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Warm-ups for your choir (secondary) - eClass 4 - Choral skills and songs for teaching choirs - 03. Inner hearing

LIZ SCOTT: B-flat major--

[chord played on piano]

--key of my life. We're doing the very famous fun exercise-- 1, 1, 2, 1. This is my little bit of maths training for the week. Right up. Here we go. 1-- and go--

ALL: (singing) 1, 1, 2, 1--

LIZ SCOTT: Stop. Pitch is not negotiable. Right? It's great that you can all do (singing) 1, 1, 2, 1, (speaking) but it's got to be in the right key. Here's our note.

[chord played on piano]

(singing) 1-- (speaking) --ready? And--

ALL: (singing) 1, 1, 2, 1. 1, 2, 3, 2, 1. 1, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2, 1. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. 8, 8, 7, 8. 8, 7, 6, 7, 8. 8, 7, 6, 5, 6, 7, 8.

8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.

LIZ SCOTT: Beautiful. We're going to clap on 3, stamp on 5. So don't sing 3 or 5. Just clap on 3, stamp on 5. Here we go. Ready, and--

ALL: (singing) 1, 1, 2, 1. 1, 2, [clap], 2, 1. 1, 2, [clap], 4, [clap], 2, 1. 1, 2, [clap], 4, [stamp], 4, [clap], 2, 1. 1, 2, [clap], 4, [stamp], 6, [stamp], 4, [clap], 2, 1. 1, 2, [clap], 4, [stamp], 6, 7, 6, [stamp], 4, [clap], 2, 1. 1, 2, [clap], 4, [stamp], 6, 7, 8, 7, 6, [stamp], 4, [clap], 2, 1.

8, 8, 7, 8. 8, 7, 6, 7, 8. 8, 7, 6, [stamp], 6, 7, 8. 8, 7, 6, [stamp], 4, [stamp], 6, 7, 8. 8, 7, 6, [stamp], 4, [stamp], 4, [stamp], 6, 7, 8. 8, 7, 6, [stamp], 4, [clap], 2, [clap], 4, [stamp], 6, 7, 8. 8, 7, 6, [stamp], 4, [clap], 2, 1, 2, [clap], 4, [stamp], 6, 7, 8.

LIZ SCOTT: All right. We might need to practise that one.