Elly:
I've sung "Sure on this shining night" myself. This advice works with many
of Barber's songs: Don't try to "feel the beat" as shown in the time
signatures; you'll just make yourself crazy. Instead, work on keeping a
steady count of *eighth* notes. The piano part on this particular song is
mostly series of eighth notes, so I think you'll find that counting eighths
will help it fall right into place.
Keep working on it. The song really grows on you.
(I may go and thrash with "Nuovoletta" again. The text is from "Finnegan's
Wake," and Barber managed to make his music just as impenetrable as James
Joyce's words.)
Elizabeth Finkler
San Jose, California
mightymezzo@h...
http://home.earthlink.net/~mightymezzo
"This would be a better world for children if the parents had to eat the
spinach." --Groucho Marx
>From: "elly28_03" Hello everyone!
>
>Once in a while you meet a song that is deceptively difficult. I don't know
>if I am just not interalising the beat or if i dont have any rhythm at all!
>
>I have chosen "Sure on this Shining Night" as a posibilty for a 20th
>century song for my university audition. I really just liked the sound and
>the feel of it and that is why this song was chosen.
>
>Issues have arisen because...well... this song is not a walk in park!! At
>least not when you are used to singing more rapid songs that have lots of
>fun runs to sing. This song depends on the length of the line and it is
>creating a whole new set of challenges for me.
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