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Unit 4 · Pitch memory

Your note, cold

Warm up with a siren and a soft hum, then sing your comfortable note from memory with no note given, and let a drone show how close you came. Free to try.

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What it teaches

Many people start a song they know well within a semitone or two of the recording's key. Your own note is an anchor you carry too.

Warm up first. A siren on "ng", then a soft hum

No note given. Sing your comfortable note on "oo", from memory

Then the drone. It comes in to show how close you were

What you sing

  1. Siren on "ng" low to high and back, then a soft hum. At Your turn, sing your comfortable note on "oo" from memory. Three tries; the drone shows how close you were after the last.

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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