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Claire 1 warmed us up with rounded vowels sung quietly. GOOD TIPS here:
When singing FF to PP on vowel sounds EEEE or AHAHAHAHAH (that's ah, not ha ha ha!) there shouldn't be a difference in the vowel sound. ie - the tip of the tongue should be placed at the back of the front teeth and the cavity at the back of the mouth, and the mouth shape, should be the same so we get a nice rounded sound in any dynamic. I think this was the gist of it!

Another pointer - on the recent concert recording some of the entries were a bit not so good as they might have been. In rehearsals we're now going to have a minutes respectful silence whilst we think in our heads
about what note we're going to come in on, the vowel sound, taking a breath and coming in all together on the down beat. not slightly before or slightly after it!

Have got a list for York not in that order though. If you want me to email you a list, let me know and I'll get round to it at some point.

GORECKIS the lullaby piece we got two weeks ago

D given at start. Ollie beating two bars of 2 to bring us in. This will give us time to think of the note, place it in our heads, breath, and sing the D as one voice. BECAUSE All the notes at beginning after the D should sound as if they're coming out of the D rather than seperate notes.

Did the pronounciation, it's not difficult. If anyone wants my version I'll email it, just don't ask for it the night before rehearsal!
JUST a reminder that all 'o's are as in 'hot' NO 'oh' sounds!
No 'j' pronounced on the end of 'shnig' it's just 'shni'
Vowels 'y' and 'i' are to be taken with a pinch of salt. They sound pretty much the same when sung even if the spoken one's are different.
LOOK at each other (scary, I know) when singing consonants to take ends of words off properly

THOSE OF US AT REHEARSAL CAN NOW DO THE MUSIC BY MEMORY! It isn't difficult. There are only three systems in which the first three bars of each system are repeated. In other words there are only about 9 notes (except basses) we have to learn. Learn the notes and the SHAPE of the lines and the DYNAMICS.

Bar 9 & 12- Altos can bring out those quavers, we're the only ones moving there
Bar 9 & 12 - are three bar phrases.

BROWN EYES - singing this with other choir. It's easy peesy cheesy sleezy

NOTE the top line of page whatever it is, is missing, so make allowances - ie what may look like an E is actually a C!!
This is not swung as yet (Anne! and Sebastian!!) because we don't know what other choir's doing.
For the same reason, (unfortunately because those long boring notes are just asking to be hammed up), there will be no scooby-doo stuff. Nope, not even Sebastian's impressions of an excited steam engine -
pshh-u-p-tch-shu-wah..etc. ONLY Anna-Lauren is allowed to whistle - not for a cow, sheep or man, though - if she can do it at the same time as laughing.

Bar 12 - Altos and Basses LISTEN to each other
Bar 34 - Altos and Tenors watch the quaver
Last Bar - (As Kay pointed out) The last note should be ON the beat. It isn't syncopated.

Make sure you get notes which should be on the beat, on the beat.

Turning his music over as if looking for something, Angus asked in a tone of regret - Where are verses 3 and 4? Are we not doing them? He took us all in, and made Ollie's face look like a cat what had been sat on suddenly. Classic, well done!

WELL DONE to OLI 2 who got a FIRST!!

CLAIRE 2 is mooning again!! Please sponsor her bottom walking.
Rephrased, please sponsor Claire who will be doing the MOON WALK. She deserves every penny - I mean the charity does!!

Think that's all, thanks, Jenny

# posted by rudsambass @ 12:14 am