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Unit 2 · Steer the wave

Echo the guide

Hear a guide's note, straight or waving, slow or quicker, and sing it back the same way, then hold do, mi and so, each with an even wave. Free, step by step.

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Echo the guide

Hear a wave, then sing it back the same way: straight, or a wave at the same speed.

Listen first. Is it straight, or does it wave?

How fast?. Slow, or quicker

Sing it back. The same shape

What you sing

  1. Warm up your ear: which is quicker?
  2. Echo 1: hear it, then sing it back the same way.
  3. Echo 2: a straight one.
  4. Echo 3: quicker and smaller.
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Challenge: Wave a tune

Three held notes, a wave on each, and a steady straight step between them.

do, mi, so. Each held with a wave

Straight on the move. No wave between notes

Even all the way. Same speed on all three

What you sing

  1. On do: a wave at 3 a second.
  2. On mi.
  3. On so: straight for a moment, then the wave.

Singing safely

Never force a wave or shake it from your jaw or throat: vibrato grows by itself from an easy note, sung softly.

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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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