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Unit 2 · More leaps

Four or five?

Hear why a leap of four sounds like coming home and a five sounds open, choose which one you heard, then sing each from the guide's note. Free to practise.

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What it teaches

A leap of four is Amazing Grace. A leap of five is Twinkle: one step wider. A pure five is a 3 to 2 ratio of frequencies.

Four: so below to do. A-ma-zing

Five: do to so. Twinkle, twinkle

Four sounds like home. So below to do lands on home; a five sounds open

What you sing

  1. Each clip starts with the key's chord. Four or five?
  2. The guide gives a note; sing the named leap from it.
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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.
  • 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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