HEY IT'S KEETS!
runs: can y'all please please please run properly? this means:
1. hurry up and line up in twos AS FAST AS POSSIBLE when jane (or whoever's leading runs) calls for it
2. trying YOUR VERY BEST to RUN for the WHOLE TIME. if you really, really cannot, then you can run a little slower or even jog or something but just DON'T STOP
3. this goes without saying, but you have to run the entire distance. meaning that you can't just skip the last round because you came late and everyone's already a lap ahead of you and because you THINK we won't notice. we do. everyone does. All the time.
Warm-ups
Don't decrescendo too fast. Decrescendoing at the last third of the (line? Phrase? PHRASE!) phrase is a pretty good guideline for doing this.
Terms to google: golden proportions and tenor syndrome
Mr Tay explained a bit about the second one. He said that it was something like 'tilting your head back gives the illusion of being able to reach high notes but you're actually just hurting yourself. SO it's just better to tilt your head forward as if you're trying to make a double chin so that you're actually made taller and there's more space for the air to circulate around and makes the higher notes sound better and more rounded
Ecce:
At the very beginning of the piece, we're supposed to get our note from the G that'll be played on the pitchpipe
Sop 1s, at C, please be more 'wayang'
A few sop 2s were moved up to the sop 1.2 note at the very last bar.
BREAKING NEWS: there's a change in the rhythm before part E
Ave Maria
We worked on the musicianship part of the piece today. Such as: dynamics, which section has to be louder at a particular time, etc.
Remember to phrase off. Meaning that you can't just end really abruptly. You have to let the note ring in the air for a bit.
GOOGLE GREGORIAN CHANTS. Or search for it on YouTube. They sound kind of creepy. But in a nice way.
We also got 4 new scores: dona nobis parcem, laudate, the heavenly aeroplane song (heehee) and let there be peace on earth. If you don't have them, come to me :)
❤Ankita
