CURRENT IN-PERSON HARMONY SINGING WORKSHOPS
Celia Ramsay and Libby McLaren teach for all levels of vocal experience. Our next workshops are sponsored by HOOT! and will be held at the Hillside Club in North Berkeley from 10:00am to noon. Email Celia for more information.
Reserve your place for our February 3, 10 & 17 workshops now! Go to HOOT!
"Wow! You made it so clear and easy to do what I thought I couldn't! I'm so excited!" —Intro to Harmony Student
“You two are each warm, gentle, and knowledgeable teachers, and your synergy more than doubles your individual efficacy. It’s a class and a show wrapped in one!” —Joshua
“Two weeks after finishing the last [advanced] workshop, I worked with husband (under your rules-of-harmoniously-creating-harmonies) and, it worked! We did an open mic and I sang harmony without music. Got great feedback. Oh, did I thank you both tremendously for your patience and fun approach to a scary topic?” —Maryann
Visit Celia and Libby’s Excellent Harmony Lessons! Free lessons to help you feel confident about singing satisfying harmonies.
Introduction to the lessons
Lesson #1 – Learn a round called Ah, Poor Bird
After Lesson #1 – Learn a more complex round – Dona Nobis Pacem
Lesson #2 – Learn a harmony for Happy Birthday
Lesson #3 – Basic tips for HOW to learn harmonies
Lesson #4 – Learn the melody and two harmonies for The Water is Wide, a traditional song from the British Isles
Lesson #5 teaches you how to create your own harmonies
Bonus videos – Body stretches and vocal warm-ups
CARMONY: LEARN TO SING HARMONY WHILE YOU DRIVE!
CARMONY: LEARN TO SING HARMONY WHILE YOU DRIVE! is a three-CD set of lessons that teach you how to sing harmony. The set costs $45 (plus $3 for shipping.) Level One features simple rounds and songs, separating the voices so you can learn both parts. Level Two builds on this with more complicated songs. Level Three gives you the guidance you need to create your own harmonies and includes some very simple aspects of theory.
IF YOU ALREADY BOUGHT CARMONY…
Below are PDFs of lead sheets and lyrics to the songs Libby and Celia used to demonstrate harmony singing on the Carmony album. They really recommend you learn these songs from the album by ear FIRST! Songs learned by ear are more easily retained, and your ability to sing harmony will improve faster.
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LEAD SHEETS AND LYRICS: Most are from Carmony, but music for songs on Celia and Libby’s Excellent Harmony Lessons are so noted.
Water is Wide from Celia and Libby’s Excellent Harmony Lessons: high harmony,
Water is Wide from Celia and Libby’s Excellent Harmony Lessons: low harmony,