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Unit 4 · No lights

Lights when you need them

Find each harmony note by ear first: a hint lights only once you've been off a note for a beat, over a spiritual's verse and its chords. Free, step by step.

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What it teaches

Fewer lights: a note shows only once you've been off it for a beat. Find it by ear first.

Listen to the verse. Steal Away's verse, with its chords

Lost?. Hold your note until it rubs, then step

A light comes late. Only if you need it

What you sing

  1. Ears only: in the chord, or not?
  2. Steal Away's verse, any chord tone; a light shows only once you've been off for a beat.
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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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