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Unit 3 · Yodel in rhythm

A cowboy lope

Sing the cowboy yodel's sway, long, short, long, like a horse's easy lope, keeping the quick top note flipping cleanly, four in a row over chords. Free.

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What it teaches

Cowboy yodels sway: long, short, long, like a horse's easy lope. The quick top note still flips cleanly.

Warm up first. A lip trill or a quiet siren, up and down

Long, short, long. "yo-" held, "hee" quick, "o" held

Sway, don't push. The rhythm does the work

What you sing

  1. The lope at your own pace: long, short, long.
  2. Listen, then sing two lopes back.
  3. Four in a row, over the chords.

Singing safely

Voices that are still breaking should wait before yodeling. Keep every flip light and at a medium volume, land gently, and stop if anything tightens, tickles or hurts.

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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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