@michaelvanderhoff5628]

i feel u man

[@joetroutt7425]

Major chords; 3 notes between 1st and 3rd and 2 notes between 3rd and 5th Minor chords; 2 notes between 1st and 3rd and 3 notes between 3rd and 5th. Thanks! I never knew it was that easy to tell the difference.

[@TheWizOfKeyz]

right?! he just blew my whole entire mind by dropping that one little knowledge bomb on us. lol so simple and yet i know thats gonna come in so handy to me in the future!

[@MoodyGuitarists69]

for those who is frustrated on learning vocal harmonization: 1. find a song cover in YT with harmony melody guide in it, memorize it first so your ears get used to the "feeling" of harmonization, do it over n over again. 2. play the original song in your phone then try to harmonize it with the harmony melody that you've remember 3. Do it over n over with different songs untill you have the feel and instinct to harmonize it by ears Good luck👍👍

[@QuincyKane]

Good tips!

[@dimipartcaster7770]

I had the exact same idea, so I tried to do that. I took the song "something stupid" by Sinatra-which has a pretty simple harmonized line-and I have to say that it helped a lot.

[@jonesquadmama9534]

Good idea!

[@teresita.lozada]

Thank you for your suggestion.

[@cfranklin4907]

Could you provide a video on how to harmonize with people ?

[@QuincyKane]

Let me see if I can help you with a comment first, but if you feel like you still need the visual aid of a video, perhaps you could expound on what you'd like to see that would help you. When harmonizing with other people, it's important that everyone learns their part on their own first before trying it together. Sometimes when you hear the other person singing, it can throw you off and you start singing their part instead of yours. Each person needs to practice their part in isolation until it gets stuck in their head. When you try singing together, you almost wanna focus more on your part and trust that everyone else is singing their part correctly. It may take some practice to be able to focus on your part while other people are singing, but you'll get it. As for finding parts, you just use the same method I demonstrated in this video. If you have a female vocalist singing the melody, you could have another female vocalist singing the low harmony and possibly a female vocalist singing the high harmony, but if that's too high, you could have a male vocalist singing the high harmony an octave lower. You could also have another male vocalist singing the melody an octave lower than the female vocalist. If a male vocalist is singing the melody, you could have another male vocalist sing the low harmony and a female vocalist sing the high harmony. You could also potentially have a male vocalist singing the high harmony an octave lower, and a female vocalist singing the low harmony an octave higher (I hope that's not confusing, haha). Anyway, I hope that helps!

[@cfranklin4907]

@@QuincyKane thank you it sure did ! You cleared everything up,and answered all of my questions. Thanks again

[@camivee]

@@QuincyKane Wow this is really insightful! Ive been playing the piano for months now and trying to learn music theory so I was able to understand all the jargons. Thank u for this!!

[@kaylaphillips7949]

You just solved all of my harmonic problems. Thankyou!

[@QuincyKane]

I'm glad it was helpful to you!

[@honeybee4316]

This is the first time in my life Ive ever felt like harmony makes sense. Thank you so much!!!

[@QuincyKane]

I'm so glad to hear that!

[@Rombizio]

Wow. I finally understood something about Harmony! Thanks man.

[@QuincyKane]

I'm glad you were able to get something out of it!

[@glennlove295]

This is the best and easiest explanation I’ve seen on working out harmonies

[@QuincyKane]

Thanks; I'm glad you found it helpful!

[@yoonjaywon]

i can harmonize with a song when i hear harmonization bc i can follow it. but when its a random song, my harmonzation can be a hit or miss 😭😭

[@QuincyKane]

Don't worry, not all songs are the same; some melodies make the harmony easier to find, and other melodies can leave you searching. I think familiarity with the melody is the first step, then break it down; try to sing the first 3 notes of the melody, then try to find the 3 notes that harmonize by using the method I demonstrated in the video. The more you do it, the better you get at it; I hope that helps!

