Re: harmony panel/workshop

Hi

I agree with the 2-hour suggestion, and also that we start out with a round, just to get people used to the idea of singing parts. I'm glad to hear also that there's so much interest here...I love it when a room full of people breaks into harmony!

Anne

On Fri, 21 Apr 2000, Arlene 'Callie' Hills wrote:

>
> Cat 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 04/24/00