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Unit 4 · Your way

Your way

Style a line of Beautiful Dreamer your way, with a scoop, a fall-off, a slide or a cry, then sing it plain to hear the difference, and once more. Free.

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Your way

Beautiful Dreamer's first line, written plain. Style it your way: a scoop, a fall-off, a slide or a cry.

Beautiful Dreamer. Stephen Foster, 1864

Your palette. Every move from the course

Hear your takes. Listen back after each

What you sing

  1. The line plain at your own pace first.
  2. After a bar of chords, sing it your way.
  3. Now plain, no moves at all, to hear the difference.
  4. Once more, a different way.

Challenge: Your record

Back to lesson 1's song. Then: plain. Now: your record, your way, in your colour.

Down in the Valley. The whole verse, over chords

Your moves, your colour. Two or three moves, where they fit

Look after your voice. Stop if anything tightens, tickles or hurts; rest when hoarse

What you sing

  1. The verse at your own pace first.
  2. After a bar of chords, sing your record.
  3. Hear yours beside the guide's plain verse. We don't score the colour yet.

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.
  • Record every part yourselfStack your takes in time until you're the whole choir.
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