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Unit 3 · Yodel in rhythm

Which one fits?

Over a chord, a yodel's top note either belongs or rubs. Listen to two, pick the one that fits, and train your ear before you sing it. Free, a short lesson.

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Which one fits?

Over a chord, a yodel's top note either belongs or rubs. Hear the difference before you sing it.

Belongs. The top is one of the chord's notes

Rubs. One note off, and it clashes

Listen as often as you like. Only your first answer counts

What you sing

  1. Listen to both, then choose.
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Challenge: Home on the Range

A cowboy song with a yodel tag: sing the line plainly, then yodel after it, open below and narrow above.

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

The line first. "And the skies are not cloudy all day"

Then the tag. "yo-hee-o", "lo-ee-o", with the vowel switch

What you sing

  1. The line at your own pace first.
  2. The line, plainly, over the drone.
  3. Now the tag: listen, then yodel it back, open below and narrow above.
  4. Sing the hook once more, then hear yours beside the guide's.

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.
  • 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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