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Unit 2 · Doo-wop

Three parts

Build a low, middle and top part over your own takes, each a step from its last note, then sing them with rhythm under a lead, kept as a song. Free to sing.

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Three parts

Three of you, one chord: low, middle, top, each a step from its last note.

One part at a time. Each sung over the ones before

Never louder to hear yourself. Lower your headphones instead; 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 low part, twice round and a closing chord: do, do, do, low ti, each held on "oo".
  2. The middle over your low part: mi, mi, fa, re.
  3. The top over both: so, la, la, so. Three of you.

Challenge: Your doo-wop

Your three parts, now with rhythm, under a lead. Kept as a song.

Low, then doo-wah, then bops. Each over the ones before

Under the lead. Every part sits below it; 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 low part on "oo", under the lead: do, do, do, low ti, and the closing chord.
  2. The middle doo-wah over it: "doo", "wah" on mi, mi, fa, re, then a held "wah".
  3. The top bops over both: two a bar on so, la, la, so. 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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