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Unit 1

Find your voice

Find the note your voice sings most easily, match a note you hear, tell higher from lower, and breathe low for steady singing. Free, in five short lessons.

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Your comfortable note

Every voice has an easy note. There's no wrong one.

Hum a note. Not too high, not too low

Find where it's easy. No push, no strain

Sing it on "oo". Soft and steady

What you sing

  1. Sing any note that feels easy, and hold it for a few seconds.

Match a note

Listen, then sing the same note back.

Listen first. Hear the note all the way through

Sing it back. On the same note, softly

Watch it light up. That's a match

What you sing

  1. Sing along with the note.
  2. Listen, then sing it back. Every try counts, and matching counts most.

Higher and lower

A note sits above or below your easy note.

Hear the way it goes. Up or down from your note?

Point to it. In your head, before you sing

Then sing it. Higher or lower, as you heard

What you sing

  1. Listen, then sing each note back.

Breathing for singing

Breath that's steady gives notes that are steady. Keep everything easy: stop if anything tightens or hurts.

Breathe in low. Let your belly and lower ribs widen

Keep shoulders still. If they rise, the breath is too high

Release on "sss". Slowly, for as long as is comfortable

What you sing

  1. Breathe in, then hold this long note on "oo".

Challenge: Sing back five notes

What you sing

  1. The unit's challenge: listen, then sing all five notes back.

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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