Why can't people...

[Jolly]

Sing harmony nowadays? In the past, even average folks in a Baptist worship service could sing their parts, even if they did it badly.

Ptooey...

[George K]

Never could do that. Perhaps it's because my vocal range is about an octave and a half.

I'm in awe of people who can "just do it." Carol Burnett was one of the greats at doing that. Just came naturally.

[Axtremus]

Let’s see … can we blame this on budget cuts that curtailed many music programs in K-12 public schools?

[Jolly]

Probably not, since many people who could sing harmony never made it past the sixth grade.

[Mik]

I do t know whether I could or not, but a large barbershop chorus group tried to recruit me. The power of blended voices I suppose.

[Axtremus]

@Jolly said in Why can't people...:

Probably not, since many people who could sing harmony never made it past the sixth grade.

Hmmm ... you may be on to something.
More people make it past the sixth grade --> more people cannot sing harmony.
Maybe it's "too much education" that atrophied the population's harmony singing abilities.

[Jolly]

Can you sing harmony?

[Tom-K]

@Jolly said in Why can't people...:

Sing harmony nowadays? In the past, even average folks in a Baptist worship service could sing their parts, even if they did it badly.

Ptooey...

They are converting to Catholicism and everybody just mumbles their way through the songs?

[Jolly]

@Tom-K said in Why can't people...:

@Jolly said in Why can't people...:

Sing harmony nowadays? In the past, even average folks in a Baptist worship service could sing their parts, even if they did it badly.

Ptooey...

They are converting to Catholicism and everybody just mumbles their way through the songs?

Bite your tongue, altar boy.

Some of the best congregational singing I've heard of late, was in Our Lady of ____.

[George K]

Link to video

[taiwan_girl]

Quite interesting.