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Unit 4 · Note against note

Ways to move

Hear two voices move the same way, opposite ways, or one holding while the other moves, choose which you heard, then sing eight notes against the guide. Free.

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What it teaches

Two voices can move the same way, opposite ways, or one can hold while the other moves. Opposite ways keeps them most independent.

Similar. The same way (parallel, if the distance stays)

Contrary. Opposite ways

Oblique. One holds, one moves

What you sing

  1. Listen, then choose how the voices moved.
  2. Eight notes against the guide: opposite ways, then one held, then together in sixths, then home.
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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.
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