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17 Jan 01 - 11:19 AM (#376184) Subject: Non musical mom From: GUEST My second grader must sing 5 measures of a song to try out for her school play. Does anyone have any suggestions? Her guitar teacher says she sings in e flat. Is that good? (if it is good why do they call it flat?) Thanks! |
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17 Jan 01 - 11:27 AM (#376190) Subject: RE: Help: Non musical mom From: catspaw49 What does she know? Is there a favorite song or two of hers? 5 bars isn't much so I'd let her pick something she likes to sing. Spaw |
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17 Jan 01 - 11:31 AM (#376195) Subject: RE: Help: Non musical mom From: Patrish(inactive) I would encourage her to sing something she is confident about - I'm sure she will pick a key she is comfortable in. just be there for her Patrish |
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17 Jan 01 - 11:33 AM (#376198) Subject: RE: Help: Non musical mom From: Lady McMoo That's the key! Much better to sing in E flat than in E, flat! |
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17 Jan 01 - 11:38 AM (#376199) Subject: RE: Help: Non musical mom From: GUEST Of course she loves stuff like Brittney Spears, I just don't think that would be appropriate. She did think of Suzy Bogguss. Is a child going to be able to sing that? |
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17 Jan 01 - 11:45 AM (#376207) Subject: RE: Help: Non musical mom From: catspaw49 Are they asking for something like that? I imagine they just want to hear her voice and if she can carry a tune well enough to get the part. Let her do something she knows and is confident in doing. Spaw |
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17 Jan 01 - 11:49 AM (#376212) Subject: RE: Help: Non musical mom From: mousethief E flat as a note is the black key to the left of E. As a key, it's the scale that starts on that note and goes up (or down, I guess) from there. It doesn't mean "flat" as in "not on the right pitch." It's a very common singing key (along with A flat). Alex |
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17 Jan 01 - 12:08 PM (#376231) Subject: RE: Help: Non musical mom From: Sorcha How about something like Happy Birthday, or 3 Blind Mice? |
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17 Jan 01 - 12:10 PM (#376233) Subject: RE: Help: Non musical mom From: GUEST,Matt_R How about The Queen of The Night's Aria?? just kidding! |
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17 Jan 01 - 12:12 PM (#376237) Subject: RE: Help: Non musical mom From: Pseudolus I do a lot of theatre in my area and some of it involves kids. Most of them have a difficult time preparing a song for the audition. So, I would have her sing Happy Birthday. It's short, everybody knows it (I think) and it will let them know if she can sing in tune....Kids sing it at auditions all the time, in fact, if I have a kid auditioning with a song that sounds horrible, I will often say, "That was great, now how about singing Happy Birthday for me." More often than not, they will sound a lot better. Frank |
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17 Jan 01 - 01:41 PM (#376319) Subject: RE: Help: Non musical mom From: wysiwyg GUEST mom, try going into the DT database here at Mudcat, see the blue box up top of the forum page? Click there, and browse through the titles with her and see what looks interesting.... then see at the bottom of many of the songs, CLICK TO PLAY-- you should be able to hear the tune with her, and she can learn what she likes. Might find a funny parody of a simple little folk tune she'd like, for instance-- be easy to sing and catch the attention in the audition because of the parody. ~S~ |
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17 Jan 01 - 01:44 PM (#376323) Subject: RE: Help: Non musical mom From: wysiwyg Sorry, PS-- If you can get your computer to take you into Mudcat PalTalk, she can practice with Mudcatters telling her how great she is. If yer interested in that, ask here for help and someone will point you to (or tell you) the tech side of that. ~S~ |
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17 Jan 01 - 08:23 PM (#376589) Subject: RE: Help: Non musical mom From: Banjer Alex, do you know what you get when you push a piano down a mine shaft? A flat miner |
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18 Jan 01 - 01:20 AM (#376743) Subject: RE: Help: Non musical mom From: Extra Stout Sing loud! |
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18 Jan 01 - 05:13 AM (#376806) Subject: RE: Help: Non musical mom From: Ella who is Sooze ooo banjer.... that's all I'm gonna say |
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18 Jan 01 - 03:18 PM (#377143) Subject: RE: Help: Non musical mom From: wysiwyg Refreshed for GUEST's ease of finding. ~S~ |