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Unit 1 · Joined

One vowel, many notes

Carry one vowel through a run of notes in Concone's vocalise, then sing Vaccai's first lesson, your first Italian song, joined all the way. Free.

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One vowel, many notes

Keep one vowel through the moving notes: your mouth stays the same shape, and only the pitch changes.

One shape for "ah". Never drifting to "aw" or "uh"

Joined in pairs. A breath at each rest; stop if anything tightens or hurts

What you sing

  1. Find the notes: a lesson Concone wrote for the middle of the voice. Each waits until you're on it.
  2. The whole line on "ah", each pair of bars joined.
  3. Sing it once more, then hear yours beside the guide's.

Challenge: Your first Italian song

Vaccai wrote this for beginners nearly two hundred years ago. First its notes on "ah", then its Italian words.

Vowels first. Then the words, each vowel filling its notes

Manca sollecita. A flame burns down faster than ever; stop if anything tightens or hurts

What you sing

  1. The first two lines on "ah", joined.
  2. Now with the words, the vowel lasting right up to each quick consonant.

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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