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Unit 2 · On the pull

Stamp and go

Sing a stamp-and-go chorus on the beat, the beat set by your feet as a crew tramped along the deck with the rope. Walk it if you like. Free, in short steps.

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What it teaches

Drunken Sailor was stamp and go: a big crew grabbed the rope and tramped away along the deck with it, so the beat is your feet. It was also sung at the capstan.

The beat is your feet. Walk it if you like

Hooray on the beat. The "oo", not the h; stop if anything tightens or hurts

Headphones or a speaker. The calls sound in your rests either way

What you sing

  1. The verse from the shantyman, then your chorus on the beat.

Singing safely

As big as you could keep up for the whole song, never shouted: a shout has no pitch, so it can't be scored. Pull with your body, not your throat. Stop if anything tightens 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.
  • 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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