[@clex2349]

This is extremely useful for someone like me who never learned piano but wants to learn now

[@QuincyKane]

I'm glad you found it helpful!

[@blueturtleman1]

I don’t play keys. But I sing and play guitar in a few bands. This lesson will be great for figuring out harmonies. Thank you brother. For keeping it simple and fast. Cheers!

[@QuincyKane]

I'm so glad to hear that this is helpful to you! Just so you know, you can do the same thing with guitar that I did with the piano (start with the first note of the melody and go up/down two notes in scale).

[@estheradebayo2679]

Wow I'm glad this video reconfirmed everything that I've learned. No has ever told me how harmony works but I just figured out the patterns by listening and then singing

[@sijusebenezer4260]

U have solved 70% problem of mine regarding Harmony...thanks a lot...u explains very well....👌👌👌👌👌👌👌

[@anaiyaj5372]

I can harmonize with people higher but when I try to go lower it's all a mess

[@QuincyKane]

Yeah, lower harmonies tend to be harder to hear than higher harmonies, so they take some practice to get down. The highest note always tends to stick out, so that's why higher harmonies are a little easier to find. If you can figure out the low harmony for a song, take some time to practice it in isolation until you become as familiar with it as the melody!

[@joshpaulus18]

This is the best explanation I have heard yet. Well done.

[@beyondallmeasure]

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[@greenneerg123]

I was taught flute, I was taught theory, I was in a choir. But then depression hit and I was unable to sing for long enough I’m completely lost again. Thank you for making it understandable again 💚

[@QuincyKane]

I'm glad you found it understandable, and I hope you're not depressed anymore!

[@aileenchriscelia]

IT'S BEEN THIS EASY THE WHOLE FREAKING TIME WTH

[@achi5294]

You've explained it well bro thankyouu i learned so much

[@moonmagicflows]

FINALLY A VIDEO ON HARMONIES THAT ACTUALLY MAKES SENSE!!!🙏🏼

[@QuincyKane]

Glad you found it helpful!

[@THEtimeNOWisGREAT]

This is one of the best videos on KZbin as far as help is concerned. thanks for helping beginners and upcoming musicians.

[@QuincyKane]

My pleasure! I'm so glad this was helpful to you!

[@seanwatson7680]

All I needed to know was the part about 2 notes in scale in either direction! Thank you so much!

[@pumahane999]

BEST EVER EXPLINATION OF HARMONIES ! BIG THANKS TO YOU !!!

[@QuincyKane]

My pleasure; glad you found it helpful!

[@colinplante5311]

You've gotta do more theory stuff dude! That was very interesting :D

[@QuincyKane]

I'm glad you liked it! It was something I wanted to make but wasn't sure what people would think of it.

[@lilyintheweeds8450]

First time trying to find and write my own harmonies going into the studio and this was really helpful. Thank you!

[@josephhutchins8]

I've been looking for someone to tell me very simply and quickly how to write harmony and within a minute of the video starting already had my answer

[@QuincyKane]

I'm glad you found this to be helpful!

[@THEtimeNOWisGREAT]

Your video has been unbelievably helpful for me. Thanks a lot bro. I had searched the net for so many days for this material. 👍🙏🙂

[@theabstractpearl]

Very helpful! My two best friends and I make music and we’re trying to get some harmony in our next song :)

[@QuincyKane]

That's awesome! So glad to hear this was helpful; good luck with your song, and have fun!

[@pramestafebraardika2312]

Gosh this tutorial very helpfull for me, i barely just sit and watch and i finally understand. my friends used to explained it to me how the harmony works, but it takes a decade to me to understand. Thankyou verymuch!!!! God bless

[@QuincyKane]

I'm glad this was helpful for you!

[@chzn156]

Thanks for posting this vid! Your explanation was straightforward and to the point. It was helpful in how you broke it down. Thanks again! I learned something.

[@QuincyKane]

I'm glad to hear it was helpful to you!

