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Using one of the most lyrically-challenging songs I can think of, The Waters Of March (Aguas De Marco) I show you the visualization technique I use to memorize difficult lyrics. I also issue a challenge for rhythm section players and animators to submit themselves playing over my singing. MP3 and PDF for rhythm section players can be found in this page.

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File	Description	File size
Waters Of March with piano scratch track and metronome.mp3	Vocal and Piano	7761 kB
Waters Of March with vocal only.mp3	Vocal only	7761 kB
Waters-Of-March-Challenge.zip	Zipped file with Pdf+Mp3s	16335 kB
Waters-Of-March-score.pdf	Free PDF file	1140 kB

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