FAQ

I need more advice about staying on my part while singing with the app.
I can't hold a tune at all, much less a harmony part, will this help me?
I want to learn how to come up with my own harmony vocal parts, that is, how to harmonize by ear.
My friends and I have learned the harmonies and want to record ourselves with the track. Where can we purchase an mp3 of just the track?
I've learned one of the harmony parts and now I want to polish it so it works well with the other voices.
Everytime I try to harmonize I end up singing someone else's part. Will this help me?
Where can I find lyrics for the songs on Sing Harmonies?
Will there be more versions of Sing Harmonies? How can I request a song to be on Sing Harmonies?
Who are the singers on Sing Harmonies?

I need more advice about staying on my part while singing with the app.

If you keep losing your part when the other voices are singing, use this method:

Sing with the guide vocal and music track only until you know your part.
Sing your part with just the music track, without the guide vocal playing.
While singing your part, add just one voice in at half volume --a lower voice if possible. Concentrate on the music track and your part, then listen to the other voice as well. guide vocal if you need help, but eventually you should sing your part without it playing.
Increase the volume of the other voice.
When you can stay on your part with confidence, add another voice at half volume.
When you are singing 3-part harmony you can increase the volume of the third voice, and add the fourth voice.

I can't hold a tune at all, much less a harmony part, will this help me?

You need to be able to hold a melody before you can successfully sing in harmony. Use the step-by-step method described above, and stay with step #1 until you are solid on your part. Learning some basic voice technique can also strengthen your ability to stay in tune. To do that, check out The No Scales, Just Songs Vocal Workout

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I want to learn how to come up with my own harmony vocal parts, that is, how to harmonize by ear.

Check out Harmony Singing By Ear, it's a step-by-step method that thousands have used to learn how to sing harmony by ear. It covers all of the singing harmony basics. The instructions for finding harmonies for Lean On Me are on the follow-up 3-CD set More Harmony Singing By Ear. Please note that on More Harmony Singing By Ear the second verse of Lean On Me has different harmonies than the ones on the SingHarmonies app.

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My friends and I have learned the harmonies and want to record ourselves with the track. Where can we purchase an mp3 of just the track?

Do a search on Itunes for "Music-Only Track: Lean On Me, Music-Only Track: Proud Mary, or Music-Only Track: Teach Your Children". You can purchase any of those tracks for 99 cents.

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I've learned one of the harmony parts and now I want to polish it so it works well with the other voices.

A. Make sure you are in tune by recording yourself singing with the app. It's often easier to hear any pitch problems on a recorded version than when singing live. If you are "pitchy", sing with the guide vocal more until you are more solid.
B. Listen for when the singers begin and cut of their notes and match them.

A longer track on polishing your harmony part is included on Harmony Singing By Ear. You can find and purchase just that track for .99 by searching 'polishing your harmony part' on itunes.

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