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Unit 1 · Find do on the stave

Steps up and down

Read steps from line to space and space to line, up from do to so and back down, first with the names under the notes, then faint, then with none. Free.

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What it teaches

A step goes from a line to the next space, or a space to the next line. Up the stave is up in pitch.

Count the steps. Line, space, line: three notes in a row

Up to so. Do, re, mi, fa, so

Then back. The same steps, down

What you sing

  1. Read up to so, names under the notes.
  2. Now back down. The names are faint: read the stave first.
  3. The whole climb, up to so and back down, with 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.
  • 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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