If I remember right, in S&G's version of Scarborough Fair, there are no harmonies. Paul Simon sings something entirely different (a sort of fugue), both in terms of music and lyrics, while Art Garfunkel sings the traditional folk song.
Thank you so much for this lesson. I found it while looking for the harmony part to The Boxer and have now subscribed to your channel. I look forward to other such videos.
Great video! I would absolutely love to hear you break down Scarborough Fair like this. The whole song. It was great, I will be revisiting for sure. Thanks for making this.
just this minute discovered this video, I'd always wondered what the vocals would all sound like separately. Hadn't thought about it for years though, so this just appearing on my homepage feed this morning was an absolute godsend. There's no better feeling than receiving the gift of the answer to a really, really old question that I'd never got any further with, but now, like magic, I have my answer. Fascinating. Now I'm wondering what it is going on there in music theory terms. Is PS singing in a major key with AG accompanying in the relative minor key? It's just so strange to hear them one by one and how different they are but, at the same time, how both seem to still roughly follow the same chord progression, just each one (perhaps?) in the relative major and minor scales? I would be fascinated to know what actually *is* going on, though, assuming it's nothing to do with the major/minor assumptions I've come to as the result of several minutes of pure layman's guesswork! Thanks!
Wish you would have done the upper harmony for the entire song because the upper harmony is definitely not a a duplicate of the singular part you demonstrated. Good for that one verse and hook though.
When I left my home and my family I was no more than a boy In the company of strangers In the quiet of the railway station Running scared Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters Where the ragged people go Looking for the places only they would know
I am just a poor boy Though my story's seldom told I have squandered my resistance For a pocket full of mumbles Such are promises All lies and jests Still a man hears what he wants to hear And disregards the rest When I left my home and my family I was no more than a boy In the company of strangers In the quiet of the railway station Running scared Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters Where the ragged people go Looking for the places Only they would know Lie la lie, lie la la la lie la lie, lie la lie Lie la la la lie la lie, la la la la lie Asking only workman's wages I come looking for a job But I get no offers Just a come-on from the whores On Seventh Avenue I do declare There were times when I was so lonesome I took some comfort there La la la la la la la Lie la lie, lie la la la lie la lie, lie la lie Lie la la la lie la lie, la la la la lie Then I'm laying out my winter clothes And wishing I was gone Going home Where the New York City winters Aren't bleeding me Leading me Going home In the clearing stands a boxer And a fighter by his trade And he carries the reminders Of every glove that laid him down Or cut him 'til he cried out In his anger and his shame "I am leaving, I am leaving" But the fighter still remains Lie la lie, lie la la la lie la lie, lie la lie Lie la la la lie la lie, la la la la lie Lie la la la lie la lie, lie la lie Lie la la la lie la lie, la la la la lie Lie la la la lie la lie, lie la lie Lie la la la lie la lie, la la la la lie Lie la la la lie la lie, lie la lie Lie la la la lie la lie, la la la la lie Lie la la la lie la lie, lie la lie Lie la la la lie la lie, la la la la lie Lie la la la lie la lie, lie la lie Lie la la la lie la lie, la la la la lie Lie la la la lie la lie, lie la lie Lie la la la lie la lie, la la la la lie Lie la la la lie la lie, lie la lie Lie la la la lie la lie, la la la la lie
At 3:30 the higher harmony you sing is incorrect, it should rise from *E* to F# and G# whereas you sing *D#* to F# and G#. The higher phrase is also finished *both* times with E E E C# D# as opposed to what you sang in the first half D# D# D# C# D#.
I am just a poor boy Though my story's seldom told I have squandered my resistance For a pocketful of mumbles Such are promises All lies and jest Still a man hears what he wants to hear And disregards the rest When I left my home and my family I was no more than a boy In the company of strangers In the quiet of the railway station Running scared Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters Where the ragged people go Looking for the places only they would know Lie-la-lie Lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie Lie-la-lie Lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie, lie-lie-lie-lie-lie Asking only workman's wages, I come looking for a job But I get no offers Just a come-on from the whores on 7th Avenue I do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome I took some comfort there, la-la-la-la-la-la-la Lie-la-lie Lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie Lie-la-lie Lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie, lie-lie-lie-lie-lie Then I'm laying out my winter clothes And wishing I was gone, going home Where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me Leading me, going home In the clearing stands a boxer And a fighter by his trade And he carries the reminders Of every glove that laid him down Or cut him till he cried out In his anger and his shame "I am leaving, I am leaving" But the fighter still remains Lie-la-lie Lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie Lie-la-lie Lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie, lie-lie-lie-lie-lie Lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie Lie-la-lie Lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie, lie-lie-lie-lie-lie Lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie Lie-la-lie Lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie, lie-lie-lie-lie-lie Lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie Lie-la-lie Lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie, lie-lie-lie-lie-lie Lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie Lie-la-lie Lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie, lie-lie-lie-lie-lie Lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie Lie-la-lie Lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie, lie-lie-lie-lie-lie Lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie Lie-la-lie Lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie, lie-lie-lie-lie-lie Lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie Lie-la-lie Lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie, lie-lie-lie-lie-lie I love you
Not really a lesson, is it? I mean, you really just take the song apart into the two tracks. What you're doing is more engineering, yes? I really want help understanding techniques of singing thirds, shadow singing, etc. Thanks for doing the videos; they are helpful. Are they actual lessons? hmmm. I give the thumbs-up either way for your work.
