Four of us made it out this week, including a new person! After a quick warm-up, we worked on "Full Moonlight Dance". Once we were comfortable with it, we worked on gradually increasing the tempo with each repetition. (Unfortunately, by the time we got around to recording, we were exhausted and it wasn't our best version.) We then spent most of the evening working on "Samhain's Door". After getting comfortable with the standard version, we tried several other variations. First, we added a harmony to the final note. Then, we incorporated a supporting beat on the djembe. Finally, we tried it out as a round. After several tries at that, we decided it worked best if the higher voices lead and the lower voices follow, otherwise it ends up sounding like some people are just behind! That recording is extremely rough, so I recorded one at home as an example.
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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