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  • Which single note do you give your choir to start a song?

    Added July 6, 2011 by Chris Rowbury - 6790 views - 0 comments
    [this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Last time (Tuning up – where do start notes come from?) I talked about my aim of being able to give out a single note to my choir, instead of having to give a note to each separate part. Now I want to look at which note you might actually give o... read more

  • Tuning up - where do start notes come from?

    Added June 30, 2011 by Chris Rowbury - 5321 views - 2 comments
    [this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   OK, I’ll admit it up front: I’m a charlatan. I have no training for the job which gives me my income. So when it comes to giving starting notes out to my choir, I’m not very good.             &n... read more
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  • Singing is about people, not musical notes

    Added June 23, 2011 by Chris Rowbury - 1327 views - 0 comments
    [this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   There are many choir leaders whose priority is to create as perfect a rendition of a written musical score as they can (see Music lives in flawed humans and not on the page).   But my focus is on the people who are making the music, not the mus... read more

  • Avoid jargon: make sure we're all speaking the same language

    Added June 17, 2011 by Chris Rowbury - 1210 views - 0 comments
    [this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the Choir]   Unlike many ‘traditional’ classical or church choirs, Natural Voice choirs seldom use written scores. We don‘t assume that singers who attend our workshops have any singing experience or musical education.   We want access to... read more