Members LiveMusic Posted October 16, 2005 Members Share Posted October 16, 2005 Has anyone ever done this (by The Band) with just 2 singers? The signature harmony part is 3 voices coming in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members orfalot Posted October 16, 2005 Members Share Posted October 16, 2005 You should be able to pull that off, our band does it using two singers. We always get good feedback from doing that song. Another good oldie but goodie is For What Its Worth by Buffalo Springfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tedster Posted October 16, 2005 Members Share Posted October 16, 2005 One trick we used to use... We did War's "All Day Music"...which technically has four harmony voices (or is it five? the second just repeats the first)...at any rate, we had three. I'd do the first "All dayyyy"...then Wayne would come in with the second, Cyndi with the third, then I'd be sneaky, drop out of the first and come back with the fourth. Granted it wasn't the ideal answer, but it was pretty convincing. That's one trick...so you could sing... "Annnndddd"... The other guy sings "annnndddd"...then you drop the first "and" and come back with the third, because they're staggered, just like the "all days" in "All Day Music". Or, you could encourage the audience to sing one of the parts. It's a pretty well-known song...a lot of people in the audience are singing it anyhoo... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members alaskanblue Posted October 16, 2005 Members Share Posted October 16, 2005 Yes, I've done it in a duo-my partner hit the first note, then I added the second and slid up to the third note. It seemed to work out pretty well. Tedster's interval "leap frog" approach would work as well, I've used it on other songs--"All Day Music" is such a fantastic song, love those harmonies! Can't go wrong with "The Weight"-that's another classic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members THB Posted October 16, 2005 Members Share Posted October 16, 2005 I do Seven Bridges Road with two voices, so why not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted October 17, 2005 Members Share Posted October 17, 2005 When performing "The Weight" solo, I "suggest" the harmonies through doing different inversions of the IV chord up my guitar's neck and holding the tonic note ("And") w/ my voice... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Outrider Posted October 17, 2005 Members Share Posted October 17, 2005 One of the coolest concert gimmicks I have ever seen is Pink Floyd's version of "Comfortably numb" from a few years ago. They sang NO melody whatsoever, and only sang harmony lines. Why? Because everybody *in the crowd* would be singing the melody lines. Awesome to hear. So, "leapfrogging" the three harmonies between you and dropping the original note out will be noticed by exactly nobody. They will all either be singing that note (or the third one) and will simply be too busy to notice. Everybody sings along with that song. Even me, and I'm sick of it. Just get 'em on pitch, on time, and in tune! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RupertB Posted October 17, 2005 Members Share Posted October 17, 2005 Originally posted by Outrider So, "leapfrogging" the three harmonies between you and dropping the original note out will be noticed by exactly nobody. This is how I've done it in a duo setting. If we're playing a gig where I'm pretty sure there won't be any singing along, when I jump up to the third part I slide the low note in on guitar just to fill it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tedster Posted October 17, 2005 Members Share Posted October 17, 2005 Originally posted by Outrider One of the coolest concert gimmicks I have ever seen is Pink Floyd's version of "Comfortably numb" from a few years ago. They sang NO melody whatsoever, and only sang harmony lines. Why? Because everybody *in the crowd* would be singing the melody lines. Awesome to hear. Sounds cool. I heard a similar thing at a Tom Petty concert. He did "Breakdown". The only words he sang were..."It's alright if you love me". The audience sang the rest of the song, all like 10,000 of 'em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MDLMUSIC Posted October 17, 2005 Members Share Posted October 17, 2005 I used to do "Twist and Shout" with two singers. Just did what was already suggested. "Leapfrog" your way up and most people will fill in the missing voices, either by singing it themselves or by "hearing" what isn't there because they've heard it so many times before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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