Here are our core songs for Winter/Spring 2022. We will sing each of these songs at least 4/5 times throughout the 12 weeks. We'll also sing other songs, but these are the ones we'll come back to... so feel free to learn verses and harmony parts on these. :)

Learning tip: on these full mix tracks you will hear the higher harmony part on the right

Here are our core songs for Winter/Spring 2022. We will sing each of these songs at least 4/5 times throughout the 12 weeks. We'll also sing other songs, but these are the ones we'll come back to... so feel free to learn verses and harmony parts on these. :)

Learning tip: on these full mix tracks you will hear the higher harmony part on the right side and the lower harmony part on the left side. If you wanted to learn the lower harmony part you might be able to pick it out by listening to the full mix and sending your focus to your left ear. If you're wearing headphones you could even pull the right side away from your right ear and try to catch the thread of that lower part in your left ear then bring the right back in.

For some songs you may be able to hear the individual parts clearly enough... for the trickier parts... try going down to the individual parts and listening to a part you want to learn there. Listen, sing along, for a really tricky part perhaps even make some notes... then come back up here to the full mixes and try singing that part. Again, if it's the low part you've just learned, try sending your focus to the left side of the mix to hear the part more clearly... if it's the high part... send your focus to the right side to hear it more clearly.

Advanced ear training trick to try: when you feel that you start to know a part well, you can try challenging yourself by sending your focus to the opposite ear! This is really good ear training, to be singing the high part (for example) while really listening to what the low and middle parts are doing.

We have a few parts this winter where a single harmony part is sometimes above and sometimes below the melody. Watch for that in "Over The Rainbow", "Wade In The Water", and "The Keeper".

The only song that doesn't have this lower-on-left-side and higher-on-right-side mixing applied is "Rebirth".

Note: The melody is always mixed in the middle, no matter how high or low the melody is. When the melody is the middle part, the low part will be in the left ear and the high part in the right ear. When the melody is the lowest part and the 2 harmony parts are stacked above the melody... I have the high part mixed to the right and the middle part (the lower of the 2 harmony parts) mixed to the left. And so on and so forth. :) :)

Reminder.... you can sing any of these parts in any octave... woot! For example, a high part sung down the octave could make a really nice low part that's situated lower than the low part I have posted. :)

One more reminder: These parts are here for you to learn... if you want to. Please, also feel free to explore and make up your own parts, mix/match and sing a hybrid of some of these parts... anything goes.

One of my favourite things to do when I'm in a music jamming fire-pit sort of situation (and singing back up vocals) is this...

1st and 2nd verses: either singing along with the lead or maybe just listening and humming underneath a bit here and there.

First 1 or 2 choruses: sing the melody (or maybe a lower or mid-range harmony part)

Bridge: maybe sing some ooo's

3rd verse: maybe find a line or 2 where I can do that lasso trick I taught you in Week 5, where you throw your voice up above the melody and try to catch a high harmony for just a moment. :)

3rd chorus... or maybe wait till the 4th chorus: jump up to a higher harmony part than you were singing in the earlier choruses. I love doing this!!! :)

Near the end of the song: if there's a good amount of energy in the jam and you feel like all the harmony parts are being covered sometimes you can add a little extra energy near the end by adding in a little embellishment. A high oooo or yeah! Or taking a wee lyric from the final chorus and singing it back between the lines (of course... that would only be appropriate in a situation where everyone is going for it and feeling loose and open... I don't recommend throwing out vocal embellishments if someone is sharing a very tender, intimate and heartfelt song that they just wrote!!! hahaha)

Of course... all those things above depend on what song it is, the vibe of the jam, how you're feeling... but these Wonderland Singers sessions are a very safe place to work on whatever is interesting to you. Trying new approaches to learning written harmony parts, trying to create your own parts, adding embellishments, singing lead vocals... all of the above. :) :)