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Chair: Robin Venue: Linklaters Attendees: RM, WT, SE, MS, LS, JB Apologies: MM, JL, KM, DD, DC Song Start Finish Time Leader 1 Warm Up and exercises 19:00 19:15 15 DC/RM 2 Mravalzhiemer 19:15 19:25 10 WT 3 Blood Red Roses 19:25 20:00 35 WT 4 When will I see you again 20:00 20:15 15 SE 5 Break 20:15 20:25 10 ALL 6 Post Gig Feedback 20:25 20:55 30 ALL 7 AOB 20:55 21:00 5 ALL
Chair: Janette Apols: Louli 19:00 Warmup + warm up songs (ie sing thru once) Chatanooga, Willies Rare 19:15 Mercedes Benz 19:40 Bad Moon Rising 20:00 Break 20:10 Reach Out 20:30 Africa 20.50 AOB 20.55 Sing thru of Lonesome Road (or Waitrose duty) 21.00 PUB!
Chair: RM Attendees: DC WT MM MS LS JL KM JB DD Apologies: SE Item Action 1 Warm up with classic song courtesy of Wendy – fun 2 Warm Up Song – Sloop John B – pretty smooth, well so it should be 3 Chattanoogoo Choo Choo –-the start is critical to get song working. Sops struggled initially but it was working after a few starts. Sops need to be secure in their start notes. Note when parts have the lead – emphasis the one to give the feel of a trains rhythm and where we are in unison – Continue reading Minutes Rehearsal 14 April 2015
Chair: Robin Venue: Linklaters Attendees : JB, DC, DD, JL, KM, MM, RM, LS, MS, WT Apologies: SE [ en vacance] Song Start Finish Time Leader 1 Warm up 1900 1910 10 Offers 2 Sloop John B 1910 1920 10 Wendy 3 Chattanooga 1920 1940 20 Robin 4 Break 1950 1955 5 5 Run to You 1955 2040 45 Daniel 6 Reach Out 2040 2050 10 Kathleen 7 AOB 2050 2100 10 8 Wrablers have left the building 2100
In any chorus, there are four voice parts: soprano, alto, tenor, and bass. Sometimes these are divided into first and second within each part, prompting endless jokes about first and second basses. Each voice part sings in a different range, and each one has a very different personality. You may ask, “Why should singing different notes make people act differently?”, and indeed this is a mysterious question. However the fact remains that the four voice parts can beeasily distinguished and this is how! THE SOPRANOS are the ones who sing the highest, and because of this they think they rule Continue reading SATB – the truth?