[@stevehuffman1495]

I've been looking for this exact explanation. Thank you!

[@QuincyKane]

My pleasure; glad you found it helpful!

[@anthonypanderu1741]

Amazing teacher I likes the way you explain music bro

[@QuincyKane]

Thank you; I'm glad this was helpful to you!

[@surendrapandey4158]

Wondefully clarified and easy to understand

[@ThruGoesSamilton]

This is the best video I’ve seen to not only explain harmony but music theory in general! As an aspiring song writer this is GOLD! Thank you so much!

[@QuincyKane]

Thank you for the kind words; I'm glad this video was helpful to you!

[@anand-paul]

Pure gold! There's a wealth of knowledge here, and explained in simple terms. I can't thank you enough Quincy. Key takeaways: - you can harmonize on the 3rd up, or 3rd down (on scale) - you can sing the 3rd up one octave lower, which makes it the 6th down (or sing the 3rd down one octave up, ie., 6th up) - I found this killer - sometimes if you find yourself singing slightly off (eg., the diminished example he gave) - then move the note one up or down to resolve it - you can also create some unique harmonies by singing the 7th, or the 9th note on the scale (this looks a bit advanced for me, will try this once I have a decent hold of the above first!)

[@QuincyKane]

Yep, you got it! I'm glad this was helpful to you! If you're interested in seeing more examples of this put into action, I did do a few videos a while back demonstrating different harmony parts with some metalcore songs; you can check that out here: kzbin.info/aero/PLlf0ZQAmSRQlPsMU0alhsA-O2i1Ns0sU_

[@robertedwards5184]

Good Tuition. No messing about, straight to the point. 😆

[@natalia.grandi]

Amazing! I love the way you explained it, so simple. Thank you!

[@Sal_The_3rd]

Who instinctively knew he was going to play Mary had a little lamb before he played it?

[@jenzar]

Sal Mastropolo 🙋🏻‍♀️

[@QuincyKane]

Haha, it is the "go-to" melody for many lessons!

[@Guillen_music]

Finally I get to understand harmony. Great clear lesson. Thank you very much

[@QuincyKane]

My pleasure; glad you found it helpful!

[@billiejean1093]

Thanks so much for this 🎹 🎶

[@illfather7066]

1st I dig the video....2nd love ur attentiveness to the comments and questions...u answer in depth instead of ignoring or quick answer...I can tell ur genuine and still professional..u love music and care for people....good to see...wish I was more like u....stay gold brother

[@QuincyKane]

I'm glad to hear you enjoyed the video, and I'm thankful for the kind words you've shared with me. I certainly am not a perfect person, but if you desire to change something about yourself, you don't have to "wish" for it, you just have "practice" :)

[@BoyHapay]

wow you explained this "complex" concept really simply. Slow clap!

[@QuincyKane]

Glad you found it helpful; let me know if you have any questions!

[@matthewbashaw5731]

This is “Parallel Harmony”, correct? Moving in exactly the same interval increments, and at the same time as the melody... just having a different starting point. (eg the 3rd/5th/7th etc, of the key of the melody)

[@QuincyKane]

Basically, but I wouldn't say it's exactly parallel. In the key of C, G might harmonize with E, but if E moves up a half step to F, G would have to move up a whole step to A in order to stay in key.

[@defibyoulater6668]

So simple yet so effective! Thanks!

[@kingofwilcoxstreetkows8351]

mythical creature ... you nailed it!!!

[@manololopez1742]

Best explanation on KZbin! Hands down

[@QuincyKane]

Thank you; I'm glad you found it helpful!

[@zoemills1349]

This is the most helpful harmony video I’ve ever seen - thank you so much!

[@QuincyKane]

My pleasure; glad you found it helpful!

[@JonQuerequincia]

Best explanation on youtube so far (that I can comprehend)

[@varshikarnaidu55]

By far the simplest and most effective video on this topic

[@QuincyKane]

Thanks, I'm glad you found it helpful!

