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Unit 3 · The blue note

Run up to it

Climb into a note with a run: three light, clean stairs up, then hold the note you ran to, with no pushing at the top. Three rising runs. Free to sing.

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What it teaches

A run can climb into a note too: three stairs up, then hold.

Three up. Light and clean

Then hold. The note you ran to

Light. No pushing at the top

What you sing

  1. Three rising runs, each into a held note.

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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  • 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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