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Unit 1 · Five stairs

A turn

Sing a turn, the smallest run: the note above, the note, the note below, then the note, around do and around so. Listen, then echo. Free, in a short lesson.

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A turn

The smallest run is a turn: the note above, the note, the note below, the note.

Above. One stair up

The note. Home

Below, and back. One stair down, then home

What you sing

  1. Two turns, around do and around so: listen, then echo.

Challenge: A run at the end

Five stairs again, then a real line: Steal Away, sung plain first, then with a short run on its held "way".

Then and now. Five stairs, today

The tune first. Sung plain

Then the run. On the held word

What you sing

  1. Five stairs.
  2. "Steal away", sung plain.
  3. Now with a short run on the held "way".

Singing safely

Runs need a light voice: a medium volume, the middle of your voice, no pushing or squeezing. Short sessions. 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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