[@ana-tk7hq]

this is a great video, much better than many others around the internet, thank you so much

[@QuincyKane]

Thank for the kind words; I'm glad you found it helpful!

[@dimipartcaster7770]

Simple and straight to the point. Thank you.

[@QuincyKane]

My pleasure!

[@66fitton]

Thanks!!! Been doing backups in bar bands for 25 years. Can always find them and sing them, but always came up short when writing my own. This is gonna change that fer sure!!! Great schoolin' teach!

[@QuincyKane]

Steve Fitton Glad to hear it was helpful!

[@Ash_xix]

This is probably the best video I have seen on how to sing harmonies

[@QuincyKane]

Thanks for the kind words!

[@4alvis]

Real masterclass

[@TheWizOfKeyz]

dude...holy sh*t! THANK YOU SOO MUCH. you just explained to me the REAL reason WHY major chords are called major chords, and minor ones are minor. im an entirely self taught singer songwriter, almost 35 yrs old, and i started getting serious about my piano playing, singing, and song writing about 12 yrs ago. but with little to no instruction outside of watching a random you tube video here and there, and with no real live knowelegable musicians around to ask the hundreds of embarrassingly basic music theory questions that have popped up over the years, my journey has been all about learning by trial and error...so needless to say, its been a little slow going.... (of course) and everytime i watch a video that covers even a small amount of the most basic music theory it becomes even more glaringly obvious to myself just how LITTLE i actually know about the hows and the whys of music....like how and why certain notes work harmoniously together, or why they DONT when combined together in the wrong combinations for instance, just really basic stuff. the good lord has blessed me with a strong internal sence of timing, near perfect pitch, and an incredible talent for hearing a series of notes once commiting them to memory and being able to sing them back correctly, all havecome in handy ....and im soo thankful for that but i really still have soo much to learn. sometimes the things that still confuse me about music seem to pile up and it starts to feel really overwhelming, & like theres no way i could ever understand and make sence of it all. but just as i start getting too close to that frusterating breaking point again, and i start to feel like giving up and finding an easier hobby, i always randomly happen to catch a video like this that makes something click for me, or ill discover a new trick on the piano or figure out how to do something new and exciting with my voice, and its just enough to suck me back in and keep me going for a little while longer. ive come to live for those little "musical epiphanys" that seem to pop up out of thin air and keep me hanging in there lol. so thanks for being the source of my inspiration on this particular occasion! ✌😘

[@QuincyKane]

I'm so glad to hear that this was helpful to you! Just so you know, I never properly learned "theory" myself, although I did grow up in a musical family. I took piano lessons for a while, but I was never good at reading sheet music, so I ended up relying on my ear more than anything. I really fell in love with music when I was introduced to punk rock, and so I wanted to learn guitar. My cousin showed me how to play a power chord and that was all I needed to start writing songs, which I discovered to be my favorite thing to do in the whole world! I never worried about theory, I just followed my ear and played what sounded "cool". Often I would hear a song I liked and try to write something "like it". Over time, as I met other guitarists, I'd pick up new techniques here and there, and they became "tools" for songwriting. What I'm trying to say is that theory is helpful, and it's great to understand "why" and "how" something works, but you don't need theory to play music. Just do it cause you love it; be creative, experiment, and find ways to express your emotions through it. Theory can help you understand better, and even promote creativity, but don't let it keep you from actually enjoying the music you make. Besides, there's always more to learn, so just enjoy what you learn as you go along :)

[@allanjeong]

