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Unit 3 · Root and fifth

Steady or rushing?

Hear how a bass that rushes pulls a whole group forward, pick the groove that leaned ahead, then sing yours steady as a clock. Free, in short steps you sing.

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Steady or rushing?

A bass that rushes pulls the whole group forward. Hear it, then be the steady one.

Two grooves. One of them rushes

Choose. Which leaned forward?

Then you. The groove, steady

What you sing

  1. Listen to each, as often as you like, then choose.
  2. Now your groove, steady as a clock.
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Challenge: The groove

The four chords' root and fifth with a rest on beat 4: once on "dm", once on unit 2's "doom".

Root, fifth, root. Then a rest

Back in. On the next downbeat, every time

Then and now. Lesson 1 beside today

What you sing

  1. Once with the guide, to learn it.
  2. Now the whole groove under the group.

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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