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Re: Dumb Harmonic Question

Author: Chris P
Date: 2011-11-18 22:32

Not completely unrelated to this topic, but I had a very toe-curling experience with an amateur orchestra and choir years ago where the leader gave the tenor singer the tonic note of 'Londonderry Air', but the tenor singer took this tonic note as their starting note (the tune begins on the leading note) and ended up singing the whole song a semitone higher than it should have been, regardless of the leader and other orchestra members trying in vain to put him right.

Similar thing happened to me on a Pickle night the other week when one of the organisers (who was feeling the effects of the rum barrel plus other drinks by this time) started up and roused everyone into singing a sea shanty before I gave them all the intro and ended up a minor 3rd out. Some of the diners went with me but there were many that didn't, so 'Drunken Sailor' sounded very drunken.

'Satin Doll' is another song where some singers can end up singing a 4th or 5th out if they're not careful.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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