For me, I simply find the left hand root note by playing the root note at 1, 3, or 5 note intervals (+1 octave) BELOW the melodic notes played on the main down beats (or on the melodic note played immediately after the down beat if the melodic note is just a passing note as in the song hap-py-BIRTH-day-to-you). In a song with a four chord progression, you already know the last chord since most songs end using the root-melody note interval of 1 (root note is same as melodic note). As you "hear" the song in your head and hear that the root note is not the same note as the melodic note played in the down beat, your best guess is to play the root-melody note interval 5 (root note a 5 note intervals BELOW the melodic note) since it is used more often than the root-melody note interval 3. To play the left hand chord, I simply hold my left hand in a fixed claw-like position to play/roll the root note played with left hand picky followed by notes at 5 and 8 and 10 note intervals ABOVE the root note. After your first pass through the song, you'll have already figured out the four root notes in the four chord progression (with minimum trial-and-error) and you can do this to play just about any song spontaneously and play it by ear! :-)

[@QuincyKane]

Interesting! It's cool how people seem to figure out their own ways of understanding things; this is a neat method that I'll have to play around with some time!

[@allanjeong]

Quincy Kane Morris The moment I realized that you can use just these three root-melody note intervals to find the chords (and to play the chords holding the left hand in a fixed claw position to play root note and notes at 5, 8 and 10 intervals above the root note) to play with any song melody, I was to my amazement suddenly able to play song after song nonstop on piano and all by ear with very little thought and almost zero reliance on understanding music theory. And close attention to the root-melody note intervals suddenly enabled me to play any given song in any key - something I never imagined I would be able to do - having played piano for 40+ years with 10% reliance on sheet music and rote memory! 😊

[@meltedhoneymusic]

Excellent teaching my friend...

[@saomyavandit3341]

Thank you so much for such a beautiful and easy explanation. God bless you. Love from India! 💖

[@QuincyKane]

Glad you found it helpful!

[@danielfarang8765]

Best video on harmony a came across thank you 🙏🏻

[@QuincyKane]

Thanks! Glad you found it helpful!

[@JO-tw5yd]

this was the best explantion no BS thanku

[@ebonythegreatest]

THANK YOU! YOU MADE THIS VERY EASY!

[@luissuizo9016]

Ooh finally got a glimpse how to do it.

[@TheophilusOdenigbo]

Good lesson

[@QuincyKane]

Glad you found it helpful!

[@bfabulous86]

Great video! Easy to understand instruction and explanation. Please make more videos

[@QuincyKane]

I'm glad you found the video helpful! I would like to make another video like this, but I don't know if I have anything else like this to teach! Haha

[@QuincyKane]

Hey, so that last time I replied to you, I said I'd like to make another video like this, but don't know how. I was just wondering: what other kinds of videos would you like to see? Perhaps there's a related topic that I could shed some light on; any suggestions would be appreciated :)

[@gagankalra4603]

This is a masterpiece. Nowhere I could find such easy to follow harmony lesson anywhere. Great work man!

[@MickPosch]

I've been figuring out some harmonies on the keyboard today, and it seems like, in a lot of cases, it sounds better if you simplify the harmony somewhat. Like, instead of following the melody exactly in parallel, two scale notes higher, the harmony repeats certain notes more often - so it's more like a stripped down version of the melody rather than an exact tracking.

[@QuincyKane]

That's right, that does happen a lot; good observation! I talk about that some in another harmony video I made here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m6u0oYyYYtqZZ6M

[@MickPosch]

@@QuincyKane Cool...I'll check it out.

[@paulpaul5483]

you are the best ! thank you so much for your simplicity explanation . i got it se easy 👍

[@QuincyKane]

Awesome! I'm glad to hear this was helpful to you!

[@budansakkidi7524]

your explanation is excellent I really got a lot of it thank you so much.

[@QuincyKane]

I'm glad to hear that it was helpful to you!

[@budansakkidi7524]

@@QuincyKane thank you for acknowledging my reply

[@QuincyKane]

@@budansakkidi7524 My pleasure :)

[@PertyOnline]

Thank you 😊

[@QuincyKane]

My pleasure!

[@kelen_tate]

Thank you, Quincy! I found this video extremely helpful! You explained it in exactly the way I was looking for

[@QuincyKane]

My pleasure! I'm glad it was helpful to you!

