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Unit 2 · The form and the landing

The colour note

Hear the third as the note that makes a chord sound major, then echo four calls, each landing right on the chord's third with no slide. Free, in short steps.

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The colour note

The third is the chord's colour: it says major. Land your phrases on it.

Listen. Bright or dark?

The third. The colour note

Land it. Right on, no slide

What you sing

  1. Listen to each, then choose.
  2. Echo four calls, each ending on the chord's third.
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Challenge: Land them all

Lesson 1's trades, then the first eight bars of the blues: four phrases, each starting on the and (unit 1), each landing on 1, 3 or 5.

Then and now. Lesson 1's trades

On the and. Every phrase

Land it. 1, 3 or 5 of its chord

What you sing

  1. Lesson 1's four trades again.
  2. Eight bars, four phrases, each landing on a lit note.

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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