Rudsamblog

Let it be known Claire 1 was 'ere - dedication beyond the call of duty and marriage vows!!!

Well done, from Anne, for Sunday.

Anna-Lauren started with warm up. Trrrrrrills, Brrrrrrs, nya nya noises,..
TOP TIPS
1.- we're all too afraid of making noises beyond our register. Sometimes it's good to push the diaphragm to it's outer limits and try singing notes beyond your comfort zone confidently
2 - For quiet breathing make your tongue touch the bottom of your mouth and breathe. Claire 1 says J.Rutter says to do that with vowel sounds too.

Fhir a bhata
G given
PITCH - Could improve pitching by thinking of the interval and where you're going to, rather than where you've just been
Make sure you get pronounciation from Peter if you've not already done so
V1 and 3 descant is Anna-Lauren and Kay
V2 is soprano in unison on tune on their own
'S tric mi 'seall.... - 'S trich (bit like loch) and stick a K on the end - 'S trichk
chnoc a's air de... - ch (as in loch); a's (as in a soft vowelled u definitely not hard vowelled a)
'mair-each... - make sure the ch goes on the end, without gozzing on the audience
Dh'fheuch (am faic)... - like yuck with the k pronounced as in loch - yuch
tig thu'n nochd... - tig (cheek); thu (oo); 'n nochd (noch - like loch - and k at end) - cheekoonochk
doras... - soft vowel u NOT hard vowel a - door-us
eile... - Please don't sing ei-ler. *It's ei-le with no accent or stress.
The song is about looking for a boatman and the other boatmen saying she's stupid for giving her love to him (whether because it's a dangerous profession, because the others are jealous or because he's a bad lot is left for us to decide...)

Ae Fond Snog
F given
v. 1 might be solo. But if it's not, sing it like it is and support top notes
Listen hard to the open 5ths (1st three bars)
2 bar phrases for 1st verse
v.3 don't bother to break never met or never parted
v.4 weeeeel - not well; bring out words dearest, fairest, peace (break), enjoyment (break), love and leisure
THERE WILL BE AN S ON BENIGHT SO PUT ONE ON (Claire 1 is now a doctor so we're going with what she says)
there's a break between me and nae cheerful twinkle
Long phrase in V. 5. Keep the movement going. Breath so you don't break the movement.
People in the audience will know this so we can't be sloppy with it.

The Lamb
*p.4 Tenors and Sopranos are the same as are Basses and Altos (Anna-Lauren says it sounds like a traffic jam.) For a change don't listen to other people's notes but concentrate on where you are in relation to other people. Chris said something to do with mirrors and some bits in the music were reverse of what had just been sung or something. Maybe try holding it up to a mirror and see if it makes sense)
Watch the long phrasing and the rit.
There's a break after lamb in the last bar
Sopranos - watch the f natural p.4 third bar
... he is... - is in F major (if that helps anyone)
Don't plod. Think of words and phrase. Don't be scared of it or it'll sound awful.
Little - is the first word. Think about it before opening mouths.
Sing it tenderly.
Mark the rhythms on p.3 - especially come off on made at the same time

River Dance
F given (?)
Be aware of chord changes and placing the chords
Hang on to your note (there's thieves about!)
Change key decisively (but when it says to, not when you feel like it!!)

Irish Blessing
B Flat given
ALTER YOUR COPIES SO IT SAYS B FLAT GIVEN
Place the first note in your head before singing it.

Magnum
*From p.8
Watch Ollie, especially at the bottom of p.8 onto p.9.
It's Ollie's prerogative to slow down or speed up so watch out he is bound to be mischievous to keep us on our toes.

Gaelic Set
See Peter for pronounciations
ACK'M
Each song moves straight on to the next with no break, no starting notes for individual songs given
'sown'n eelya - bars 9 and 10 for 1st time in all three verses is sopranos only
Watch rhythms. Some are dotty quaver, semi-quaver and some are semi-quaver, dotty quaver
Chuala - only the SOPRANOS sing mia

THANKYOU to Anne for taking the rehearsal, got a lot done.

For Whithorn WE NEED TO BE THERE AT 2.30pm. The concert's at 7.30. And it's a good 3 hour drive.
On Wednesday Natalie is doing notes and er ... would anyone like to do warm up?
Ollie crossed himself out, he's doing next week ... Thanks, Jenny

Dark Eyed Sailor
Remember to come in at the same time esp for the hmm
Watch the first bar of third page and the fermato (I think it's a cheese...) at the end of page four- Ollie will beat us in for this so it might be wise to watch him...just a suggestion.
The tempo tranquilo (tranquil tempo) should be different
On page four ladies should breathe between gold and for

Gaelic set (not to be confused with Arran Gaelic set as it is...urm...completely different music)
We went through pronunciation with the ever patient Peter.
For agam don't place the emphasis on the gam cos it sounds weird. Sing Akmmm with a good clear A as in CAT.
Tha Bean - in bar 5 shia ban should be 3 notes- this changes where the words come for the rest of the line so adjust accordingly.
The whole thing repeats twice including repeats if you see what I mean
Bar 9 bring out the ni (did the knights not say something similar?)
There are two other pieces which went well and we just need to practice fitting the words in.

