10 Reasons Why You Can’t Go To YoChoir Rehearsal
Here are 10 reasons why you can’t go to your choir rehearsal: Got more that you’ve heard? Share them in The Creative Choir Leader Group Beth Morgan set up The …
Exploring Close Harmony
Close harmony is when the distance between the notes of the chord are close together. The range of the full chord, from highest to lowest pitch, might be very narrow. This kind of harmony is very popular in barbershop music, vocal jazz and more recently, in the contemporary choral music of composers such as Eric Whitacre, Ola Gjeilo and Morten Lauridsen.
Practising Parallel Solos
Choose a well know solo or melody to sing in unison with your choir. I like to use “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”. Once you are confident they know it, ask …
Atomic Creativity
In his book, Serious Creativity, Edward de Bono defines creativity at its simplest level as “bringing into being something that was not there before” For music, what could this sound …
My Dog He Can Do The Can Can
This is a fun brain gym warm up to get your singers moving and smiling, as well as exploring different vocal timbres. Variations: 1. Add can can kicks 2. Substitute …
Group Tongue Twisters
Tongue Twisters are a sequence of words or sounds, typically of an alliterative kind, that are difficult to pronounce quickly and correctly, as for example Peter Piper picked a peck …
Using Customised Backing Tracks
Using backing tracks to accompany your singers can help to give the performance a real sense of authenticity. It can improve the overall rhythm and groove – both for your …
Lullaby from Australia
Sharing songs from different cultures helps us to become aware and learn more of those cultures. ‘Inanay’ is an Australian aboriginal lullaby. It is sung in Yorta Yorta, the language of …
5 Fun Ways to Start Your Choir Session
First impressions count, right? So the same goes with how you kick off your regular choir session with your singers. Getting your choir engaged in the first 5 mins can …
Brightness in lower vocal registers
Are your singers sounding quiet in their lower range? Or perhaps their tone is a little dark, cause by a low larynx position and flat tongue, and you want to brighten their sound in a section or phrase of one of your songs.