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The response

Sing the oldest backing job: the leader calls each line of a folk song and you answer "Hallelujah", resting through the next call, never shouting. Free.

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What it teaches

Call and response, the oldest backing job: the leader calls "Michael, row the boat ashore", and you answer "Hallelujah".

The leader calls. You answer, and rest through the next call

An answer, not a shout. 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 lead sings only the calls. You sing the response: the tune's own "Hallelujah".
  2. Now the lead sings it all. You sing the "Hallelujah" in harmony under it, resting through the calls. 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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Stackapella recording the alto part of Amazing Grace: each note is a bar with its name, and the one being sung says A little low, go up. Stackapella recording the alto part of Amazing Grace: each note is a bar with its name, and the one being sung says A little low, go up. Stackapella recording the alto part of Amazing Grace: each note is a bar with its name, and the one being sung says A little low, go up. Stackapella recording the alto part of Amazing Grace: each note is a bar with its name, and the one being sung says A little low, go up.
  • A guide sings your partHear your line over the others, slow it down, then take your turn.
  • Your notes light upEach note shows where you landed, and a hint when to go up or down.
  • Record every part yourselfStack your takes in time until you're the whole choir.
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