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Do mi so warm-up

Do, mi, so and back down: the three notes of a major chord, sung one at a time. It trains you to jump to a note and land it cleanly, without sliding up into it.

How to use it

  1. Pick Low, Medium or High (or Your range, after the range test) and press Start the warm-up. Listen to the first notes, then sing along, going straight to each note.
  2. Tempo, at the top, makes it slower or faster. Under More, Hear it, then sing plays each round before you sing it, and you can set the times through and how far it climbs.

Do, mi and so

Do, mi and so are the first, third and fifth notes of a major scale, in the solfège names many choirs use. In C they are C, E and G, the C major chord. Each round moves the whole shape up a half step, into a new key.

Landing without sliding

Hear the next note in your head before you sing it, then go straight to it. Hear it, then sing, under More, plays each round first, so you can listen before you jump.

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Questions

What is do mi so?

Do mi so is the first, third and fifth notes of a major scale in solfège: the notes of a major chord. Sung one after another, they make an arpeggio.

Is do always C?

Not here. In movable do, which many choirs and our own courses use, do is the first note of whatever key you are in, so in D, do is D. Each round of this warm-up is in a new key.

What is an arpeggio warm-up?

An arpeggio is a chord's notes sung one at a time. As a warm-up it practises jumps between notes, which a scale's steps don't.

How do I stop sliding into notes?

Hear the note in your head first, then start it right on the pitch. Slowing the tempo helps, and so does Hear it, then sing, under More.

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