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Unit 1 · Find do on the stave

Lines that turn

Read short lines that turn, up a little, back, then on, one of them starting on so, then a three-bar line you haven't heard, read cold. Free to sing.

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Lines that turn

Real tunes turn: up a little, back, then on. Follow the notes, not a pattern.

Not starting on do?. Hear do, then step up to the first note in your head

Find the turns. Where it changes direction

Then sing. Steady; a slip? Go on to the next note

What you sing

  1. A line that turns, names faint.
  2. Another, with no names at all.
  3. This one starts on so: hear do, step up to so in your head, then read. No names.

Challenge: A line, read cold

Three bars you haven't heard. Look, find do, then read them straight through. Hear it first is there if you need it; the top score is for reading it cold.

Find do first. Where your note sits

Look for the top. The highest note

Read it cold. No names, no help

What you sing

  1. First its last two bars, to warm up: names faint.
  2. Now the whole line, cold: 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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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.
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