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Unit 3

Moving notes

Sing do, re, mi up and back down, then small jumps you hear in your head before you sing them, and finish with the opening of Ode to Joy. Free, short steps.

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Steps up

Most tunes move by step: up or down to the next note.

Do. Your starting note

Re. One step up

Mi. One more step up

What you sing

  1. Listen, then sing the steps up.

Steps down

What you sing

  1. Listen, then sing the steps down.

Small jumps

A jump skips a note. Hear the landing first.

Hear the next note. In your head, before you sing

Aim for it. Jump straight there

Land softly. Then hold it steady

What you sing

  1. Listen, then sing the jumps.

Challenge: Ode to Joy's opening

What you sing

  1. The unit's challenge: the opening of Ode to Joy, which moves by step, a half at a time. Listen, then sing the first half.
  2. Now the second half.
  3. Now the whole opening, with a quick breath in the middle.

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.
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  • Your notes light upEach note shows where you landed, and a hint when to go up or down.
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