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Unit 4 · Catch breaths

Plan your breaths

Find the ends of lines before you sing, breathe there instead of when you run out, and shorten the note before so the next line starts on time. Free to sing.

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What it teaches

Breathe where the music lets you, at the ends of lines, not when you run out.

Look ahead. Find the ends of lines first

Breathe at the commas. In Simple Gifts, after "free"

Shorten the note before. So the next line starts on time

What you sing

  1. Simple Gifts' first two lines, with the guide. Breathe after "free".
  2. On your own now: breathe after "free" and come back in on time for "'Tis".

Singing safely

Don't lock your stomach. Stop if you feel dizzy, wheezy or tight, and sit for long holds. With asthma, another lung or heart condition, or if pregnant, keep holds short and easy. Skip it when hoarse or ill.

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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.
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