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Unit 2 · One breath

Breathe at the comma

Find where a phrase lets you breathe: sing Brahms's lullaby a phrase at a time, breathing at each comma and coming in on time after it. Free lesson.

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What it teaches

A phrase is one breath. Breathe where the words have a comma, low and easy, and the next phrase starts on time.

One breath a phrase. Breathe at the comma, not before

Low and easy. A quiet breath, shoulders still; stop if anything tightens or hurts

What you sing

  1. Brahms's lullaby, its first four phrases: come in after each breath on time and on pitch.
  2. Again, each phrase joined from its first note to its last.

Singing safely

Your own voice at an easy medium volume, never pressed or put on: classical is how you join the notes, not a voice you make. 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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