Unit 4 · Further from do
La is home
Read in minor with the same key signature: find do, then la a skip below it, sing over a drone on la, then read a four-bar minor line cold. Free.
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La is home
Start and end on la and the same notes sound minor. The signature doesn't change: find do, then la a skip below it. The drone now sounds la, your new home.
Same signature. Find do first
La is home. A skip below do
La, do, mi. The minor home chord
What you sing
- Out from la and home again, over the drone on la: names under the notes.
- Up through the minor home chord and back: names faint.
- Up to mi and home to la, with no names.
Challenge: A minor line, read cold
Four bars in minor you haven't heard, steps and skips, in time. Find do, then la below it. Hear it first is there if you need it; the top score is for reading it cold.
Find la. A skip below do
Count in. Then keep the beat
Keep going. A slip? Catch the next beat
What you sing
- First a short minor line, to warm up: names faint.
- Now the whole line, cold, in time: no names.
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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