Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Concert Choir

Rehearsal Notes
-New song: You Have a Heart (all choir piece with Ms. Perks/Ms. Reeds' class) spoke through rhythm. Pg.5 has a split into 4 part harmony.
~new song also this week

Announcements
-FUNDRASING: Wreath, garland and tree info passed out yesterday. PEANUT FORMS ARE DUE NOV.3RD. WREATHS, TREES AND GARLANDS (forms) ARE DUE NOV.9TH
Peanut delivery is the week before Thanksgiving. W, T & G DELIVERY DATES: Nov.28th & Nov.30th. BOTH AT 2:30-4:00.
Please be sure to make all checks out to HSHS Choral Booster Club
Peanuts are NOT online.

http://hshschorus.weebly.com/booster-clubfundraisers.html

-ACT tests for sophomores are TOMORROW.
-Holocaust/Genocide Club has a sign up sheet on the door for a Walk-A-Thon to send money to Syria for the Syrian Refugee Crisis around April 15th. You can sign up to walk or sing at the event.
-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

Sight Singing
-Rhythm Echo
-Sight sang @ Eb Major

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