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Singing in the shower to shining on stage

A special duet, using an MP3 track

My mother and I sing in choirs but we’ve never sung together. Her 93rd birthday was coming up and we decided it would be a good time to try a duet – we chose a familiar song, but it meant mum would have to learn the harmony while I sang the melody. We couldn’t rehearse because we live 100km apart, and Zoom doesn’t lend itself to singing together because of the time lag. So I created an MP3 track and mum used that to learn her part – here is the (unrehearsed, unpractised!) result:

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