Pounding is sometimes needed in a group context as well. We had several sections to do that to last night where things are traded off between parts particularly.
Yeah, the fugues are definitely things it's good to learn as a group so you can clearly hear where you're getting your pitches from. And it's also really great to practice with an accompanist when the orchestra will be playing all triplets and we're trying to sing straight eighth notes over it (harder than it sounds). And releases are super important for singers, especially when the words end with s or t, or all the singers have to cut note values short so one part can breathe.
So yeah, it's important, but we (myself included) can make it easier on ourselves if we learn our parts at home. There were some places where syllables are oddly placed in the phrase, and our diction went from crisp to mush in the space of a bar. :D
Yup, note length. We got chastised at shorting our eighth notes yesterday. And like you there's a section in 6/8 that one set has triplet quarters and the other set has moving eighths I think. Something hard like that anyway. And he can't conduct in three without effing up the others.
LOL yeah, I don't have enough arms to conduct something like that. :D
We had a repeated pattern with shortened not values, but then people started shortening notes we hadn't marked, and we got our wrists slapped. That's what rehearsal's for, I guess.
That and making stupid puns and or blowing raspberries when I don't like how I sang something!
ALL THE PANCAKES!!!!! (And I ran 7 miles today, so I will be consuming MANY pancakes.)
Also, I've got to say that I love count-singing. I know every ensemble learns music in different ways, but I'm happiest to begin everything with count-singing so everything is crisper when it's time to add in diction.
Our version of pancakes is going to be tortillas, as we are having the traditional Fat Tuesday Dish of chicken enchiladas. *giggle*
Count singing is super useful, but I hate singing numbers in the stratosphere, and doing it three rehearsals out from meeting Maestra Scappucci feels punitive. I wish we'd been doing it from the start, but this has been a slightly weird rehearsal process because most of us learned the first movement for the honor choir (but not everybody). But it's a pretty dense 44 minutes for choir. I'm glad JR is making sure everybody, even the worst readers who retain the least, gets all their notes.
And lazy sopranos like me can take some time this week to get on top of the slippery Puccini float so we don't fall off again next Monday.
I hate singing numbers in the stratosphere I always forget about that! There's my alto privilege* showing.
*not a thing, but there has to be a trade off for getting the most boring harmonies, yeah?
Tortillas are a marvelous substitute and enchiladas are always a win. I used to go to an enchilada joint in Texas with jalapeño ranch dressing, and even the thought of those smothered enchiladas has me salivating...
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Pounding is sometimes needed in a group context as well. We had several sections to do that to last night where things are traded off between parts particularly.
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So yeah, it's important, but we (myself included) can make it easier on ourselves if we learn our parts at home. There were some places where syllables are oddly placed in the phrase, and our diction went from crisp to mush in the space of a bar. :D
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We had a repeated pattern with shortened not values, but then people started shortening notes we hadn't marked, and we got our wrists slapped. That's what rehearsal's for, I guess.
That and making stupid puns and or blowing raspberries when I don't like how I sang something!
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Also, I've got to say that I love count-singing. I know every ensemble learns music in different ways, but I'm happiest to begin everything with count-singing so everything is crisper when it's time to add in diction.
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Count singing is super useful, but I hate singing numbers in the stratosphere, and doing it three rehearsals out from meeting Maestra Scappucci feels punitive. I wish we'd been doing it from the start, but this has been a slightly weird rehearsal process because most of us learned the first movement for the honor choir (but not everybody). But it's a pretty dense 44 minutes for choir. I'm glad JR is making sure everybody, even the worst readers who retain the least, gets all their notes.
And lazy sopranos like me can take some time this week to get on top of the slippery Puccini float so we don't fall off again next Monday.
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I always forget about that! There's my alto privilege* showing.
*not a thing, but there has to be a trade off for getting the most boring harmonies, yeah?
Tortillas are a marvelous substitute and enchiladas are always a win. I used to go to an enchilada joint in Texas with jalapeño ranch dressing, and even the thought of those smothered enchiladas has me salivating...
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