Magnum
bar 46 keep the volume as Ollie was bored esp basses
We will do the rits so watch

Sleep
Wonderful etc etc

Riverdance
Jolly fun

My true love
Make sure you come in right 'cos otherwise it sounds messy

Adon Olam
Sight read with panicked looks on our faces but was largely fine

DATES
St Giles- 4.30 rehearsal
Still waiting for Mansfield Traquair to get back to us
Christmas
Cathedral on the 7th - starts at 6.30 and over by 8. They don't want us to do anything at the reception (more fool them) and we need to be in glasgow no later than five.

John did warm up with chord practice, whining, and black blooded bugs

Darkeyed Sailor
Start quiet but bouncy
Paid attention - decrescendo and staccato
air - slight crescendo
She said - slight crescendo
while tears did fall bit - legato
Half humming -can you all do the same sort of hum
P4. was a good crescendo - watch the pause, legato and p and Animato
Altos - nice shape but keep it p
Men make sure you come before women (rephrase that yourselves) at the a
tempo
Well done

River Dance
Funny new thing please make sure you pick one up
Do what we're not supposed to do in Varvindar with the rhythm
basses have runs
watch rhythms
How do I get this down - the crotchet followed by quaver is a triple rhythm NOT a crotchet and quaver rhythm.
Anyway it's lots of fun I like it

Yoshke Fort Avek
Right I was supposed to do a summary of the pronounciation. Sebastian has done a sheet which you can pick up on Wednesday (as well as the music for those, like me, who weren't there to get a copy the first week back) Anyway, it's basically the same as on the sheet

v1 Koyf mir (meer) Keyn (cane) ....

chorus - as on sheet really

v2 Zay (zie as in lie) mir (meer) gezunt, mayn (mine) tayere (tie-ere)....nokh ale (atlah)

v3 Di ban (bahn) iz shoyen gekummen es (the Kummen has to be two semiquavers to fit in. Without the music I can't remember quite how it goes but make sure you find out and write it in)

v4 Klog-zhe nit un veyn (vine)........sheynster (shine-ster) in der rote (wrought)
v5 Droysn iz......shney (shnie)

Think German, and East Europian and you'll get it
Pay particular attention to the kh sounds - choke on it. Think portuguese (and don't travel on their buses because the men choke their phlegm up with great noises, hold their hankies at arms length - not too good if you were sitting in front of someone - and aim the goz at the centre of the hanky)

Magnum
Phrasing, Dynamics, legato, listen to others
Well done. especially bar 43 - lots of bass
Arno is doing the top E
John is doing whatever he's strong at
Sebastian is a question mark
p.46 - Runt - Sopranos give it wellie
Altos conserve your breaths
End bar 45 - basses Don't breathe with tenors. Altos don't breathe at all and tenors take a sneaky one. Sopranos REALLY don't breathe over the bar line but keep the volume and increase volume at bar 47

My True love
Pick one up please (I mean nothing more than a copy!)
F given for starters (there was some confusion whether F meant a note or dynamic. It's the note F)
Cross out the rest in bar 28 on p. 3.
Dynamics - Crescendo through heart - bar 28 - but only a little more than mp
p 4 bar 37 crescendo up to mf and bring it back down to mp by bar 39
bar 44 everyone is f. Everyone diminuendo bar 47
bar 48 and 49 swell and come back down
Sopranos mf all through. And be expressive
Everyone else underneath - imitate a heartbeat at mp level

Notices
15th December - Cranshaws. Need to leave Edinburgh at 3pm

14th Aug - Commitee meeting at Rachaels - 6 Meadowbank Terrace - 8.15
Discussing (among other things) Surplus funds; social/fundraising; school workshops; and anything else anyone wants to bring up
PLEASE let Rachael know if you want to come along. And let someone know if you want any other matters raised, or if you're feeling disgruntled or gruntled with anything.

26th Aug - Here comes the bride (need i say more?)

We're getting hold of exmembers to sing Cloudburst with us. This will involve a couple of weekend rehearsals nearer the time like Feb/March

SUBS Claire II will be after you....!

On Wednesday I'm on warm up and Claire 1 is on notes.

That's all, I think. Jenny