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Tag Archives: harmony

Ask the Expert – How do I get my backing vocalists away from the sheet music?

By Marie Page | December 7, 2009

Julie Meyer from Kansas emails:
“I’m having trouble weaning my background vocals off of sheet music. Any suggestions? The problem is they stare at the music (sometimes 5 pages per song) the whole time and don’t really participate in worshiping (their most important role on the team).”
Andy replies:
You didn’t mention what they are actually reading on [...]

Free online singing lesson – creating harmony

By Marie Page | January 19, 2009

Here is a sample lesson taken from the Musicademy Worship Vocals DVDs. It teaches basic harmony construction outworked in the Delirious song What a Friend I’ve Found.

Playing keys is Ben Cantelon, worship leader at Soul Survivor and co writer with Tim Hughes of the song Happy Day. Kate Silber who presents the vocals DVDs does [...]