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Unit 3 · Hold your ground

Stack yourself

Record a held mi over a drone, then sing do under your own recording to make a third made entirely by your voice. Best with headphones. Free, in short steps.

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Stack yourself

Record mi, then hold do under it: a third, made entirely by you.

Record mi first. The 3rd note up from do

Then hold do. Your mi plays with you

Headphones on. So the mic hears only the new note

What you sing

  1. Hold mi over the drone, steady, for four beats. This take plays with you next.
  2. The guide gives you do. Then hold it while your own mi plays with you.

Challenge: The held note

A pedal note: you hold do while the tune moves around it. Amazing Grace's first line, in two breaths.

Hold do. Under "Amazing grace"

Breathe. Then do again under "how sweet the sound"

Let the tune move. You don't

What you sing

  1. Your Bullseye round first: the same five notes as your first lesson.
  2. Hold do while the tune moves around it: breathe after "grace".

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.
  • 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.
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