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Unit 1 · Hold your own

Be a round

Start a round and keep your own line as three more voices join two bars apart, on Row, Row, Row Your Boat. Listen to them, never louder. Free, step by step.

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What it teaches

A round is one tune that fits itself when it starts at different times. You start it.

Sing Row, Row, Row. Twice through, at an easy volume

Three voices join you. Two bars apart. Listen to them: never sing louder to hear yourself

Best with headphones. And stop if anything tightens or hurts

What you sing

  1. The quick half, "merrily" to "dream", at your own pace.
  2. After a bar of the drone, sing it twice through. Keep your own line while the voices come in.

Singing safely

Sing at an easy volume, in the middle of your range. Stop if anything tightens, scratches or hurts, and rest your voice.

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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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