God DAMMIT I love singing

[solarbird]

Even without singing lessons anymore for the time being - stupid recession! - I'm actually making progress. Real progress. I'm pretty sure it's not just me thinking so, either. (Well, I know it's not, but you know what I mean.) I've moved my upper break from C# to F# in about a week. That's a fourth. That thing I said I'd figured out, about 10 days ago? I was right. I had figured something out. Now I'm just practicing it. ^_^

Tonight I sang that upper (to me) G in a song. (That's the one an octave and a fifth above middle C.) Repeatedly. Actually, in two separate songs. And I hit it every time. Cleanly. Kind of clearly, too; no screeching involved. I even screeched the A in a song once (trying out some embellishment notes *^_^*;) And I screamed the upper Bb again in warm-ups.

The high C will be mine. Oh, yes, it will. I will have it.

I think I've got a pretty good grip on Quella Fiamma Che M'Accende. I'm still having some weird rhythm problems starting around measure 43, because the piano does a little (unlabeled, I might add) legato right before it, and there's a confusing bit in the tenor line of the accompaniment that confuses me about when to come in. But I made it through correctly today again, so I think I'm figuring it out.

I've assigned myself Vittoria, Mio Core! from the medium-high (second soprano) book and am working on the first half. That's got the G in it, and I'm working just on the first 34 measures for now, until I get kind of a clue about how it's really supposed to sound.

I'm also still working on my sightreading and music-reading exercises, and at this point, I can actually read music. I'm learning to recognise keys by their key signatures. I know the system for keys with sharps, but not for flats - I should probably look that up or bug Kathryn for it. (HI KATHRYN ^_^ )

W00t! This is fun. ^_^

Comments

[kathrynt.livejournal.com]

For flats -- one flat is F. After that, the second-to-last flat is the key. (two flats -- b-flat then e-flat -- the answer is b-flat.

[emmacrew.livejournal.com]

I've assigned myself Vittoria, Mio Core!

Heeey, I sang that in front of people when I was a senior in high school. It's fun (though I'd wanted to sing Mahler and they wouldn't let me).

[amethyst-dancer.livejournal.com]

Sometimes, you need practice more than lessons. I reached that point last time I went skiing, and was lucky enough to realize it, although no one else understood. Sort of like getting directions for a walk in the woods -- you can learn theoretically where to go, but it won't mean anything until you actually do it.

Remember that music system's for major keys only. Minor keys are different, and there are some other weird keys that are less commonly used. And it might be more convenient for you to bug Anna; I seem to recall she took some music theory.

[janne.livejournal.com]

So when do we get more sound files to listen to? :)

[solarbird]

eek! Scary! But maybe I will. I was thinking I should, just to see how different it sounds from then. It's the only good way to really know how you sound, of course.

(...and won't I be embarassed if what sounds great cup-eared sounds awful on minidisc...)