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Back in on time

Echo the tune, count the gap while it rests, then answer right on the beat, light and quick, through a whole verse and chorus of call and response. Free.

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Back in on time

Echo the tune's "low", then answer the line. Count the gap; come in on the beat.

Count the gap. The tune rests; you come in on the beat

Light and quick. The words short and easy; stop if anything tightens or hurts

Headphones on. Through a speaker, the lead and your earlier takes rest while you sing

What you sing

  1. The first two lines: echo "low", then answer "Coming for to carry me home".
  2. The whole chorus: each echo and answer in on the beat.

Challenge: Answers through a verse

The whole call and response. The tune calls four times: you answer, and echo its "low".

Four calls, four answers. Two in the verse, two in the chorus

Count, then come in. Easy volume; stop if anything tightens or hurts

Headphones on. Through a speaker, the lead and your earlier takes rest while you sing

What you sing

  1. The verse: answer both calls, "Coming for to carry me home".
  2. The verse and the chorus: answer every call, and echo the chorus's "low". Halfway, the lights fade.

Singing safely

Headphones on. An easy volume, the middle of your voice, always softer than the lead; bops and doo-wahs sung lightly, never punched. Stop if anything tightens or hurts.

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