Repetition and Variation

Lesson 5/77 | Study Time: 5 Min

Course: Beginner Rock Singing

Repetition and Variation

Here is a song to help you practice improvising. There are two bars of melody followed by two bars of backing only. You can improvise over this section. This happens three times through the song. Each two bar melody is based on several of the rhythms you have been learning.

There is much repetition of rhythms here. Repetition is important because it helps a listener to keep track and make sense of what you are singing. It also helps the other musicians you are playing with to follow you and complement what you are doing.

Many of the best melodies ever written are based on the elements of repetition and variation. The 16th notes in this solo are swung. Try swinging the 16th notes in other examples you have learned.

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1- Understanding Music 2- The Major Scale 3- Voice Types and Ranges 4- Sharps (#) and Flats (b) 5- The Tie 6- Rests 7- The Triplet 8- Sixteenth Notes 9- Dynamics 10- Intervals 11- Minor Keys and Scales 12- Transposing 13- Performing In Public 14- How We Sing 15- Slurs 16- Interval Distances 17- Breathing 18- The Sixteenth Note Triplet 19- Swing Rhythms 20- Cut Common Time (W) 21- The Chromatic Scale 22- Harmony and Chords 23- Octave Displacement 24- Overcoming Nerves 25- How to Find Your Voice Range 26- Syncopation 27- The Importance of Timing 28- How to Read Music 29- Call and Response 30- Simple and Compound Time 31- Identifying Intervals by Ear 32- Chord Progressions 33- The Keyboard 34- Phrasing and Expression 35- Interpretation and Improvisation 36- When to Breathe 37- Posture 38- Eye Contact 39- The Lead-In 40- Sol-Fa Syllables 41- Practical Use of Enharmonic Notes 42- Instinct and Training 43- Matching Pitches 44- Keys 45- Moving Between Registers 46- Chord Symbols 47- Arpeggios 48- Repetition and Variation 49- Stage Presence and Stage Craft 50- Accidentals 51- Blues Singing 52- Rhythm Training 53- Harmonizing Melodies 54- The Language of Rock 55- Developing Your Own Style 56- Vibrato 57- Relative Minor Keys 58- The Octave 59- The Key of C Major 60- The Blues Scale 61- A Word About Pitch 62- Matching Pitches and Rhythms 63- Warming Up 64- Common Progressions 65- Singing Scale Degrees 66- Vocal Range 67- Looking After Your Voice 68- Timbre 69- Microphones 70- Pre-Hearing Notes 71- Microphones for Performing Live 72- Common Problems 73- Studio Microphones 74- Registers 75- Microphone Technique 76- Working With A Teacher 77- Recording

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Repetition and Variation