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Unit 2 · Stacking parts

The pad

Over your looping bass, hold a soft "oo" on mi, then re: a pad, felt more than heard, each layer on its own sound so you can hear them all. Free to sing.

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What it teaches

A pad is a soft held note over the bass: the chord's middle. Over your loop, "oo" on mi, then re.

Softer than the bass. A pad is felt more than heard

Each layer its own sound. Bass on "doom", pad on "oo", so you can hear them all

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

What you sing

  1. The floor first, every time: the bass once round. Easy volume, light, never pressed; stop if anything tightens or hurts.
  2. Listen once round, then a soft "oo" over your loop: mi for a bar, then re, each stopped half a beat early.

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.
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