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Unit 1 · A loop that lines up

The loop

Sing a two-bar bass on "doom", let it loop, then fill its gaps with a second part: a band made of one voice. Headphones on, easy volume. Free, step by step.

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What it teaches

A looper sings a short part, lets it repeat, and sings over it: a band made of one voice. Hear one: a bass four times round, and a second part over it. This course is for the web app for now.

The app closes the loop. Your job is to fit inside it

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

Low and easy. Easy volume, your middle notes, the bass light; stop if anything tightens or hurts.

What you sing

  1. Sing the bass on "doom", twice round: do, do, then low so, low so, a rest after each. Easy volume, light, never pressed; stop if anything tightens or hurts.
  2. Not happy with it? Sing it again before you stack on it. Now your bass loops: listen once round, then fill its gaps with short "doo"s, on mi, then re.

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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