[@isaacsfantziworld8017]

Superb dude.. very intresting... simple to understand... Thnx for your great effort.. really appreciate that...

[@QuincyKane]

I'm glad it was helpful to you; thank you for the kind words!

[@dranandvarunachari]

You're amazing sir ❤️❤️❤️❤️ Lots of love 🤗🤗

[@QuincyKane]

Thank you for the kind words :)

[@MrNani1983]

Beautifully explained. Thank you.

[@JerryAndJulieMusic]

I started doing this one my own Now I find that I'm doing it right:)

[@QuincyKane]

Awesome!

[@kevinwoo8593]

This video deserves more likes. Thanks for making this video.

[@ShubhamKar.]

Best harmony explanation ever heard♥️♥️♥️

[@QuincyKane]

I'm glad you found it helpful!

[@oyebigsconfectioneryandcat4626]

Nice work ! I would like to know if there is any app or software that I can use to split song into different parts at least soprano, alto, tenor because most times I found it difficult to break recorded song into their different parts, and can a particular song be sung in different harmony depending on the composer? any response will be greatly appreciated.

[@QuincyKane]

Oyeyemi Akeredolu I'm not aware of any app that allows you to break apart vocal parts; do you play any instruments? If so, you can use that to help you figure out parts. In any song, the composer can put in as many or as few vocal harmonies as they choose. You don't really have to think of it as "soprano, alto, tenor", you just simply find a vocal part that's comfy for each singer. If the "lower harmony" is still too high, they could sing the "higher harmony" an octave lower, with would put it even lower than the "low harmony". I hope that makes sense; if you'd like to see more examples of this, here's another video I made about harmony: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGekeYaKps-Wras

[@weharmonise8549]

We thank you for your lesson. take care

[@QuincyKane]

My pleasure; glad you found it helpful!

[@prodcdebeatz7205]

So major 3rds and major 6ths are basic way to harmonize. Cool!

[@QuincyKane]

Kind of, but not exactly. See, the melody moves around and is not always the root of a chord. For instance, if "Mary Had a Little Lamb" is in the key of C, the first chord would be a C Major, and the first note of the melody would be an E, putting the high harmony on G and the low harmony on C, which would build a C major chord. You are building chords with harmony parts, but the melody is not always the root of the chord.

[@HeritageDrPepper]

I need the last minute in sheet music so I can understand what you're talking about. I don't have a refined ear for that, yet but being able to look at and follow the sheet music would be worlds more informative for me.

[@QuincyKane]

If you're referring to all the different harmonies I demonstrate at the end, don't get too caught up on the names; I don't even know if those names are correct, but I can try to explain what's going on. The melody is just going back and forth between B and G, and occasionally hitting C. The "High Harmony" and the "High Harmony with 7th" are actually the same part with just one note different. Remember when I said how sometimes harmonies give you the choice between two notes? This is an example of that. The harmony starts two notes (in scale) above B (on D); when the melody goes down to G, this puts the harmony on B, but because the chord progression is playing a C, this creates the sound of a 7th chord. That sounds good, but if you wanted to be more subtle, you simple move the harmony up one note in scale (so from B to C) and now it doesn't stick out so much because it blends with the chord progression. Now the "5th Harmony" is actually one of my favorite harmonies to do (when it works), but it doesn't use the same method I used to describe finding the low and high harmony. Do you know about intervals (whole steps and half steps)? And do you know how the Major Scale goes: Whole Step - Whole Step - Half Step - Whole Step - Whole Step - Whole Step - Half Step? Basically, in C Major, the B and C are a Half Step apart, and the E and F are also a Half Step apart, so the 5th Harmony involves finding a part that matches the same "movement" as the melody. So E harmonizes with B, and when B goes up a Half Step to C, E can also go up a Half Step to F. I hope that make sense, cause I don't think I'd be able to write out the sheet music for you, haha.

