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Unit 1 · A loop that lines up

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Sing the bass, fill its gaps, then rest a round with the loop in your head and come back in right where it expects you. A looper's first test. Free to sing.

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What it teaches

A looper's first test: drop out, keep the loop in your head, and come back in on time.

Sing, rest, sing. Fill the gaps once round, listen a round, then back in

Back in on time. Your loop is the band: be where it expects you

Headphones on. Through a speaker, your loops rest while you sing

What you sing

  1. The bass once round: do, do, low so, low so. Easy volume, light, never pressed; stop if anything tightens or hurts.
  2. Listen once round, fill the gaps once round, rest a round, then come back in.

Singing safely

Headphones on. An easy volume, the middle of your voice; the bass sung lightly, never pressed. Stop if anything tightens or hurts.

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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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