A little more on the "what makes a song challenging" topic...
Yesterday I experienced an example of this. For 15 years, a piece that many
sopranos find
"easy", the Faure Requiem "Pie Jesu", has been incredibly difficult for me.
This is
because it lies in the part of my voice that has been the hardest for me to
master (but an
area that I've felt I must master to consider myself a competent singer). I
try singing
it from time to time to see how my technique is doing, but the last time (a
couple of
years ago), it still didn't work in my voice.
My church choir gave a concert this Saturday that included the Faure Requiem
(which went
beautifully!). I wasn't assigned the Pie Jesu, but at our Friday rehearsal,
the soprano
who was to sing it couldn't be there, so those of us who wanted to sing it
while the
orchestra went through it were invited to do so. I was so pleased that, with
neither
practice nor work with my teacher, the piece fell right into my voice - almost
every note
was easy and effortless to sing - and the 2 of us who sang it at the rehearsal
managed to
sound like "one voice" over a great deal of the piece (a really cool feeling,
having the
tone "lock" like that!).
I'm sure this little achievement wouldn't be a major milestone for anyone but
me, but I am
VERY excited about it!
Peggy
--
Margaret Harrison, Alexandria, Virginia, USA
"Music for a While Shall All Your Cares Beguile"
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