tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post3680123422693202567..comments2024-03-27T11:23:43.902+00:00Comments on Beaker Folk of Husborne Crawley: Troubles with TreblesWodeWosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18381754587879658356noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-71404531902762172692017-11-05T11:54:30.418+00:002017-11-05T11:54:30.418+00:00Nitpick - it's not a pause. It's simply t...Nitpick - it's not a pause. It's simply that the the two notes are both minims, rather than the possibly more usual dotted minim followed by crochet.<br /><br />(Pauses are the bane of my life. Why on earth put one in We Three Kings? Conversely, there are several older hymns which we're all used to putting extra beats into but which hymn book editors force into equal bar lengths. Then everyone knows that they can't expect people to sing a minim AND breathe AND come in on the next beat; but no-one wants to ignore the Sacred Print completely so you end up with a half-beat hiccup.)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11735430538863573143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-50158369829148031562017-09-18T07:42:10.918+01:002017-09-18T07:42:10.918+01:00We believe in a youth choir - which is great as ch...We believe in a youth choir - which is great as childrens voices are so cute. It's when the spotty young boy, has a voice break that we get trouble. Do we banish them until they are suitable to be an adult chorister, or do we persevere with the cracked vessel until they grow out of it?<br /><br />We have a rota or organists, which varies from trained musicians to volunteer former Piano players, who've had a go and think that they know how to operate the keyboard (just like a Piano) but forget that the pedals are important to get the best out of the organ - this results in a medley of sounds, which resemble somewhat the needed tune, but could in fact, be one of many. To say the congregation is sparse when they know such a person is to play, would be an understatement.<br /><br />Church musicians and choristers can make and break worship between an experience you'd rather forget and an uplifting experience, by chance or good fortune.<br /><br />Time for a professional approach - have a requirement for all Clergy and Worship leaders to be musically aware and to pick hymn's that the congregation can actually sing, not just those sitting in the choir pews.UKViewerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18114944341930758335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-29064231760176759462017-09-17T01:51:45.124+01:002017-09-17T01:51:45.124+01:00Then there are the tenors, baritones and basses. H...Then there are the tenors, baritones and basses. How their voices quiver and shrink at the temerity of the voluminous, would-be Birgitte Nilsson.<br /><br />Andrea, MinnesotaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-25725925293559689552017-09-16T16:34:51.344+01:002017-09-16T16:34:51.344+01:00At risk of pedantry, it should have been "......At risk of pedantry, it should have been "...26-verse Wesley hymn in an unexpected metre", not meter. My father was a Methodist.<br /><br />I must get out more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-40767658270713319172017-09-16T15:37:54.221+01:002017-09-16T15:37:54.221+01:00Agreed. I did say "somebody" should be a...Agreed. I did say "somebody" should be able to do this. The ideal choir should contain at least one person whose vibrato alone can encompass a half-octave.Archdruid Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06481946916045861117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-57853633565952004522017-09-16T15:09:18.744+01:002017-09-16T15:09:18.744+01:00I'm rather surprised by the idea that the abil...I'm rather surprised by the idea that the ability to play or sing in time or in tune are somehow required for church musicians. Generally it is considered that a slender majority (in either numbers or volume) should have such capacity but surely no choir is complete without an elderly lady for whom the ravages of time on some combination of ears, vocal chords and mental capacity have rendered such a performance impossible?Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09828021007149479362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-16942760759702805912017-09-16T13:53:17.771+01:002017-09-16T13:53:17.771+01:00Not to mention the occasions when half the congreg...Not to mention the occasions when half the congregation (usually but not inevitably the male half) discover that they've set off in far too high a key and have hastily to relocate lower down or risk undignified squeaking. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4795284845836270713.post-67232372005029774182017-09-16T10:47:06.835+01:002017-09-16T10:47:06.835+01:00When you listed the peculiarities of the choir you...When you listed the peculiarities of the choir you forgot one of the most common of all, namely the big powerful voice which is a superb instrument at its best but is sadly, always just that little bit flat.<br />Because the voice is so strong everyone else follows down the path to destruction and the whole thing (anthem or just plain old hymn) disappears under the bottom of the organ.<br />At this point the organist stops playing and the sound (gradually) fizzles out.<br />Oh the joys of church music.Ray Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09209429097744326143noreply@blogger.com