A Toolbox for Better Singing.
Hi All, Following our lovely little discussion last evening about Shakespeare’s use of rhyme in Blow, blow, though winter wind, I’ve done a little bit of Googling. The bottom line seems to be that in Shakespeare’s time the word wind was still pronounced with a long ‘i’ vowel (probably spelled wynde) a hangover from Middle English. According to … Read more
Hi All, I thought I would repost the local musical events that we announced at last session. First the Hospice Hymnathon 2015. It takes place Saturday 6 & Sunday 7 June 2015 at Lancing College Chapel. It’s being produced by Friends of Sussex Hospices and is a very worthy cause. Carol and I will not … Read more
Here’s a lovely and varied arrangement of Good King Wenceslas for us to warble through. There are key changes aplenty and everyone gets a shot at the melody which gets tossed recklessly––sorry, I meant artfully––back and forth. Audio for all 3 parts: Audio for all Soprano: Audio for all Alto: Audio for all Baritone:
Here it is in all its comical splendour! The Official LVW Coffee/Tea Mug–– just waiting for some happy LVW newbie to grab them up. Only 4 left! And the first 4 people to leave a comment on this site or email me will have them, free for the asking to … Read more
Here are the parts and audio files for Mozart’s Ave Verum. Ave verum corpus audio – 3 Parts together Ave verum corpus audio – Soprano part Ave verum corpus audio – Alto part Ave verum corpus audio – Baritone part
We’ve both had such a lovely time with you all this term and want to wish you all happy holidays. I’m attaching one of my Christmas songs for you. This is I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day, an arrangement of which will be sung by the East Sussex Community Choir tomorrow night at Town … Read more
Hiya Group, It’s that time again. So, for Thursday night plan on reviewing Follow Me, Sweet Love and Agnus Dei from the Byrd Mass for 3 Voices. We may also run through the I Attempt from Love’s Sickness once more if there is time. Check the links for a bit of part revising if you … Read more
Hiya, Troops. For Thursday we’ll be continuing work on I Attempt from Love’s Sickness to Fly. We’ll also revisit the middle section of Banks of Sicily, which we still haven’t really sorted out. If we have time we might also look at Caro mio ben again. See you there! PK
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Hello LVW-ers! Since this Thursday will be our last meeting before the Easter break, I thought we should spend most of time after our vocal warm-ups revisiting the pieces that we have worked on this term. Here are links to those songs so you can brush them up a bit and give yourself a fuller … Read more