Category: Music Theory

Why it is so difficult to learn to sightsing…….. Or is it?The secret of Sightsinging, and to most people is is a […]

It is important that you fully understand what has gone before because this next bit is where it starts to get a […]

Guys,One of the elements of our singing that most upsets Rod, is the almost constant reminder he has to give NOT TO […]

So, think of the scale as a sort of template or a pattern of tone intervals and semitone intervals. Whatever key you […]

We have all heard of the barbershop ‘truth’ that the time we spend singing doesn’t count against the rest of our life […]

RHYTHMSThe other day I was asked a question regarding triplets. The question was “how can you sing a triplet when it only […]

I was once told that the most important two things in life (once you get over the fact that love, belongingness, and […]

There has been some intense debate recently about where we, as a chorus, should be heading. Views held by some individuals feel […]

By the way before I start, can I tell you that John Grant once pointed out to me that the word lyric, […]

The older one gets, the more one realises that time doing what you like doing is quite precious because statistically it takes […]

What makes for good music can obviously be quite subjective, but I think most of us know when we hear something that […]

One of the requirements of good ensemble singing, whether it be a capella or accompanied, is that no individual voice should be […]

Whilst putting and arrangement into my music programme there were several places where notes with double dots were required. Consequently I thought […]

In the next song we will be learning, you will see a few places on the score where spelling the chords correctly […]

This series of blogs needs to be credited to a number of people because obviously not every word written was my own. […]