[@raquelndirangu]

I was listening to a song and all of a sudden I hear another voice within the song singer lower but different notes. I thought I was crazy but I kept hearing it trying to sing along to see if it would blend. Does that mean I am able to hear harmony in songs? P.S: This video was really helpful for me to learn more.

[@QuincyKane]

Sounds to me like it was probably harmony. In some songs, harmony is very obvious, but sometimes it's used subtly as a background or supporting element for the main vocal. Listening for harmony in songs can actually be a good exercise for your ears and help you to find harmony more naturally. Glad you found the video helpful!

[@strawberry444]

Yo we can all hear harmony.....

[@Kre410]

I started listening to The Beach Boys and started singing with the singer that wasnt’t the main melody. You can train yourself to sing harmony. I’m still crap but then I can’t sing well either. I do it to relax. It’s nice to learn though.

[@chloefayemagdaluyo5924]

This was so helpful!

[@aminaabdagic7828]

thank you very much, You helped me a lot 💜

[@thevoiceofrevelationpodcast]

Wow... Thank u for this explanation...

[@QuincyKane]

My pleasure!

[@faith4365]

So helpful thank you!!

[@lavenna522]

Omg I did this all the time for only playing around without noticing it is the harmony thing I always wanted to practice

[@QuincyKane]

Haha, I did a similar thing when I was a kid. I liked singing in my higher register, so sometimes if the melody for a song wasn't in a satisfying range, I would sing "another melody" that was up higher. My mom and brother heard me doing this one day and revealed to me that I was singing harmony and didn't even know it, haha.

[@AndrewDsouza31]

Explained in easy method.. thank you 😁

[@riturajrabha4214]

Very good explanation.

[@QuincyKane]

Thanks!

[@cmoon4646]

Thank you so much for this tutorial, it helped me a lot! After watching this, I went straight to my piano and tried to harmonize one of my favorite songs - and it worked! First I played the melody and then I started playing the first note of the high harmony. I didn't even had to play the rest of it, I just figured it out from myself! Gotta say, I learned to play the piano by ear when I was very young, so I guess my ears are still a little familiar with all that stuff, even though I haven't practiced in years! Anyway, thank you very much for making this :)

[@QuincyKane]

Thanks for commenting! I'm so glad to hear that this was helpful to you :)

[@naman201]

Okay that’s magical 🙏🏻

[@stevensauls2013]

The harmony part was awesome and satisfied what I watched the video for, but I seriously owe you one for telling me how to find major, minor, and diminished chords! Now if only you had explained augmented, lol!

[@QuincyKane]

My pleasure! See if this helps: Major - 3 notes between 1st and 3rd; 2 notes between 3rd and 5th. Minor - 2 notes between 1st and 3rd; 3 notes between 3rd and 5th. Diminished - 2 notes between 1st and 3rd; 2 notes between 3rd and 5th. Augmented - 3 notes between 1st and 3rd; 3 notes between 3rd and 5th. When it comes to harmonies, augmented chords pretty much never pop up on their own, so you would have to intentional craft the song to use an augmented chord.

[@stevensauls2013]

@@QuincyKane Okay! I think I got it. Thanks so much!!

[@kmichaelthompson]

This was an awesome tutorial. Thank you so much. Great job!

[@QuincyKane]

Thank you; I'm glad you found it helpful!

[@philmstud2k]

Oh, my Lord, this was so helpful. Thank you!

[@QuincyKane]

philmstud2k My pleasure! Glad it was useful!

[@oussleo4201]

Thank you so much!

[@limann8074]

Whoa helped me with my stressful exam

[@QuincyKane]

Haha, I'm not sure how, but I'm glad it did!

[@kiarawalker7800]

OH MY FRICKIN GOODNESS!!! Yesss thankyuu So frickin MUCH for this AMAZING FRICKIN videoooo it helped sooo much😫😫😫

[@QuincyKane]

I'm glad it was helpful to you!

[@Mr.Pickles77]

Helped a lot

[@QuincyKane]

I'm glad this was helpful to you!