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Unit 1 · Oohs and aahs

Together off

Stop when the tune's phrase ends and come back in together, each pad note the one the phrase's chords share, then a slow, low pad under a folk song. Free.

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Together off

Backing singers stop with the tune. Each note is the one the phrase's chords share: do, then so.

Off with the tune. When the tune's phrase ends, yours does

Breathe with the tune. Then back in together; 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. Hear each pad under the tune, then choose.
  2. The first two lines under the tune: do, held, then so. Stop each with the tune.
  3. The whole verse: do, so, do, so, each stopped as the tune's phrase ends, with a breath after it.
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Challenge: Shenandoah's pad

Shenandoah, slow and wide: a low "oo" that rocks between so and la. Hear the tune first.

Low and light. Your low so, never pressed; stop if anything tightens or hurts

In with the chord. Some lines, the pad waits for the chord to start

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

What you sing

  1. Find the pad's notes: low so, low la, low so.
  2. The first two lines under the tune: low so, then la, then so.
  3. The whole verse. Only the chord changes light: between them, rock between so and la by ear.

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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