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Unit 2 · Lock to the drone

Leave and come back

Step up, step down or leap away from your note, then come home to exactly where you started, over a drone. The moment pitch often slips, made steady. Free.

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What it teaches

Stepping away and back is where pitch slips. Come home to exactly where you were.

Do, re, do. A step up and home

Do, ti (below), do. A step down and home

Do, so, do. A leap up and home

What you sing

  1. Do, re, do. Make the last do the same as the first.
  2. Echo each shape over the drone: do, re, do; do, ti (below), do; do, so, do. Come home to the same do.

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.
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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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