Re: harmony panel/workshop

replyCat suggests:
> I wonder if the way to do this would be to pick a song on the spot
> (like when we arrive at the panel) that everyone knows, and work out
> harmony to it during the panel, sort of like a workshop

In fact, I suggested this when Harlock first "pitched" the idea to me, but as a Part II - part one being to come in with a pre-chosen song and show how to add harmony layers to it. Seasons of Love might be a good choice that way. Cat also makes an excellent point about showing the "evolution" from rough to mellifluous, as a means of encouraging people to try their wings.

Another possibilty would be to analyze the harmonic structure of a round, where the harmonic choices have already been made, then progress to building our own harmony on a similar tune...

I second the notion of using the "Workshop" format - schedule it as a 2-hr time block instead of 1-hr, along the lines of the writing workshops.

I'm glad there's so much interest in the topic, at least on this list!

Callie Received on 04/21/00