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Unit 1 · Scoops and fall-offs

The scoop

Slide up into a note from a little below so it sounds meant, not missed, then sing quick scoops and slow, lazy ones, landing and holding each note. Free.

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What it teaches

A scoop slides up into a note from a little below, on purpose. Done well it sounds meant, not missed.

From below. A semitone to a third under the note

Quick or lazy. A flick, or a slow, easy rise

Land on the note. Then hold it steady

What you sing

  1. Listen to both, then choose.
  2. Three notes at your own pace: start a little below each and slide up into it.
  3. Listen, then sing them back, each with a quick scoop.
  4. Now lazy scoops: a slower, easy rise into each.
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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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