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Selecting Choral Music
How to Select Choral Music for Your Group Identify Your Group The first step in choosing choral music is to consider who will be performing it. Is your group a church ensemble or a secular community choir? The type of group often dictates the occasions for which it sings. If your choir primarily performs at…
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Understanding Theory should inform Your Musicianship
Every step of the major scale has a specific characteristic. The main. Steps of the scale are the tonic step 1, dominant step 5, and the subdominant step 4 (four). We use Roman numerals to represent these, in capital letters for the Major trids and common letters for the minor triads. You might wonder why…
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Thanks!
When someone can do something well. We shouldn’t take it for granted. Sometimes it racing like a small thing. But if they do the best of their ability, there will be a time in the place. When it’s crucial. Maybe it’s not such a smartphone thing. Because you’re in Jamaica. I’ve search for every year…
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Food!
So this is a recipe page.I guess the recipe block.What did I cook this week?I’m trying to have more healthy protons less of the processed feeds.Though this does include tofu.The book is made myself.So I think that’s quite good Note that these burgers are the second batch. So it’s after adding more oats, and cooking…
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Sight Reading in d minor
Whatever key you are sight-reading in, expect to recognise the common chords in both melody and bass together. I.e. tonic, dominant and subdominant triads, sometimes incomplete, sometimes decorated with passing notes and neighbouring notes etc. For our purposes, I asked students at Level III to create a melody over the given chord sequence. You should…
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Sight Reading in F Major
Whatever key you are sight-reading in, expect to recognise the common chords in both melody and bass together. I.e. tonic, dominant and subdominant triads, sometimes incomplete, sometimes decorated with passing notes and neighbouring notes etc. For our purposes, I asked students at Level I to create a melody over the given chord sequence. You should…
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Slow Stitching with Diana
Slow stitching is intended to help the participants slow down and enjoy life. If you like the look and feel of fabric, this could be right for you! Regardless, anyone is able to make creative choices and engage in this activity. Choose the fabrics, lay them side by side or on top, pin into place,…
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Music in the Bible
I believe that it is important for Christian musicians to have some idea about what is known about ancient musical practices. This is a topic for study in itself, but here is a summary: – Music was essential in ancient cultures as it is today, used for various emotional expressions, information conveyance, and entertainment. –…
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Corporate Worship
In corporate worship we should be aiming to have the whole congregation engaged in praise, together! Too often it seems that people may attend a church, but pick and choose whether or not they participate in singing the congregational hymns. The question of personal pain points is for another post, I have felt that our…