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1. Refuting Misconceptions 2: Sight-Reading Ability in English Choirs.

Author

MacDonald, Sarah

Subjects
*SIGHT-reading (Music performance), *CHOIRS (Musical groups), *SIGHT-singing, *COMMON misconceptions, *KODALY method (Music education), *MUSICAL notation, *SINGERS, *EDUCATION
Abstract

The article offers information on musical misconception regarding sight reading ability in English Choirs. It discusses that Oxbridge choirs who are exported from Great Britain has better sight-reading ability than a typical singer. It mentions use of Kodály method for teaching sight-singing It also mentions that singers learn to read rhythms spacing, repeated pitches and arithmetic values of bars, musical notation.

Published
2014

2. Rehearsal Breaks.

Author

MacDonald, Sarah

Subjects
*VIBRATO, *CHORAL singing, *SINGERS, *BINARY form (Musical form)
Abstract

The article focuses on the contradiction related to the misconception regarding the use of vibrato, a musical effect in choral singing in Great Britain. It mentions that vibrato is an essential expressive device which were used by the singers and players in sixteenth and seventeenth century. It also mentions that Baroque string players do not use vibrato while singing.

Published
2013

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