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Unit 3 · Root and fifth

Keep the time

Hold a steady root-and-fifth groove under the group, keep going alone when they stop in bar three, and be right where they expect when they come back. Free.

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What it teaches

The group listens to you for the beat. In bar 3 they stop, you carry on, and they come back in on your beat.

Your groove. Root and fifth, steady

Bar 3. Just you

Bar 4. They're back: be where they expect

What you sing

  1. Root and fifth under the group; keep going when they stop.

Singing safely

Low and easy: never press, growl or tuck your chin to reach a note, and keep your throat where it is when you speak. Stop if anything tightens or hurts.

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