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Musical Improv Games - Gibberish Duets

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Good for:

Freeing up the voice.  Listening and singing with someone else.  Expressing emotion without worrying about lyrics

Method:

  • Performers stand in a circle. 
  • The musician or backing music starts
  • Person 1, inspired by the music, turns to person 2 and starts to sing without using real words (gibberish)  
  • When they are finished, person 2 ‘answers’ with their own gibberish. 
  • Then both participants will sing at the same time to each other in a gibberish duet. 
  • At a suitable point in the music this duet will finish, and person 2 will turn to person 3 and begin again. 
  • This process continues around the circle until the last person duets with the first as the finale.  
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Tips:

  • It is natural for the duets to be complimentary in style.   However, vocally it can be nice to try and sing in a different range to the first (high or low) or use a different rhythmic pattern (short staccato notes as opposed to long notes).  Each leads to its own magic moments when both voices come together.
  • Ideally each duet should be a miniature scene, telling a clear story of a relationship between two people. 
  • Try to sing a little bit of back and forth in order to hear each other and get a feel for each other’s characters before building to a crescendo and finishing the duet by singing together. 
  • It really is more important to be expressive and connect to your partner than to sing well. 

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