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Unit 3 · Any chord tone

Close, then against

Make a part your own two ways: barely move, holding or taking the nearest chord note, then move against the tune, falling as it climbs. Compare them. Free.

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Close, then against

Two ways to make a part your own: barely move, or move against the tune.

Take 1: stay close. Hold, or move to the nearest lit note

Take 2: move against it. When the tune climbs, fall

Compare them. Hear both together

What you sing

  1. Take 1: any lit note, moving as little as you can: hold, or take the nearest.
  2. Take 2: any lit note, moving against the tune.

Challenge: Your harmony

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot's chorus, your own harmony: any lit note, the tune's own never.

Every chord tone lights. Choose as you go

Stay close. Small moves make a part easy to sing

Listen. Hear it together afterwards

What you sing

  1. The chorus: at each note, any lit note. Make your own harmony.

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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