How to sing harmony to Oh! Susanna
Oh! Susanna is in F major, in 4/4. Stephen Foster, 1848. Below is the opening phrase with a second voice written under it two ways. Play it, solo the harmony until you can hold it in your head, then sing it against the tune.
“I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee”
Third above
The classic close harmony. Your line sits two scale steps above the tune and moves with it, so if you can hear the tune you are never far from your note. Start here.
Solo the harmony, then both. Click a note to hear it.
Sixth below
The same sweetness heard from underneath. The upper voice is the tune, so the melody stays on top and your line is the one that has to hold its ground.
Solo the harmony, then both. Click a note to hear it.