Musical Three-Line
2000s-present · New York
Also known as Three-Line Song
Musical version of Three-Line Scenes — two players sing exactly three lines that establish who, what, and where, then edit.
Known for
- Teaches musical-improv students to set a scene in song as fast as prose players do in three spoken lines.
- Each line usually lands on a hook or rhyme; accompanist punctuates the edit.
- Drill in most Musical Improv 101 curricula.
- Musical Improv's answer to 'start the scene in the middle.'
Connected to
Forms
musical improv
Games