Att: Sops
Hey
Sorry its so late.
Sop Choir Notes! (part II)
Crown of Roses:
before start:
-pitch! got to take care of every single note
-BRIGHT and FORWARD sound!
-FOCUS!
-always watch Ms Ong's conducting
-pp = whisper
Verse one:
*Neutral
*No 'mood'
*Intro to a story. Don't give it away so fast!
-When Had
-Lean towards 'Jesus Christ'
Emphasise on: 'Gar(den)', 'Cher-ished', 'Gar(lands)'
Verse two:
*weary (evil is coming)
-breathe quick and deep
-don't push the high notes
-no breathing for '..time drew nigh there..'
-'RO'-zes (roll your tongue!)
Emphasis on: 'RO-zes', 'PLUCK-ed'
Verse three:
*are you willing to carry this burden and take all man's sins onto yourself?
*you are NOT the melody! = low volume
*float the sound for high notes!
-no breathing before 'Jesus'
*precious moments boy (xD)
-pray prae
-na-K-ed
-away a-wae
Verse four:
*brutality
*torture
*anger
*intense
-Emphasis on the 1st word of the bar
-Grow slowly then EXPLODE!
-KR-own (ff)
-F-in-gers
-PR-ess
-F-ore-head
-F-air
-'Blood', hit and draw back.
-Like RO-zes..sPRung..ng
Song Da Ge:
whole song:
-Cina voice
-(Nasal) Bright voice
-all the soNG ge ge, huaNG yang duo,AI YO wo de da ge and all the necessary emphasise
verse 1:
-girl is shy & gentle
-having doubts
-testing the water
bar 1: wo SONG wo de DA ge
bar 2: HUANG cao po
bar 3: HUANG cao PO qian
bar 4: HUANG yang duo hua ya duo
bar 18-25: both guy & girl's heart beating at the same time
bar 20: AI YO wo de DA ge....
bar 21: soNG ge ge (unison with altos)
verse 2:
-guy walk in front, girl walks behind
-guy know the girl walking behind him but doesn't do anything yet
bar 26: wo SONG wo de DA ge (this keeps repeating)
bar 29-31: showing affection
bar 32: ke ke ta ge ge da
bar 33: ai YO wo de DA ge (repeated again)
bar 34: HOU mian de mu er
chorus (verse 3):
-strong & firm, intense
-guy stop & turn back
-both started walking together
bar 37: wo SONG wo de DA ge (again, so you had better remember by now ==')
bar 38: HUANG cao po
bar 39: HUANG cao PO qian
bar 40: HUANG yang duo
bar 42: slight cresendo
bar 43: touch hand moment
bar 44: jiao (be gentle)-moment for the guy & girl!
bar 46: bass starts with 1st advance
bar 47: tenor & sop sing the " yi dui huang yang.... " - the 2nd advance
bar 50: tenor singing " yi dui huang yang.... " - 3rd advance
bar 55: finally holding hands
verse 4:
-sections overlapping each other
-guy and girl finally openly show they like each other
bar 59: at the high G - gentle & light, small cresendo
bar 59-60: no breathing
Ending:
-narrator here
-girl says bye
-the sun rises
-the guy will come back
THE END.
so now go update your scores [:
thanks to Eli and Carina who helped with the CoR and SDG notes respectively! =]
6 more days!
Cat
