How to sing harmony to When the Saints Go Marching In

When the Saints Go Marching In is in F major, in 4/4. Traditional American spiritual. 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.

“Oh when the saints oh when the saints oh when the saints go marching in”

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.

When the Saints Go Marching In, third above

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.

When the Saints Go Marching In, sixth below

Solo the harmony, then both. Click a note to hear it.

Sing it, and get graded

In Blend this clip comes up in the lessons that teach its interval, and your microphone marks every note on the staff as you sing it. The first three stages are free and need no account.

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