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Unit 3 · Let it happen

Your vibrato

Sing three long, easy notes without steering and hear what your voice does by itself, a natural vibrato or a calm straight tone. Both are fine. Free.

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Your vibrato

Three long, easy notes. We'll describe what your voice does by itself: a natural vibrato, or a calm straight tone. Both are fine.

Medium volume. Not breathy, never loud

Breathe low. Then let the note float

Don't steer. Just listen to yourself

What you sing

  1. The first long note.
  2. The second.
  3. The third.

Challenge: The rolling river

Shenandoah's last long "a-way": hold it easy, and let it happen.

Listen to the line. Away, I'm bound away

Breathe before it. A low, easy breath

Let the long note float. Wave or calm

What you sing

  1. After a bar of chords, sing "a-way", the long note easy.

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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  • 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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