My life will never be the same after singing melody to Paul Simon's harmony 😮

A little help for the ones struggling with music theory: Chords are basically made of three notes (could be two or more than three, but let's say it's three), the root, the third and the fifth. Example: In an A minor chord, the root is A, the third is C and the fifth is E. The first two chords of the song are Eb minor and Db major. In "Hello darkness my old friend", Art is doing the main melody, going from the root (Eb), to the third (Gb), to the fifth (Bb) and then to the fifth of the next chord (Ab). Meanwhile, Paul keeps singing the root of the first chord (Eb) and only changes to the root of the second chord (Db) For me the coolest part is in "Because a vision softly creeping... And the vision that was planted in my brain". In this part, the first chord is also Eb minor, but then it keeps switching between B major (actually Cb major, but let's not get into that) and Gb major. Why do I like this part? Because Paul just keeps singing Gb, which is the third of Eb minor, the fifth of B major and the root of Gb major. Very creative and leaves room for Art's voice to shine So, it doesn't make sense to say that "Paul keeps singing in minor", they are both singing in minor if they are singing a minor chord, the diference is which note of the chord each one is singing. Anyway, thank you very much for the video, I love to listen to multitrack songs

Listen to the guitar underlying “fool said I you do not know, silence like a cancer grows” - haunting and brilliant. The whole ‘overdub’ band is sensational.

8:30 Art Garfunkel singing 11:30 Paul Simon singing

I love the shaking in garfunkels voice, makes it sound much more emotional

In Highschool i had to sing Paul Simon’s part in the song, practiced it like crazy and nailed it during the performance, while my brother sang Art Garfunkel’s part. To this day its weird and confusing to sing Art’s part to me. Im too used to singing Paul’s part haha.

This really shows the power of their harmony. Amazing. Neither one of them sounds even remotely as magical as they do together.

It's amazing that they did this kind of harmonization on their first album. Wednesday Morning has some of their most beautiful harmonizations, really.

After listening to them separately have i realized how tight their harmony really was... GENIUS!!

From the unsettling and poetically profound lyrics to the soothing sound of fingerstyle acoustic to the complementary harmonization of their whispery voices. This song epitomizes perfection. It's pleasently haunting and hauntingly pleasent.

Holy shit, the Simon part is kinda difficult to keep without him as reference.

WOW! Even though I've listened to this beautiful song a hundred times, it sounds strangely unfamiliar when broken down this way. It's like seeing someone you have known all of your life "naked" for the first time. I love it! Garfunkel's voice is so delicately angelic, and Simon's poetry and song writing are simply genius. As their two voices become one, it is Heaven on Earth.

dude Paul Simon sang those parts while playing the guitar. What a legend.

Paul is amazing. He sings one note most of the song and it is still beautiful and expressive. What a genius

"The Sound Of Silence" Hello darkness, my old friend I've come to talk with you again Because a vision softly creeping Left its seeds while I was sleeping And the vision that was planted in my brain Still remains Within the sound of silence In restless dreams I walked alone Narrow streets of cobblestone 'Neath the halo of a streetlamp I turned my collar to the cold and damp When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light That split the night And touched the sound of silence And in the naked light I saw Ten thousand people, maybe more People talking without speaking People hearing without listening People writing songs that voices never share No one dare Disturb the sound of silence "Fools" said I, "You do not know Silence like a cancer grows Hear my words that I might teach you Take my arms that I might reach you" But my words like silent raindrops fell And echoed in the wells of silence And the people bowed and prayed To the neon god they made And the sign flashed out its warning In the words that it was forming And the sign said "The words of the prophets Are written on the subway walls And tenement halls And whispered in the sounds of silence"

I never realized now awesome The baseline was.

There's some amazing talent on this record. What blows my mind is how the drummer is able to keep the eighth notes going on the ride cymbal while simultaneously hitting the hi-hat in time with the snare.

5:26 HE---

Listening to the split vocal tracks highlights how important they are to the song, and also why the disturbed cover made my skin crawl. Covering a song without the most distinct and wonderful thing about it, and lots of people think its "better".

Oh WOW! Ive been wanting to sing this properly for as long as i can remember. Paul Simons parts have always been what I have gravitated to. But I had no idea how much of Garfunkel's parts i was stealing on accident. Thank you!

As an alto,Paul's part, i LOVE this.

Amazing. Top 10 greatest songs of all time. With the 2 vocals separated they are completely different songs.

You gotta love Paul's baritone. The drum bass out of sync is something we have dealt with for years. I fixed it on my mix

Thank you, it's just amazing. Love the Paul Simon only part!

Ladies and gentleman... THIS!!! is music.

I love how you can still hear the other parts just softer.

