We had a great rehearsal this week! Rather than working on a specific piece, Emori lead the other four of us in exercises designed to train our ears and vocal flexibility. We each took a different note and harmonized. Then, Emori taught us different sets of harmonies, each of which which they assigned a number. Once we had each down, we would start with a harmony and they would call out a number for us to switch to that harmony. It was a very challenging exercise which will certainly improve how we operate as vocalists and as a choir. I'm very excited for the ways Emori is helping us expand our abilities in addition to our repertoire!
If you'd like to review any of our material, the sheet music and recordings are available on our Drive. For the naming conventions of the recordings, see the document in our Drive. If you're trying to practice at home and can't quite discern your note, you can use a keyboard app to plunk out whichever ones you're having trouble with. (This is by no means an official endorsement, but the app I use is "Voice Training - Learn to Sing" by the developer Learn to Master. It labels the notes on the keyboard and gives you real-time feedback on what note you're singing.) If you need a tutorial on how to read music, this one seems sufficient for helping you figure out which note you want to find on the keyboard.
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