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Unit 1 · Vowels that carry

Two vowels, one note

Night, day, how and boy each glide between two vowels. Hold the first one for the whole note and give the second only at the very end. Free, in short steps.

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Two vowels, one note

Night, day, how and boy each glide between two vowels. Hold the first and give the second only at the very end.

Night. Ah, then a touch of ee

Day. Eh, then a touch of ee

How. Ah, then a touch of oo

What you sing

  1. Each word held two beats, its first vowel all the way.
  2. "Night" once more, then hear yours.

Challenge: Amazing Grace, every vowel

Lesson 1's line again, then two lines: stressed vowels full, small words light. "Sweet the" with nothing between, "saved a" joined.

Then and now. Lesson 1's line, today

Two lines. Stress and pure vowels

Joined. "sweet the", "saved a"

What you sing

  1. Lesson 1's line.
  2. The first two lines.

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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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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