Comments on: Fa so la ti http://www.topofthemountains.net/2008/03/04/fa-so-la-ti/ "Hitch your wagon to a star." —Ralph Waldo Emerson Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:22:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 by: Ben http://www.topofthemountains.net/2008/03/04/fa-so-la-ti/#comment-67458 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 05:04:44 +0000 http://www.topofthemountains.net/2008/03/04/fa-so-la-ti/#comment-67458 Learning perfect pitch would be <i>really</i> nice for composing, I have to say. (Or at least I assume it would be. Maybe I'm wrong.) Learning perfect pitch would be really nice for composing, I have to say. (Or at least I assume it would be. Maybe I’m wrong.)

]]> by: Xister http://www.topofthemountains.net/2008/03/04/fa-so-la-ti/#comment-66703 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:33:46 +0000 http://www.topofthemountains.net/2008/03/04/fa-so-la-ti/#comment-66703 I think that it can in the same way that a person can learn the difference between forrest green and olive green and kelley green, etc. Similarly, I think that there are those who never will be able to differentiate in the same way that some people are colorblind. They are both issues of our brain interpreting wave patterns. I think that it can in the same way that a person can learn the difference between forrest green and olive green and kelley green, etc. Similarly, I think that there are those who never will be able to differentiate in the same way that some people are colorblind. They are both issues of our brain interpreting wave patterns.

]]> by: Ben http://www.topofthemountains.net/2008/03/04/fa-so-la-ti/#comment-66673 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:46:31 +0000 http://www.topofthemountains.net/2008/03/04/fa-so-la-ti/#comment-66673 Carly: Harmony <i>rocks.</i> (Weak musical pun sort of intended. :P) DL: I can't wait till the day when I really <i>can</i> sightsing, without having to follow the organ. And it's cool learning how to break apart the chord I'm listening to and be able to hear the individual notes. Haley: Haha, that's why I often don't mind the initial stages of a cold, when my voice goes so low that I've got an <i>awesome</i> bass. I remember hearing once that perfect pitch could be learned. Thoughts? Carly: Harmony rocks. (Weak musical pun sort of intended. :P)

DL: I can’t wait till the day when I really can sightsing, without having to follow the organ. And it’s cool learning how to break apart the chord I’m listening to and be able to hear the individual notes.

Haley: Haha, that’s why I often don’t mind the initial stages of a cold, when my voice goes so low that I’ve got an awesome bass.

I remember hearing once that perfect pitch could be learned. Thoughts?

]]> by: Haley http://www.topofthemountains.net/2008/03/04/fa-so-la-ti/#comment-66642 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 06:43:53 +0000 http://www.topofthemountains.net/2008/03/04/fa-so-la-ti/#comment-66642 It's true! It just takes practice. In high school I started trying to pick out the alto line in the hymns, and it was really hard at first. The one real benefit in my eyes was for singing at the start of early-morning seminary--I could actually HIT the low notes that early. But it definitely gets easier over time. Like sight-reading for the piano. Now the old ladies in choir at home like to sit next to me and make me sing really loud :) It’s true! It just takes practice. In high school I started trying to pick out the alto line in the hymns, and it was really hard at first. The one real benefit in my eyes was for singing at the start of early-morning seminary–I could actually HIT the low notes that early. But it definitely gets easier over time. Like sight-reading for the piano. Now the old ladies in choir at home like to sit next to me and make me sing really loud :)

]]> by: DL http://www.topofthemountains.net/2008/03/04/fa-so-la-ti/#comment-66640 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 06:26:31 +0000 http://www.topofthemountains.net/2008/03/04/fa-so-la-ti/#comment-66640 Congratulations! I know the feeling. I've been a decent to good sight reader since High School and earlier from singing in choirs, but it wasn't until I became a music major at BYU that I learned how to sight sing properly with the hand signals and without the aid of accompaniment. It was such a revelation to discover that (entirely learnable) skill. And what a joy to experience greater freedom and independence in music making! It's the "Aha!" moment that I really love, when the thing you're learning just clicks. Congratulations! I know the feeling. I’ve been a decent to good sight reader since High School and earlier from singing in choirs, but it wasn’t until I became a music major at BYU that I learned how to sight sing properly with the hand signals and without the aid of accompaniment. It was such a revelation to discover that (entirely learnable) skill. And what a joy to experience greater freedom and independence in music making! It’s the “Aha!” moment that I really love, when the thing you’re learning just clicks.

]]> by: Carly http://www.topofthemountains.net/2008/03/04/fa-so-la-ti/#comment-66581 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:13:09 +0000 http://www.topofthemountains.net/2008/03/04/fa-so-la-ti/#comment-66581 Hooray for "music making!" I've been (range wise) a soprano my whole life so never really had the need to become proficient at reading other parts. In the last year or so I decided it was essential for my wellbeing to be a capable alto. I am still not great without someone sitting next to me (singing loudly) but it gets better all the time. There is nothing better than making harmony :). Carry on! Hooray for “music making!” I’ve been (range wise) a soprano my whole life so never really had the need to become proficient at reading other parts. In the last year or so I decided it was essential for my wellbeing to be a capable alto. I am still not great without someone sitting next to me (singing loudly) but it gets better all the time. There is nothing better than making harmony :). Carry on!

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