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This applies across the board, just about... (Reply to this comment)
by PianoGirl
To singers, also. It wouldn't apply to the piano, because when that's flat, you have to get it tuned :) ...oh, I just thought of a corny joke: "You can't tuna fish, but you can tune a piano!". LOL.
When I sang in my college chorus, our director was always exhorting us to "Think Sharp! Sing what you think!"--excellent advice, and when we all followed it, we sounded fantastic. But of course, when YOU are singing sharp, and the two people on either side of you are singing decidedly FLAT, it makes for great difficulty in getting the pitch right. Even if you have perfect pitch--which I do--it's VERY hard to keep on pitch in that kind of circumstance. I would try my best to shut out the flatness and only listen to myself in my head. Worked quite a bit of the time...most of the time, I would say, but not all of it, regrettably.
Another great and well-rounded article, John. Thank you so very much for sharing your talents with all of us!
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Jun 02 '01
10:16 am PDT
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The Vocal Instrument (Reply to this comment)
by frazzledspice
Much of what you said, John, can be applied to singers as well.
It is so easy, particularly in choral singing, for one group to get a little too sharp or a little too flat, particularly when holding out long notes.
I have almost perfect pitch, but when I am surrounded by a pair of altos that are trying their best to pull me down, it takes every ounce of strength I have to try to pull them up.
One college chorus director always used to tell us to think of the pitch as being a little bit sharp, or to reach for the sharp side, when singing, just to stay in tune with one another.
Makes me glad that the piano is my primary instrument. I admire brass and woodwind players no end.
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Jun 02 '01
9:42 am PDT
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You Are Utterly Correct (Reply to this comment)
by jucm
Back when I was in my senior year of high school, I learned the clarinet as my secondary instrument. Learning another instrument was a required component of senior music at my school. (I had already played the flute for six years and the piano for too long ;-)
If I had read your comments about the importance of the larynx and playing long tones back then (even though this wasn't written at the time,) you would have made my life a whole lot less stressful.
Seriously, you have brought the subject together very nicely...very insightful indeed!
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May 31 '01
5:58 pm PDT
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