I happen to agree that sight singing is an essential (in the sense that it
makes us "musicians", not in the sense that you can't live without it) part
of our craft. I hate it when people make the jokes about vocalists being
"singers" and not "musicians." Having an aversion to reading music only
encourages (and lends truth to) such jokes.
There is a part of this discussion that interests me a lot. I would like to
see how many of you who consider yourselves to be good sight-readers (I do)
have trouble with memorization (again, I do!). Have there been any studies
on this phenomenon, and is there really a correlation?
Thanks for your insights here...
David Grogan
ETBU Music
Marshall, Texas
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"The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese."
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From: "SMSchneider" <smschneider@e...>
From: "SMSchneider" <smschneider@e...>
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Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 11:27 AM
Subject: [vocalist] Sight-reading IS important
> OK, guys, I don't want to get off on a rant here, but it frightens me for
> the future of classical music that so many of us are so "dumbed down" that
> we don't even have a distant vision of the benefits of having basic
skills.
> How can having the best skills you can develop NOT make you a better
> performer? Why do you think instrumentalists laugh at singers? Being a
> *musician* on any instrument, especially voice, is hard. That's the way
it
> is. Get your skills together as far as your ability will take you, and
stop
> denigrating their importance just because you don't see it. Or learn to
see
> where they can take you and get to work. Once you start to develop the
> skills, you'll see their importance more and more clearly because using
> those skills will make you perform at new levels of expression and
> intelligence. It's not just about being able to sing a piece at sight.
> That's only the beginning.
>
> Susan Schneider
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