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<DIV><SPAN class=703101205-10032012><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>Dale,
perfectly put.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=703101205-10032012><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial>-Andy</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
menvi-discuss-bounces@menvi.org [mailto:menvi-discuss-bounces@menvi.org]<B>On
Behalf Of </B>Dale Lieser<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, March 09, 2012 9:39
AM<BR><B>To:</B> 'This is for discussing music and braille
literacy'<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Menvi-discuss] SATB
Writing?<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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with what you are saying, Andy, working backwards is often helpful, even when
doing so from a cadence. If your cadence is constructed well, the path to it
becomes straighter. So, as you are working with proper, choral voice leading,
Brandon, you will want to get to the place where your writing does actually
have a bit of a cliché sound to it. Remember, Bach and the like did not have
the rules; they wrote according to what sounded right to them, and our rules
are merely snapshots of their practices. And, as Stephanie advises, so was I
planning to suggest, make your way through common hymns and Bach chorales,
studying the succession of intervals, approach to cadences, etc. Rather than
thinking of rules of good part writing as hindrances, learn to abide by them
as trustworthy guidelines. All this while secretly keeping a file of how you
intend to break these rules on graduation day!
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menvi-discuss-bounces@menvi.org [mailto:menvi-discuss-bounces@menvi.org] <B>On
Behalf Of </B>Data<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, March 09, 2012 11:20
PM<BR><B>To:</B> This is for discussing music and braille
literacy<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Menvi-discuss] SATB
Writing?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Actually, Lennon
and McCartney were naturally adept at proper part writing and voice
leading, and yes they broke a lot of rules just like Bach. But, as Dale said,
rules were meant to be broken but only after you've mastered them. Generally,
my first two semesters of theory were spent doing part-writing. It's so
essential, I don't think I'd be able to compose at the level (and
speed) I do without a solid foundation in part-writing and orchestration.
It trains the mind and the ear.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Also,
don't be so hard on your instructor (but, please send me a recording of a
lecture--I'm curious). The range for a physically normal tenor in
chest voice is from about C3 to G4. Anything lower or higher is
"uncharacteristic" for the voice and should only be used rarely. You've also
got to watch the tessitura, which shouldn't stay really high or low for very
long, damaging the voice. Remember, you're learning rules now. Don't break
them until you've learned them all. Stay within the normal ranges of the
voices. Yes there are counter tenors (and bargain counter tenors) who can sing
up in stratosphere; but you're learning how to write for normal human beings,
not freaks of nature like Steve Perry and Freddie Mercury. I'm a baritone who
can sing from A1 to A4 and above in falsetto, but I don't like to.
haha.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">However,
your teacher should discourage parallel 4th and 5th and 8ve writing at this
stage. Some of the problems with this kind of part-writing is just the sound,
but a lot of it is the voicing difficulties that arise from a misused parallel
interval. These rules were not derived to strangle the creative process, but
rather to keep you from getting into trouble you can't get out of. Remember,
if you hear something you don't like, trace the problem backwards. It's
usually not the chord your looking at, but a chord that happened before it
that's causing the problem.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Let's
keep the discussion going. Lots of helpful things are coming out of
this.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Sincerely,
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
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English</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">P.S.
Here's a fun thing to do. Play the karaoke track for "Yesterday" but don't
sing it. Instead, read it poetically, nostalgically, like an octogenarian
might. </SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>