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Danny Boy: alto part

The alto part of Danny Boy in D, from G3 to A4. Hear it on its own or with the others, then sing it and watch each note light up.

Sings the words mostly under the tune, often a third below, repeating one note across several words at a time.

Range
G3 to A4
Key
D
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How to learn the alto part

  1. 01 · Your part

    Hear your part on its own until the tune of it is in your ear.

  2. 02 · With the others

    Hear it with the others, so you know where it sits in the chord.

  3. 03 · Sing it

    Sing it with the others under you and watch each note light up as you land it. The mic listens only while it plays, and nothing is recorded.

About Danny Boy

Words: Frederic Weatherly (1913)

Tune: Londonderry Air, Irish traditional (Petrie, 1855), with Weatherly's words fitted to it by us

Danny Boy sets Frederic Weatherly's words of 1913 to the Londonderry Air, an Irish tune George Petrie published in 1855. Jane Ross of Limavady, who collected it, could say only that it was very old. This is one slow verse for 2 to 4 singers. The tune saves its highest notes for the second half and runs wider than most beginners find comfortable, so the other parts stay steady: the alto moves little, the tenor sits on A for most of the song, and the bass holds the low notes on "oo".

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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.
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