Whats easier for you. Melody or Harmony?
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Metatwaddle
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Melody is definitely easier to sing. But harmony is far more interesting. I love descant parts especially, they're so much fun!
Sometimes I get the feeling a song "needs" a certain harmony note, and I always sing that extra note, just because. Like Simon and Garfunkel's "The Sound of Silence." One of the greatest pop songs ever, but it needs a third harmony part. Otherwise it's like having two slices of bread without peanut butter - all those parallel fifths running around, framing the chord but leaving it sounding hollow. So whenever I listen to that song, I always sing what I think should be the third harmony part.
Sometimes I get the feeling a song "needs" a certain harmony note, and I always sing that extra note, just because. Like Simon and Garfunkel's "The Sound of Silence." One of the greatest pop songs ever, but it needs a third harmony part. Otherwise it's like having two slices of bread without peanut butter - all those parallel fifths running around, framing the chord but leaving it sounding hollow. So whenever I listen to that song, I always sing what I think should be the third harmony part.

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Due to the fact that I don't and can't sing, I went by how easy the parts are to play (on various woodwinds).
In that case, it's usually the melody, especially for songs that everyone has heard many times. When playing the harmony it's often a lot easier for me to mess up, partly because after awhile (if it's a long song) I'll lose my bearings and forget what measure I'm supposed to be on.
In that case, it's usually the melody, especially for songs that everyone has heard many times. When playing the harmony it's often a lot easier for me to mess up, partly because after awhile (if it's a long song) I'll lose my bearings and forget what measure I'm supposed to be on.

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Oh my GAWD. Melody, definitely melody. Sometimes harmony works, but for the majority, I can only *remember* melody. It's not that I can't sing harmony, but it's so dang hard to remember when someone near you is singing the melody. My dang choir teacher always teached us the harmony, and then it's in my head, but then he'll teach the melody and I'll go nuts trying to remember it. 





