Four of us made it this week, including a new person! After introductions and warming up, we went through "Maypole Dance" a few times. It's a fairly simple piece to pick up, especially with some small adjustments we've made, so we didn't linger on it. After that, we worked on "Summer's King" (former working title, "Beltane"). This is a more complicated piece, so we did a couple full run-throughs, then did detailed adjustments stanza by stanza, then did a few more full run-throughs. Next, we did several repetitions of each of the three melodies in "Dark of the Moon". After that, we reviewed the Libana recording so our new person could hear how they all fit together but, since it's a fairly intimidating piece, we didn't attempt it ourselves. Finally, we wrapped up the evening with "We All Come from the Goddess / Hoof and Horn". We're considering making this our standard way of closing out rehearsal.
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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