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Unit 3 · A tune on top

Row, Row, Row Your Boat

A tune on one chord needs a loop of just one note: sing it low on "doom", then Row, Row, Row Your Boat over it, rocking two beats a bar. Free, step by step.

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What it teaches

Row, Row, Row Your Boat sits on one chord all the way, so its loop is one note. The song sits low here: home is your low so.

One chord, one note. The simplest loop there is

Two beats a bar. A rocking beat, like oars

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

What you sing

  1. The bass on "doom": three short notes and a rest, twice round. It's at the bottom of your voice. Easy volume, light, never pressed; stop if anything tightens or hurts.
  2. Listen once round, then sing the tune over your loop.

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.
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  • 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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