belting it out
I am the chorister in Relief Society. I make the music come alive to me and the other sisters. I treat them like an orchestra as I wave both arms to lead them with the feelings the music is evoking.
During the practice hymn, I usually try to teach how to read music, or parts of the music, like the notations above the line which indicate the intro music.
Sometimes I teach the meaning of the little marks, sharps, flats, the duration of the notes, the tempo, the names of the notes, the intervals with some other song, like c to f is Here Comes in Here comes the bride.
Well, as we sang We thank thee oh God for a prophet, I couldn't hit the higher note and so squeaked at it as we sang.
So for practice time, I said, "When my daughter took singing lessons, she was taught that when there is a note you can't reach, don't try to 'reach' for it, belt out your voice 'through' it. Volume will help you hit the note.
Of course, we are always quite timid to do such a thing. It's embarassing enough not to hit a note, how much worse it would be to not hit it LOUDLY!
So I turned the music up loud and lead the music, punching into the air when there was a note we had to sing 'through'. I had the most amazing experience...I hit that note and my voice sounded LOVELY! I couldn't believe it! It was incredible.
It worked for them, too. What an amazing discovery. Virginia's teacher, Nicola Oddy, was right. It worked for us all!
During the practice hymn, I usually try to teach how to read music, or parts of the music, like the notations above the line which indicate the intro music.
Sometimes I teach the meaning of the little marks, sharps, flats, the duration of the notes, the tempo, the names of the notes, the intervals with some other song, like c to f is Here Comes in Here comes the bride.
Well, as we sang We thank thee oh God for a prophet, I couldn't hit the higher note and so squeaked at it as we sang.
So for practice time, I said, "When my daughter took singing lessons, she was taught that when there is a note you can't reach, don't try to 'reach' for it, belt out your voice 'through' it. Volume will help you hit the note.
Of course, we are always quite timid to do such a thing. It's embarassing enough not to hit a note, how much worse it would be to not hit it LOUDLY!
So I turned the music up loud and lead the music, punching into the air when there was a note we had to sing 'through'. I had the most amazing experience...I hit that note and my voice sounded LOVELY! I couldn't believe it! It was incredible.
It worked for them, too. What an amazing discovery. Virginia's teacher, Nicola Oddy, was right. It worked for us all!