Can the book have a digital version with embedded hyperlinks to relevant videos?
Ron Blechner On Oct 28, 2016 1:51 PM, "Tony Parkes via Callers" < [email protected]> wrote: > Richard Hart wrote: > > > > *> *How about an answer to the question, Can contra callers who don't > sing call squares, if so, how? > > > > The answer seems obvious to me, but that’s because I grew up with an > eclectic assortment of squares in various styles, some of which involve no > singing at all. Some square dance communities do singing calls exclusively; > in others, the squares are done to fiddle tunes but in a chanting style in > which every word is pitched to a note of the musical scale. If one’s > background is in such a tradition, it can be hard to imagine calling a > square without singing. > > > > I enjoy playing around with the harmony when I call. But it’s not > necessary at all for effective calling. In fact, if you’re not comfortable > doing it, it can get in the way. > > > > It’s quite possible to use either a patter or prompting style, or a > combination of both, without singing a note. Ted Sannella, as he was the > first to admit, was not a singer. He avoided singing calls for the most > part; when he did one, such as Life on the Ocean Wave, it was obvious that > he was uncomfortable and he had trouble finding the pitches. Yet he was one > of the most successful and influential phrased-square callers of the 20th > century. He simply spoke his calls rather than singing or harmonizing. > > > > If you look at YouTube videos of callers doing traditional squares > (Eastern, Southern or Western), you can see that most of them don’t try to > pitch their voices to the music. Some have a more shouting style, some are > mellower, but nearly all are effective in their own way. > > > > Tony Parkes > > Billerica, Mass. > > www.hands4.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net > >
