Gah
So our little church choir will be doing the singing this coming Sunday for the memorial service for my elderly friend Rachel S. who died in January. We've spent maybe three 45-minute choir practices trying to learn the "How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place" section from the Requiem by Johannes Brahms. I've never done choir before this year, and I'm really struggling with this thing because I don't actually sight-read music, though I do have a good ear and good relative pitch - if you start me off on a note I can tell, by ear, relatively where the following notes go, including sharps and flats. Anyway, I went to my friend D's house tonight; she was coaching me and another woman, P, who is a soprano verging on coloratura while I'm a female tenor. D was not only coaching us, she was accompanying us on piano. Well, it was interesting. We did make it through the whole piece, though it took us 2 hours.
And now I know why I would never have been a music major. thalialunacy and any others, my hat's off to you. I guess not having choral music in high school is one of my big regrets about my K-12 education. *sigh* It simply was not offered at my school.
And now I know why I would never have been a music major. thalialunacy and any others, my hat's off to you. I guess not having choral music in high school is one of my big regrets about my K-12 education. *sigh* It simply was not offered at my school.