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Unit 3 · The blue note

Bend up

Start on the blue note between the piano's keys, loose, and bend up slowly into the third, then hold it. The arrival is what matters. Free, light and easy.

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What it teaches

The blue note sits between the piano's keys, between the minor and major third, nearer the minor. Start there, loose, and bend up to the third: the arrival is what matters.

Start low. Between the keys

Bend up. Slowly, lightly

Arrive. And hold the third

What you sing

  1. Ride the line: from the blue note up to the third, then hold.
  2. Once more, a little quicker into the third.

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.
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