singing yay!

[fox]

so i met the choir lady and sang a bit, and she was glad i had contacted her! if i'd asked to join her alto section, she said, she'd have had to turn me away, or if i'd said i wanted to sing soprano, but i'd never really sung much in a choir before, she'd have suggested i wait until next term -- but with the christmas carol services and whatnot coming up, the fact that i chose to phrase my initial e-mail "i hear through the musical grapevine that you might have room for a high soprano with some training and experience" was a good thing. :-)

warm-ups, she said it sounded like where she stopped the warmup was just getting into the middle of my voice. i could certainly hear a difference -- chapel acoustics are good for that -- between the beginning of the warmup, maybe around middle C, and the end, probably about F sharp or so, in the actual quality of the sound. there's a place around treble C-ish that things suddenly open up and sound much clearer, and choir lady is delighted to have a soprano who's not afraid to sing "so high" as the G above that. (note: i have never actually considered this note high.)

[bounce]

i continue to be in need of a music or a singing icon. anyone have nifty ones to offer?

Comments

well, i don't know how nifty they are, but you're welcome to them...

[juice817.livejournal.com]

Re: well, i don't know how nifty they are, but you're welcome to them...

[juice817.livejournal.com]

and yes, that G is high. :P

[thalia]

I'm jealous of all you sopranos who can hit those high notes. For me, that G at the top of the clef *is* high... which would be why I sing alto.

Help yourself:

[sharp-tongue.livejournal.com]

I'm always impressed all out of proportion by people who can sing well. I have trouble with "Mary had a little lamb." Me = sucky singer.

[orange852.livejournal.com]

Since I know when other people are singing out of key, I can't claim tone-deafness, but I may as well because I can't stay in one key or figure out when I've got the right one.

[shezan.livejournal.com]

I hope you know the diva from "Tintin", La Castafiore?

[rev-tobias.livejournal.com]

La Castafiore! Yay! Tintin rules (even though I, of course, am more of a Captain Haddock man myself)

Have you made these yourself?

[servalan.livejournal.com]

Yay! Now I'll get to go to all your concerts and everything!