After a quick warm-up with Lissa, on characterisation, and a VERY quick vocal warmup from me focusing on diminished 7ths, we did some really detailed sectional work on a really tricky section in Act 1.
Figure 2 to 3
Every part has really tricky lines here, and it's important to remember that this is REALLY hard music. We're going to consolidate, consolidate, consolidate!
Tenors and Basses - as I mentioned on Monday - your line is particularly hard because it's a combined line that would have originally not been sung by both tenors and basses. For the moment, we are going to return this section to its original form. See below for my marked up copy...
Figure 2 to 3
Every part has really tricky lines here, and it's important to remember that this is REALLY hard music. We're going to consolidate, consolidate, consolidate!
Tenors and Basses - as I mentioned on Monday - your line is particularly hard because it's a combined line that would have originally not been sung by both tenors and basses. For the moment, we are going to return this section to its original form. See below for my marked up copy...
I'm going to write a more detailed blog after Wednesday's section, with some tips and links to the learning aids!