Hear a phrase. Wait. Sing it back.
Why this matters: holding a melody in inner hearing across silence is the engine for singing without a piano cue. EBVP and bel canto pedagogy both treat audiation across delay as a separate skill from immediate echo.
8 phrases, 4-5 notes each. Hear the phrase, wait 5s, then sing each note within ±50¢ for 1.5s. Hit ≥75% of notes per phrase to pass; 6/8 passes the session.