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Nice to hear that a new group is forming. Where are you folks based?

My group Roll & Go once got some frank advice from an experienced shantysinger. We had been together for about five years and some of us were sometimes doing harmony but most were just singing along with great gusto. Our friend said we needed to decide what kind of singing we wanted to be known for, and that in our current "product" our harmonies stood out like so many polished fids amidst a sore thumb or two. There are five of us now and frequently three of us will work out harmonies and the fourth will double the lead on melody, either below or above.

It does take a lot of practice or experience to do this without ragged refrains or choruses, or sheets flying in the wind...

Good luck, and don't forget to have fun!

Cheerily,
Charley Noble