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Unit 2 · Groups, placing, and the minor

Clean, smeared or choppy?

Hear a clean run, a smeared one that slides and a choppy one with breathy gaps, pick which is which, then sing yours clean: separate and joined. Free.

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What it teaches

A clean run keeps each note separate but joined. A smeared one slides; a choppy one breathes between notes, "ha-ha-ha".

Clean. Separate and joined

Smeared. Sliding together

Choppy. Breathy gaps

What you sing

  1. Listen to each, then choose.
  2. Now yours, clean.
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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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