On 7/19/05, Mark D Lew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jul 19, 2005, at 4:40 PM, Lora Crighton wrote: > > > I actually find it easier to focus on things like tuning & balance if > > I have my score, because I can see what the other parts are doing - > > I have found that, also. > > > I'm always reading my own part & at least one other. Or are you > > suggesting that all the parts be memorized? > > I can't recall ever intentionally memorizing all parts for a choral > piece I'm singing in, but I would generally learn all four parts for > any piece where I'm the choral director, and if I later have occasion > to sing the same piece then I know all the parts. It's really quite > helpful. >
If I know a piece well, I can switch parts on little or no notice. I once went to mass after having rehearsed the soprano part & ended up singing tenor because there was only one & he was too insecure to sing by himself - good thing it was a high part. > There's also plenty of pieces which I've sung from memory both as tenor > and bass. That's helpful, too, except that if my attention wanders I'm > liable to accidentally sing the wrong part.... > There are a lot of pieces that I know several parts really well - one time I arrived a bit late for choir, and they were already singing. I joined in as I hung up my coat, hunted in my bag for a pencil & got out my music, but realized as I took my place that I had been singing the wrong part. It got especially confusing when I was in 3 different choirs singing S1, S2, & A1 and we ended up doing some of the same pieces at the same time. There is no way I would have let my scores go, because as well as singing different parts, the directors had quite different interpretations, and I needed my notes! _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
