Three of us made it out this week. Two had to arrive late, so I spent the first hour ironing out the Ostara song I wrote last year. I had it ready by the time the other two arrived and they signed off on it as an acceptable work for us to sing. One said, "I really feel Ostara in it, which has been lacking in some of the pieces we've been using." So mission accomplished! We started working on the Beltane piece from the same set of songs I wrote last year, but I'm having a lot more difficulty setting those lyrics to music. We also spent some time talking about potential strategies for increasing turnout. A lot of folks drive in from Durham, so we're taking feedback on how folks would feel about replacing one rehearsal per month with an informal song circle in Durham, since a meadery there previously offered their venue for our rehearsals. I can also check in again with the Durham UU to see if they've had any potential rehearsal spaces open up in the last year, if folks would prefer that. Please feel free to contact me through email or social media to let me know what you think! After we discussed those possibilities, we spent some time with the Reclaiming pieces, "Sweet Water" and "Weave and Spin". Those are very simple pieces, so we feel confident with the basics, it's just the embellishments that need some ironing out.
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. You can also listen to the TPC playlist of recordings of some of the pieces by professional artists on Spotify. 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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