Keep Learning
- Trills on a Tuesday
- Apr 17
- 2 min read
Despite having had a bad fall Eamonn was still there leading the way with a big boot and broken ankle and dislocated knee. It didn’t stop him putting us through our paces.
The knight-errant Don Quixote, accompanied by his faithful squire Sancho Panza, rides out in search of glory, justice, and immortal renown. Fired by the romances of chivalry that have filled his head with visions of enchanted castles, noble quests, and wicked giants, he sees the common world not as it is, but as his imagination remakes it. Windmills become towering enemies with whirling arms, roadside inns transform into lordly castles, peasant girls appear as highborn ladies, and humble travelers seem like villains, sorcerers, or rival knights. At his side, the practical and often bewildered Sancho struggles to keep pace with his master’s fantasies, torn between common sense and loyal devotion. Together they wander through the everyday landscape of Spain, where Don Quixote’s grand illusions collide again and again with ordinary reality, creating adventures that are by turns comic, touching, and strangely heroic.
The Impossible Dream needs to be soloistic at the beginning with the basses singing in a flowing way to help to keep the timing right.
Altos, with your Oohs going down to the lower notes, you are given permission for a tasteful slide down.
No one is allowed to breathe in the middle of the phrases.
Put a clear ‘d’ on the end of ‘And the world…’
‘To reach….’ Is short and strong and ‘stars’ ends with a ‘z’ sound as in ‘Starz’
All My Trials should be tender. Basses, do not sing The Tune, but learn YOUR tune which is a great bass part.
Learn the chorus, so you can look up and watch Eamonn for the cut offs as he wants you in the palm of his hands!
Keep up the tension in ‘Too late my brothers…’ into ‘too late but never mind’
With the last ‘All my trials, Lord’ build up the ‘All’
The Logical Song needs bite. Again, Basses you have your own tune from ‘sensible…’
‘sleep’ and ‘deep’ are short.
Learn the last page with the do do dos and feel it rather than try to read it. There are only 7 ba ba bas at the end.
California Dreamin’, Sop 1s are always Part 1, Tenors are always Part 3, Altos and Basses watch out for an email from Eamonn who will explain where you change Parts.
Make ‘B’ on the ‘Bah’ sound clearly.
Keep listening to the sound tracks and learning the words as much as possible.
Muscle memory in singing is the process of training vocal muscles through consistent, repetitive, and intentional practice to produce specific sounds automatically, reducing the need for conscious effort. It involves developing, then reinforcing, the physical sensations of proper technique, such as resonance, breath support, and vowel placement, until they become habitual routines. In other words keep practising.
For the next two weeks we will have Elliot to take us. Zoom will be provided and a link will be emailed for the next two weeks only.
Coming up, the Sound of Silence
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