Traditional Rounds, Canons and Harmonies
One of the best ways we know of to bring a group together for fun and harmony is to sing rounds. It simply dissolves conflict! This is something we've employed in our family to help establish harmony among siblings. 		Homestyle Harmony
Homestyle Harmony takes the next step after our Traditional Rounds and Canons tape. Now each person has to sing completely different notes from the other singers, resulting in 2, 3, and 4 part harmony.

 

Learn Christmas Harmonies
Your family can learn to sing traditional Christmas carols in 4-part harmony. This tape has the same format as "Homestyle Harmony" where each part (soprano, alto, tenor and bass) is sung separately
for you to memorize, and then they are sung
together for you to practice with. 		Learn Favorite Traditional Hymns In Harmony
How would your family like to sing their favorite hymns together in harmony? LEARN FAVORITE TRADITIONAL HYMNS IN HARMONY will help you do just that! All the hymns are sung a-Capella, with each part (soprano, alto, tenor, and bass) sung separately to aid in memorization.

 
Christmas Joy - by the Joshua Tree Vocal Ensemble

We are offering this recording as an inspiration to those who are learning the songs from LEARN CHRISTMAS HARMONIES - Family Style. My husband and I have sung in several ensembles over the years, and a few years ago we got together with some friends and recorded this album of a-Capella (without accompaniment) Christmas carols for the sheer pleasure of it.   Now Available on CD!
 
Cassettes are $9.95 each / CD's are $12.50 each   ||   Add $2.50 for shipping.
(California residents will have sales tax added to their order)

* Instructions and words to the songs are included with each tape.

 
 
About Part Singing...

If you have children who love to sing, and can sing on pitch, they may be ready for part singing. Most children are not ready before age 9 or so. Younger children tend to "slide" into other people's parts. You'll recognize their readiness by their ability to sing a simple part and not be distracted when hearing another part sung simultaneously. This takes concentration and a certain maturity level.

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NOTES: Sheet Music
We do not sell sheet music to the song arrangements. This is a learn by ear program. We have taken standard arrangements, many from old, out of print music books, and adapted them for our purposes. They are not set in stone. Consider our arrangements as a starting place, any given part can be moved to another octave to accommodate a high or low-voiced singer. We don’t stress early note-reading; we feel that kids learn much more easily (and pleasurably) by ear. Ear training is a natural process in children.

If your kids show an intellectual interest in music also, it would be fairly easy to transcribe your own readings of the songs to notation as a project. I feel that it is important to understand that notation and sound travel both ways; from the page through the eyes and mind to the sound, and (just as important) from the sound back through the ears and mind to the page. I was trained in music theory and orchestration after I had already learned to sing and play several instruments by ear. In my experience with studio musicians all these years, I have noticed that the best ones are ear players who can also read music.

Tape Copying
We are a small service-oriented company, and the revenue from our tapes allows us to be able do what we do, so please don't copy whole tapes. We do offer reasonable group rates to organizations needing 10 or more copies of any combination of tapes.
 
 

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