Such beautiful harmony. I've loved this song since the first time I heard it. It is at it's best when performed by both Paul & Art. Although Paul can do a nice solo version, it just isn't as good. Like Ying without Yang! Everything about this original recording is beautiful. The harmony of voices, the subtle folky accoustic rhythm, and the prominent electric guitar all come together so well. Very cleverly written. Absolutely brilliant. Infinitely better than the crap on the charts in this era! "Scarborough Fair/Canticle" is another example of Paul's (and Art's) exceptional talent. "El Condor Pasa/If I could" is also beautiful. Thank you for sharing this video. It was interesting to hear this song broken down to it's individual elements.

6:00 that snare hit coming in tho 🤤

OH MY GOD THANK YOU FOR THIS! I've been looking for the Bass part and Paul Simon's voice forever! Thank you!

The song just feels empty without Paul singing with Art. So I just sing Paul’s beautiful harmonies with Garfunkel.

Seems most commenters don't understand the concept of... harmony singing.

Thank you, I have always thought of the electric guitar part as godly, and when it starts to go I just loved it, I couldn't get enough of it, I needed to hear it isolated and it's just amazing, I can't even explain how perfect it was for those few moments

I awalys thought that Simon's part was almost imperceptible but realized how important is. And so difficult to keep the minor.

My friend and I are trying to learn this song for guitar and bass, and both vocal parts. This is absolutely amazing. Thank you so much!

This is quite what I was looking for. Thank you for the upload!

Vocal harmonies are what makes a great melody line shine

I always noticed this it’s so cool it’s like a whole different song

This is great, and so good of you, cuz normal mortals like me can't figure out harmonies! Thanks so much; heard it all my life but never discerned this!

Awesome! thanks for this! Every bit is valuable.

Thank you for your work. I always wanted to hear Paul Simon's voice in isolation. Amazing harmony.

Great Breakdown - Simply amazing!

When it was just Garfunkel I was humming paul simons part

This was so cool to listen to! Thank you so much for uploading this! I'm having the time of my life singing melody to Paul's harmony. It was difficult for me to isolate Paul's voice when listening to their recordings before seeing this. Now I have a renewed appreciation for what constitutes harmony. Paul's voice is exquisite here, and so deep in some parts. I can never sing harmony but it's fun to sing Art's part during Paul's harmony while watching this video. A million thanks!

FANTASTIC VIDEO / AUDIO! 5 STARS. MUCH APPRECIATED! GREAT LEARNING TOOL! A MILLION THANKS! BRAVO!!

Art Garfunkel's vibrato is really beautiful

I wouldn't say that he sings in minor. He sings a drone-like low harmony, where he (mostly) sings the keynotes. But if you listen to the melody he sings, it's not minor.

Art Garfunkel has such a wonderful voice. Alone, Simon's voice is not at all what I expected. Very interesting to hear this.

OH GOD. Thank you so much for this, i really needed it

Fun to sing the melody part over Paul's harmony!

Absolutely love Paul’s voice. 💕

Love s&g and love multi track brakedowns! Thank you 🙏

I didn't even noticed the bassline slides and Paul Simon's voice. OMG! I didn't even heard Paul's voice before. Thanks for uploading but separate these tracks like drums only and bass only pls?

Magnifique ! Thank you so much

Amazing listen. Thank you!

11:30 Paul and Simon only

dude this is so incredibly helpful! thanks so much

This is awesome! Thank you so much for this

this video makes me apreciate even more this song

Simon didn't "keep singing in minor". He's singing harmony

Thank you very much for uploading this

Great breakdown...thank you🎶⚒

Thank you very much, this is awesome.

the eletric Guitar is basically improvising some random solo within the chords hahaha simple and nice

bellissimo,emozionante

This was immensely helpful. Thank you so much. I was never able to decide Paul's part too well. It kind of reminds of John Lennon's part on If I Fell.

Excelent art work!!!!

This is awesome, thank you!

Thanks for this jewel... So emotional...

Thank you for this! Just what I was looking for! I love KZfaq.

thank you a lot for uploading this.

Awesome work mate! It would be great to have a breakdown of "Scarborough fair".

Very cool, thanks.

"The Sound Of Silence" Hello, darkness, my old friend I've come to talk with you again Because a vision softly creeping Left its seeds while I was sleeping And the vision that was planted in my brain Still remains Within the sound of silence In restless dreams I walked alone Narrow streets of cobblestone 'Neath the halo of a streetlamp I turned my collar to the cold and damp When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light That split the night And touched the sound of silence And in the naked light I saw Ten thousand people, maybe more People talking without speaking People hearing without listening People writing songs that voices never share No one dared Disturb the sound of silence "Fools," said I, "You do not know Silence like a cancer grows Hear my words that I might teach you Take my arms that I might reach you." But my words like silent raindrops fell And echoed in the wells of silence And the people bowed and prayed To the neon god they made And the sign flashed out its warning In the words that it was forming And the sign said, "The words of the prophets Are written on the subway walls And tenement halls And whispered in the sounds of silence."

