God DAMMIT I love singing
Jun. 16th, 2003 11:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
solarbirdEven 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. ^_^
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. ^_^
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Date: 2003-06-17 08:40 pm (UTC)(...and won't I be embarassed if what sounds great cup-eared sounds awful on minidisc...)