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Unit 4 · The blues

Four bars of your own

Sing four bars over a blues chord, a rhythm written for you and every note your choice from the blues scale, ending on a chord tone. Everything lit fits.

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Four bars of your own

Four bars, every note your choice from the blues scale, the last on one of the chord's tones. No wrong notes: everything lit fits.

A rhythm. Written for you

The notes. Any of the blues scale

The last. A chord tone

What you sing

  1. Your four bars over I7.

Challenge: Your chorus

Lesson 1's trades, then a chorus: eight bars of trading (unit 3), then four bars all yours from the blues scale, with space between phrases, as a blues lyric breathes.

Then and now. Lesson 1's trades

Trade. Eight bars with the band

Then solo. Four bars of your own

What you sing

  1. Lesson 1's four trades again.
  2. Your chorus.
  3. Once more, your last four bars, then hear yours.

Singing safely

Light and easy: a loose jaw, a medium volume, the middle of your voice. Accent with breath, never the throat. Stop if anything tightens.

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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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