Date sent: Sat, 5 Feb 2000 20:32:50 EST
Subject: Re: Perfect Pitch was: Arias Transposed
To: vocalist
Send reply to: VOCALIST <vocalist>

In a message dated 02/05/2000 6:20:14 AM Pacific Standard Time,
danelm-at-tig.com.au writes:

<< Also, my whole musical life I've learnt from a FIXED 'Do'. For nearly 10
years all I sung and learnt was fixed Do, then later tried movable do. I
can do movable do, but find it more difficult than fixed. >>

Daniel...I envy you. I wish the schools here in the states would start out
with fixed "do" & keep up the training through all the grades. I believe our
musical education is sadly lacking & we'd certainly have better
readers/singers if some attempt were made to teach sight-singing in the
younger grades. At this point, we're lucky to have any music classes at all
::sigh:: but I know there must be a better way! Regards! Barbara