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Unit 1 · Scoops and fall-offs

Plain to styled

A plain tune and a styled one are the same notes. Sing a traditional line plain, then again with a small scoop into one word. Light, at medium volume. Free.

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What it teaches

A plain tune and a styled one are the same notes. The difference is a few small moves, like a scoop up into a note.

Listen to the line. Down in the Valley, a traditional song, with a scoop into "val-"

Small and light. Medium volume, the middle of your voice

Look after your voice. Stop if anything tightens, tickles or hurts. Don't sing when you're ill; see someone if hoarseness lasts more than two weeks. No app replaces a teacher

What you sing

  1. The scoop on its own: start a little below "val-" and slide up into it.
  2. First the line plain, over the chords.
  3. Now the same line with your scoop into "val-". If we don't hear it, try a bigger, slower one.

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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