Rudsamblog

Started at 7.45 with a trek through the jungle and quick shift to Switzerland for some lodle-odle-aying.

Tip of the week - POUT alot!!
Musical term of the week - *dolce *- sweetly as in Lullaby for Lucy

Please pick up

• Son ar Chistre
• J'ai Coeuille la belle rosa
• Puddock

from Susan if you haven't got them.

FLOW MY TEARS
try to remedy the rabble by singing A & B softer
watch the phrasing
make C & D different from each other - expressive. D more p is an answer to C
Bring your vowel sounds forward - pout, especially for There
Make the quavers on Forlorn clear
Make it sound as if it's meant to happen - sing beautiful not forceful
Stand straight - it helps the tuning

DLE
Dle chords are pp
Altos sing out at end, everyone else ssshhh
Dur-le not De-lay
yar-marn not ya-man
By heart for those who don't know it

MIHI AUTEM
Practise doing scales to meee. Make your throat like your going to be sick or yawn. Or pretend you're a puddock. Sing the scales legato, staccato, pp, and aim for tone.
Practise singing quavers and semi-quavers staccato - because it will make them clear and definite when sung properly
mee-iaow - for autem - pout, keep shape of mouth you started with and yawn
Roll 'r's. Prrrrincipe and rrrrrrum

LULLABY FOR LUCY
Sopranos and Altos have the wandering melody.
Waves of phrasing
Melody defines the phrasing rather than singer putting in dynamics
Savour the chords that are rooted -
crotchet on long and among on p.2
Don't be scared of singing out on new and celebration
men come off a bar before everyone else at end and dim.
articulate words. Come off t's and s's together
dolce - sweetly
Rackwick is not over staccato, we did it nicely

AVE MARIS
Aim for same vowel sounds as everyone else.
Not much difference between Ah and ee. Keep throat the same and pout.
SOPS apparuit bit is all one phrase.
Try and make it sound like one breath.
Whatever you do, don't snatch a breath between apparuit and quem
Don't sag at the end (Ollie mentioned someone who sings with one lung, and
Claire manages with runny blood ones...)

HIDE AND SEEK
Make contrast between ffff and p at D
Don't stodge from E - phrase it like a conversation - mm what you say. /Well /
/ of course you did - /make it flow
Bar 86 sopranos have melody
don't accent est on best bar 88
Last staccato sounded nice not screechy
'I don't believe you' - sing it like Rackwick in Lullaby for Lucy
Finished at 9.45

NOTICES
Subs are due at £44 or £22. Cheques payable to Rudsambee company of singers. Hand subs to Claire II
Susan really does need to know who's coming to the Norwegian evening on 27th May
Michael is having a Madrigals at Michael's one afternoon in July/August. I'll be asking folks what dates and interest and drivers there is available.
If Peter II is not treasurer anymore Anne is apppointing someone else to be a signatory
I think that's about it.