How to sing harmony to We Three Kings (star of wonder)
We Three Kings (star of wonder) is in G major, in 6/8. John Henry Hopkins Jr., 1857. 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.
“O star of wonder star of night star with royal beauty bright westward leading still proceeding guide us to thy perfect light”
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.