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Unit 4 · A blend from low to high

Slower through it

Slide through your break more slowly at the same easy volume, easing off early, so the change has time to happen bit by bit and you hear where it is. Free.

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What it teaches

The slower you slide, the more time your voice has to change bit by bit. Speed can hide a jump: slow shows you where it happens.

Slower than before. The same easy volume

Lighter before the break. Start easing off early

Stop if it strains. Tightens, tickles or hurts: rest

What you sing

  1. A quiet hum first, low and easy: hear it, then hum it back.
  2. The same, slower. Give the change more time.
  3. Slide once more on "oo" and listen back.

Singing safely

Voices that are still breaking should wait. Sing only as high and low as is easy, keep the top light and quiet, never drag a heavy sound up past your break, and stop if anything tightens, tickles or hurts.

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