To Be Precise.
- Trills on a Tuesday
- Feb 5
- 2 min read
Remember choir rehearsal next week has changed to Wednesday 11th
With Eamonn back in the saddle this week, he listened very carefully to all we had learned in his absence.
Make Your Own Kind of Music, was a little dodgy to start with.
It has a syncopated rhythm and needs driving forward.
‘Just to do your thing’s the hardest thing to do’ are all even notes. Make sure you keep singing ‘do’ strongly until the end of the bar.
Basses, ‘You’re going to be knowing’ is very low in your register so it’s important to keep it sounding bright. The question is can you go this low?
Tenors, your chorus is like the trumpet sound. Make ‘song’ and ‘long’ smiley as well as emphasising the ‘ng’ sound.
Sing Out! Altos, sing it out boldly and NEVER be less than that!
Everyone, take a very big breath before ‘I will understand…’ and build up the ‘understand’. Those with the moving notes on the end of understand, punch each note out as a separate ‘and’, and’, and’. Be ready to come straight into the chorus as it happens very quickly.
On page 8, it is a short ‘long’ on ‘along’ and then straight into the chorus.
At the end sing ‘singing ooh’ as if it is one word. No breathing between singing and ooh! If you do, you will definitely get the Eamonn glare!
You’re the Voice has a military rhythm with attitude.
Don’t look at your music during the chorus. Instead look up and watch Eamonn who will guide you through the timing and cut offs.
Ensure there is a different sound with ‘oh’ and ‘Woah’
‘We can make it better’ – don’t be too Kew Choir and sing it ‘bedder’
‘This time’ is first sung by the Basses and then everyone echoes it. This seemed to be very difficult when practising with Eamonn singing the bass part and no one wanting to wait for him to sing it and joined in immediately instead of waiting for their part! Listen to instructions and obey!
Crossing the Bar – In the very quiet ‘Twilight and evening bell…..’ section, Basses think of your singing as one continuous sound and don’t enunciate too much.
Beware of the change of metre of ‘My Pilot face to face’. Also add the consonant on to the next word e.g. ‘Pilo tface to face…’
The second time this phrase is sung, the ‘my’ is long.
The secret of getting this right is watch Eamonn.
‘Watch Eamonn’ will become a recurring theme as the weeks progress. You have been warned!
Irish Blessing needs to be kept flowing. This time do NOT connect the consonant in …’ever in’. Use a glottal stop to keep them two separate words.
Every time someone sang ‘ever rin’ it made Eamonn’s blood boil!
This song is so simple there is no room for error, so use your diction as it must be perfect.
Next week we rehearse on Wednesday 11 February. Please have Vincent, You’ll Never Walk Alone and Crossing the Bar (plus everything else, just in case we’re so brilliant we fly through them all quickly!
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