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Unit 2 · Consonants in time

Together

Hear how a stray t or s sticks out when a choir's words don't end together, then end each held word with a partner voice. Free, in short steps you sing.

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Together

A choir's words end together, or a stray t or s sticks out. Listen for it, then end with the voice beside you.

Listen. Did they stop together?

Then you. With a partner voice

Together. Your end with its end

What you sing

  1. Listen to each, then choose.
  2. Three held words, your ends with the partner's.
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Challenge: Danny Boy

Lesson 1's line, then Danny Boy's first line: "Danny", "boy" and "pipes" start like t and p, the consonant just before the beat. Then three of its words held, their ends on the beat.

Then and now. Lesson 1's line, today

The pipes. Consonants early, vowels on the beat

The ends. On the beat

What you sing

  1. Lesson 1's line.
  2. "Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling".
  3. Three held words, a rest after each, their ends on the beat.

Singing safely

A loose jaw and an easy tongue: light consonants, never pushed. A medium volume, the middle of your voice. Stop if anything tightens.

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