[78-L] Operatic Sight Reading.

[Julian Vein]

I don't mean which key do we choose to sing in, but the lead-in note. 
For example, if I start singing "Memories Of You" too high I probably 
won't be able to negotiate the high notes later in the song. Similarly, 
"Dancing In The Dark". If I'm not a professional singer or musician I 
won't consider the pitfalls until it's too late! I'm neither, but have 
had my attention drawn to these to songs.

      Julian Vein

On 12/12/11 18:10, Malcolm Rockwell wrote:
> Spontaneous? Depends on the resonant frequency of your chest, your vocal
> cords and what your hearing is being influenced by at the time.
> This is a trick that is used by some who claim they have "perfect
> pitch," when it fact they have "relative pitch." Find your natural
> singing key (sing a scale where it is comfortable for you and compare it
> to a piano scale - my resonant frequency is D. It used to be C but when
> I quit smoking it went up a whole tone) and compare that to the scale or
> note you are trying to figure out. A little ear training so you can
> discern intervals (the space between notes) and, voila, perfect pitch.
> Mal
>
> *******
>
> On 12/12/2011 7:09 AM, Julian Vein wrote:
>> On 12/12/11 16:39, Malcolm Rockwell wrote:
>>> Uh, your definition of transpose is slightly askew. It is not the
>>> ability to play in different keys, it is the ability to play in a key
>>> that is different from the key written on the sheet music. So, if a song
>>> is written in E but the vocalist's natural key is F# a pianist who can
>>> transpose has the ability to play in F# (or any other key) even though
>>> the score is in E.
>>> We won't even get in to horn transpositions!
>>> Malcolm
>>>
>>> *******
>>>
>>>
>> When one of us breaks into spontaneous song, how do we know which note
>> to start on?
>>
>>          Julian Vein
>>
>>
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