[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] Last week I looked at What is unique about singing together. In this post, I’ll consider which aspects of singing together can be duplicated online and...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] Last time I looked at what music notation is for and if you need it to sing. Sight reading by discopalace This week I’d like to ...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] People don’t often talk about the downsides of singing. We constantly bang on about the health benefits, social aspects, etc. but...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir] The simple reason is that India doesn’t have a harmony singing tradition, and I specialise in harmony singing. Photo by willsfca ...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] Singers in a choir are used to singing their harmony part surrounded by others singing the same thing. Holding a part by themselves in a small group ...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] Out come all the favourite songs that everyone loves – songs that you’ve sung hundreds of times before. photo by John Bencina ...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] Last week in Now THAT’S what I call singing! Volume 1 I shared some of my favourite songs from Europe: Corsica, Georgia, Russian orthodox, gypsy, th...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] This post is part of a series of occasional Questions and Answers. Just contact Chris if you want to submit a question. Tim wro...
[A version of this article first appeared as a post on my blog From the Front of the choir] Some people really struggle when it comes to learning a song by ear. Often it’s singers who are used to using sheet music, but not always. &nb...
[this is a version of a post which first appeared on my blog From the Front of the choir] If you’re not a confident singer, your impulse will be to stand at the back and hide. But this is the worst possible p...