Dude this has been really helpful as a musician working with others on harmonies and pulling out two very nicely blended vocals. Also it's RHYTHM (you can remember by Rhythm Has Your Two Hips Moving) :). Thank you! Just sent it to a student being taught at college by the guy who wrote Agadoo :) x

Thanks... I was looking for a voice only version of this song and now I can sorta make it myself :)

Attention Thomas Seixas ! Thanks for a simple lesson on chords. I have an old story for this great song. Miss. Julie, my guitar master Mr. Pinto's daughter, taught this song to me for the first time, exactly 50 years ago, in 1970 ! She was using a peculiar rhythm pattern which I can remember even now. She played the song in Am scale using chords: Am, C, F and G7. For Eb minor scale, the chords shall be, following her pattern, Eb minor, Gb major, B major and Db7. All 4 chords elegantly related to each other: Am and C Or Eb minor and Gb major are I and VI th relative major and minor chords using same 8 notes. C and F Or Gb and B are I and IV, Tonic and sub-dominant. C and G7 Or Gb and Db are I and V7 , Tonic and Dom7. There could no better lesson for guitar learners than this master piece ! Even now my entertainment is to try some chords substitutes to my first learning !

This is awesome

What a MELODIC-ARMONIC-mix

Amazing

It's almost like without Art Garfunkel's help this song wouldn't have even made it up the pop charts ~ Paul had an LP out called "the Paul Simon song book" that bombed in other words where would he be without Artie ~

Wow, awesome video!!

Great work 👍

Thx for that great helpful video. And here are the lyrics for all the peopz, that want to learn one of the voices: Hello darkness, my old friend I've come to talk with you again Because a vision softly creeping Left its seeds while I was sleeping And the vision that was planted in my brain Still remains Within the sound of silence In restless dreams I walked alone Narrow streets of cobblestone 'Neath the halo of a street lamp I turned my collar to the cold and damp When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light That split the night And touched the sound of silence And in the naked light, I saw Ten thousand people, maybe more People talking without speaking People hearing without listening People writing songs that voices never share And no one dared Disturb the sound of silence "Fools", said I, "You do not know Silence like a cancer grows Hear my words that I might teach you Take my arms that I might reach you" But my words, like silent raindrops fell And echoed In the wells of silence And the people bowed and prayed To the neon god they made And the sign flashed out its warning In the words that it was forming And the sign said, "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls And tenement halls" And whispered in the sound of silence

Anyone that shits on Art's voice is just crazy. He's essential.

thanks so much for that

Fun to sing along with.

Thank you!

Oh my god, finally, thank you :)

Oh the speed changes on the elec

That's great man. 👍 I've recorded the individual parts to 4 mono tracks on my Zoom R8, then put them on my laptop and dragged them back and forth on the timeline so they mached up again. But there's a lot of tempo variations in the individual tracks. aspecially the acoustic guitar on Paul Simons track. And also a very wrong note on the electris guitar which I actually replaced with a little piece in the same chord earlier on that track. You could also hear it on the drum/ bas track, but that gets drowned out now by the right note playing on the electric guitar track. Loads of fun this, really. And I always try to sing with one and the other. I'll first sing the second voice along with Art Garfunkel, and then the lead voice along with Paul Simon's second. (And after that a 3-rd voice with them both singing. By the way, that is how I learned to sing the 3-rd voice way back in the past.) Also nice to listen to just them both singing without the drums/bas and electric guitar track. Find (or make, that is do-able these days with software) some more multi-tracks! It is great to see how it al fits together..... Very loosely in this case I might add. 😎

Thanks for this. Any chance you could do the same for The Boxer?

Paul Simon’s solo sounds so wrong yet so incredible at the same time.

I could listen to the Art-only part all day... tho you can tell it's a part of a greater whole, especially when he goes low on the word "people.."

you are my hero now

thank you

Thanks for this! Someone posted a link to a recent video of them performing this and it's been stuck in my head ever since. I decided if I can't get rid of it I should at least try to learn Paul's part. Art G.'s is _way_ out of my vocal range.

This is awesome!!! can`t believe Paul s voice behind! Could you do the same thing for The Boxer??? thank!

Yes, this is awesome. I just upload it to Luna and drift away to another galaxy with this one. I love the drum licks on the AND of the time signature.

from 8:37 two distinct voices, complementing each other, criss crossing, the song would be nothing without both. thanks

great