Hmm.. I was just thinking. Choral singing requires a lot of patience. Don't you think? Most of the time, we don't really sing many many fast songs. And so the patience comes when we have to stretch the notes, to pay attention to every detail. And of course, the patience encompasses the hours of practice just to perfect one song. Only to perhaps perform it once? And then what? If someone is always very eager to get along, then won't he/she start rushing when they sing? The song goes out of rhythm. When they rush through practices, how can the song turn out to be good?

I'm not sure if it only applies to choirs, (i didn't bother thinking whether it applied to other stuff), but as long as it applies to us, it's important to know about it.

And i think a large number of people are really just very concerned about singing their own part. But that's just it isn't it, we're not solo singers. We're a choir. I must admit it's really not easy to be able to juggle singing your own part and at the same time listening to other parts. But well, it really really depends you know? Depends on how you view it. I realise that recently, for example wednesday when we were thrown the new christus scores and just sight singing, a lot of times i was just fitting my notes into the chords of the choir. Of course tuning and stuff is still important, but sometimes it's also easier to fit your note into the chord. If everyone is able to hear chords, then we wouldn't go out of tune. But then, relying on chords alone cannot also because if the choir is out of tune, then you'll just lose your note. It's not easy, but it's important to really hear chords in a choir because without chords, then where's the harmony and blend? Unless of course it's clash chords then don't listen because then you'll get influenced to sing other people's notes then you'll lose your correct note haha!

It's also very important to look up and down the score to see who you're supposed to have harmony with, and sometimes whether you and another section are supposed to sing the same note. Because that's like obviously the best time to see if the 2 sections are in tune right? If they clash then obviously burst. Haha! Hmm. Maybe it's a good idea to just play notes and let people try to fit notes in to make up the chord. Hmmm.

Okay going back to patience. Oh i also realise that often in singing many people tend to slack at last moments? Not just realise la, Mr Toh has been telling us very often. But many times, we don't realise it's happening. But it really does affect the whole sound. It's in a way a reflection of how people want to rush on to the next note without even completing the note they're singing. Maybe it's not patience, but just that people don't know that they're neglecting the last part of the note. So. Something to take note of =)

Anyway super happy suddenly today was able to identify the difference between my speaking-singing voice and my tony-singing voice ^.^ Okay shall have no more christopher sound! Heeheehee. I realised that all along i though the ringing-in-the-front-of-my-face sound was the correct sound, and that the big blob of sound at the back of the head meant that the sound was stuck in the head (dark sound). But then i had a revelation and realised that it has to have BOTH the big blob of sound to create the nice big tone and the ringing feeling to create the uh, ringing sound. Cannot just have 1. Big blob alone ---> Dark sound. Ringing sound alone---> annoying nasal christopher-sound. So must combine then it'll sound better =) Yay. Revelation of the century!!

Bleh okay it's almost 1am and i've gotta wake up early to go church tmr. Yes, i've started going back to church after like many many years (really). Bye everyone! Goodnight and rest your voices, or if you're using them, make sure it's only for experimental purposes to make them better! Haha joking xD. Okay no seriously.