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Unit 4 · Your blues

Your verse

Sing your whole verse, three lines of your own, to a tune printed in Chicago in 1924, then keep it as a song beside the printed one. A free lesson.

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More in Your blues

Your verse

All three lines of your own verse, over the piano's chords: say it, say it again, answer it.

Your three lines. A breath after each

Tell it, in your own clear voice. At a speaking volume; stop if anything tightens or hurts

What you sing

  1. Your verse, over the chords.
  2. Sing it once more, then hear yours beside the guide's.

Challenge: Your blues

George W. Thomas and his daughter Hociel wrote these words in Chicago. First your first line from lesson 1, then their verse and yours, kept as a song.

Then and now. Your first line, beside today's

Kept as a song. Their verse, then yours; stop if anything tightens or hurts

What you sing

  1. The first line, over the chords.
  2. Their verse, then yours to the same tune.

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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