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Unit 2 · The blue note

The blue note in the tune

Find the blue note, the lower, bluer note the tune leans on before the plain one, and sing it where the tune asks for it, on pitch. A free lesson.

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What it teaches

This tune leans on a blue note, sung between two piano keys, just under the bright one, then on it. Scat singing has more of it; here it's in the tune as printed.

Lean, then land. The lower note first, then the bright one

Sung as written. No sliding needed; stop if anything tightens or hurts

What you sing

  1. Find the notes: each waits until you're on it.
  2. So many days: the line, said twice, its blue notes as written.

Singing safely

Tell it at a speaking volume, in your own clear voice, never forced or pressed down to sound deeper. 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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