Concert Choir

Rehearsal Notes
-Erev Shel Shoshanim: (pg.54 m.26-37) m.33-37 = new text - Veru-ach sho-shan nosh-va
ALTOS on m.34 @ text: le-'at you stay on the same note!!! (Don't ~ the note)
Ran through whole song
-Rhythm Dictation: 4 examples w/ shorthand - 2 w/ 4/4, 2 w/ 6/8.
-God's Gonna Set...: ran entire thing, fixed where parts should be piano and forte. May have alternate ending!
-Melodic Dictation (quick) - sang/translated Bum Bum's into Solfege.

Announcements
-BENCHMARKS OCT.19 Review guide available (rhythmic & melodic dictation is part of this test)
-ANY TENTH OR ELEVENTH GRADERS TAKING PSAT - do not go to 2nd period Oct.14
-Early Release/Share Day - Friday. Sign up if you are interested in performing individually.
-9/10 Honors Chorus Auditions were TODAY during lunch. If you were absent today and wanted to audition, please see Ms. Patchett ASAP. Break legs to all who auditioned!
-T-Shirt orders should be in in about 2 weeks!
-Please send pictures from chorus events this year to choruspictures1516@gmail.com
-If you need extra help (voice part placement, rhythm/sight singing, theory) sign up for tutorials when you are free. If you want to help someone, you can sign up to be a tutor.

-WE LEARNED A NEW WAY TO FIND KEY SIGNATURES. Read below to understand how it works.

BEADGCF (flats)
2 3 4 56 0 1
                               <--- THE RULE OF SEVEN  
                                                                                -Don't count F and C if you have 3 sharps.
FCGDAEB (sharps)                                               -To find flats - 3 flats. 7 - 3 = 4. Find 4 on the chart.
x0 1 2 3 4 5                                                             The key is A flat.
                                                                              
Cb Gb Db Ab Eb Bb
7    6    5    4    3    2

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