[FairfieldLife] Re: Harmony in Indian classical music?
Indian classical music "not drowned(?) in harmony"? Did I hear it correctly?? https://youtu.be/hg6nTQFHf78?t=2m10s https://youtu.be/hg6nTQFHf78?t=2m10s
Re: [FairfieldLife] RE: Harmony
Good poem for this Harmony thread, just received this morning... Harmony by Stuart Kestenbaum You know the Beatles could have afforded another microphone, but George would always stand in the middle and step up to Paul's when it was time to join in. Because that's the way harmony is, you need to share the electricity, the voice, the words. Just the way we do when we drive in our cars with the radio on, the windows rolled down with fall in the air, dead leaves swirling in the wake, or in the spring, the earth damp and soft, the air hazy with pollen. We hear the song that moves us, crank the radio and sing along, at the top of our lungs, as if we just joined the group. In tune out of tune, country western, rock and roll, we want to harmonize. A whole country of would-be stars losing love, finding love with the radio in different cars, on different paths, the dark road rumbling beneath. Harmony by Stuart Kestenbaum, from Pilgrimage. © Coyote Love Press, 1990. On Saturday, November 2, 2013 8:33 PM, s3raph...@yahoo.com s3raph...@yahoo.com wrote: Yes Man Tran were good - a bit AOR maybe? - a bit commercial maybe? Here's some quality music. Pentangle in their heyday: http://tinyurl.com/od9g4u4 ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, jr_esq@... wrote: Now you guys got me going here. Many years ago we saw the Manhattan Transfer in Sacramento, CA. They were excellent in harmonizing songs. Here they sing Route 66:
[FairfieldLife] RE: Harmony
Most people like to hear harmony in a song. But I don't believe the singers in the clip were singing in harmony spontaneously. They've rehearsed the songs and had cues on which part of the song they will sing in unison and which part the lead singer will take the solo. Nonetheless, it is a delicate art to create a song that can deliver a tune with the right balance of solo, harmony, beat and melody. When the balance is right, a great hit is born. ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote: Given the response to my recent posts about Crosby, Stills, Nash, I shall continue on the general theme of vocal harmony. It's to some extent a lost art in modern music, and that, to my way of seeing, is a pity. It's a high art. One of the best harmonists I know of in music is Emmylou Harris. In her taste for this artform, she continues in the footsteps of her mentor, Gram Parsons, and his love for the country harmonies he grew up with and introduced her to. Although I appreciate the more formal art of musical composition, and charting out harmonies on sheet music before attempting to perform them, for me, there is nothing quite like spontaneous harmony, the thing that happens between two or more musicians who suddenly find themselves on the same musical wavelength during the performance of the same song, spontaneously. Here are a few examples. With Rodney Crowell (pure Louvin Brothers harmony): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g8EqgRk-nw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g8EqgRk-nwhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g8EqgRk-nw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g8EqgRk-nw With John Starling (from the folk group Seldom Scene): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYs2RbCcKsk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYs2RbCcKskhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYs2RbCcKsk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYs2RbCcKsk With Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cnieh0Y1V-o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cnieh0Y1V-ohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cnieh0Y1V-o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cnieh0Y1V-o With Mark Knopfler: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsMO0A1iE0I http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsMO0A1iE0Ihttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsMO0A1iE0I http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsMO0A1iE0I With Gram: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO8C9fqC3uk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO8C9fqC3ukhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO8C9fqC3uk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO8C9fqC3uk
[FairfieldLife] RE: Harmony
Now you guys got me going here. Many years ago we saw the Manhattan Transfer in Sacramento, CA. They were excellent in harmonizing songs. Here they sing Route 66: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQwb4SpNuKo For the record, I've been to some of the towns mentioned in this song, namely Barstow, San Bernardino, and Kingman, AZ. ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, authfriend@... wrote: The harmony in those videos is pretty much all standard, not some inspired creative serendipitous epiphany. It's fine harmony; I'm not criticizing it, but any musicians familiar with the genre would be likely to sing virtually the same harmonies, whether they'd rehearsed them or not. The Beatles wrote original harmony in many of their songs, but that isn't what this is. (P.S.: Anybody know why each of Barry's videos appears three times in the same post?) John wrote: Most people like to hear harmony in a song. But I don't believe the singers in the clip were singing in harmony spontaneously. They've rehearsed the songs and had cues on which part of the song they will sing in unison and which part the lead singer will take the solo. Nonetheless, it is a delicate art to create a song that can deliver a tune with the right balance of solo, harmony, beat and melody. When the balance is right, a great hit is born. ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb@... wrote: Given the response to my recent posts about Crosby, Stills, Nash, I shall continue on the general theme of vocal harmony. It's to some extent a lost art in modern music, and that, to my way of seeing, is a pity. It's a high art. One of the best harmonists I know of in music is Emmylou Harris. In her taste for this artform, she continues in the footsteps of her mentor, Gram Parsons, and his love for the country harmonies he grew up with and introduced her to. Although I appreciate the more formal art of musical composition, and charting out harmonies on sheet music before attempting to perform them, for me, there is nothing quite like spontaneous harmony, the thing that happens between two or more musicians who suddenly find themselves on the same musical wavelength during the performance of the same song, spontaneously. Here are a few examples. With Rodney Crowell (pure Louvin Brothers harmony): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g8EqgRk-nw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g8EqgRk-nwhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g8EqgRk-nw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g8EqgRk-nw With John Starling (from the folk group Seldom Scene): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYs2RbCcKsk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYs2RbCcKskhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYs2RbCcKsk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYs2RbCcKsk With Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cnieh0Y1V-o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cnieh0Y1V-ohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cnieh0Y1V-o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cnieh0Y1V-o With Mark Knopfler: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsMO0A1iE0I http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsMO0A1iE0Ihttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsMO0A1iE0I http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsMO0A1iE0I With Gram: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO8C9fqC3uk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO8C9fqC3ukhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO8C9fqC3uk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO8C9fqC3uk
[FairfieldLife] RE: Harmony
Yeah, right on. I really enjoyed groups like the zep, and Fairport Convention, for their harmony - early Fleetwood Mac, 'Bare Trees', too. I saw Emmy Lou before she was big (in a coffee shop, Corvallis, OR - '73 ish), and how could you not fall in love? ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: Given the response to my recent posts about Crosby, Stills, Nash, I shall continue on the general theme of vocal harmony. It's to some extent a lost art in modern music, and that, to my way of seeing, is a pity. It's a high art. One of the best harmonists I know of in music is Emmylou Harris. In her taste for this artform, she continues in the footsteps of her mentor, Gram Parsons, and his love for the country harmonies he grew up with and introduced her to. Although I appreciate the more formal art of musical composition, and charting out harmonies on sheet music before attempting to perform them, for me, there is nothing quite like spontaneous harmony, the thing that happens between two or more musicians who suddenly find themselves on the same musical wavelength during the performance of the same song, spontaneously. Here are a few examples. With Rodney Crowell (pure Louvin Brothers harmony): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g8EqgRk-nw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g8EqgRk-nwhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g8EqgRk-nw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g8EqgRk-nw With John Starling (from the folk group Seldom Scene): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYs2RbCcKsk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYs2RbCcKskhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYs2RbCcKsk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYs2RbCcKsk With Dolly Parton and Linda Ronstadt: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cnieh0Y1V-o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cnieh0Y1V-ohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cnieh0Y1V-o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cnieh0Y1V-o With Mark Knopfler: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsMO0A1iE0I http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsMO0A1iE0Ihttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsMO0A1iE0I http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsMO0A1iE0I With Gram: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO8C9fqC3uk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO8C9fqC3ukhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO8C9fqC3uk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO8C9fqC3uk
[FairfieldLife] RE: Harmony
Yes Man Tran were good - a bit AOR maybe? - a bit commercial maybe? Here's some quality music. Pentangle in their heyday: http://tinyurl.com/od9g4u4 http://tinyurl.com/od9g4u4 ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, jr_esq@... wrote: Now you guys got me going here. Many years ago we saw the Manhattan Transfer in Sacramento, CA. They were excellent in harmonizing songs. Here they sing Route 66:
