>From: Peter Louis van Dijk <plvdijk@i...>
>From: Peter Louis van Dijk <plvdijk@i...>
Well, she
>has now been given a backing-track to sing to and her pitch is all over the
>place, just not on the note.There is not much of a melody line on the
>track,
>rather a wash of sound.If a live piano plays her notes while she is
>singing,
>she is more secure, but the intention is to perform with the backing track
>only, and she just cannot cope. >
>
AAAAUUGH! If there's one thing I hate worse than an over-miked or
badly-miked musical, it's a musical performed to RECORDED accompaniment.
Yuk!
My first suggestion would be to lobby for the school to use a piano to
accompany the performances, but I assume you thought of that already. One
thing that may REALLY help her to get on track is to work with (lean in
close, I'm about to speak heresy) the original Broadway recording or other
score recording. Hearing a singer with the pit band might help her to get
used to singing with the instrumental accompaniment. I sometimes use
recordings myself to learn choral or small-ensemble music.
Other than that, be supportive, patient and understanding. Assure her that
this will pass, and she WILL improve with practice. You have my permission
to tell her that I still have trouble with that stuff sometimes.
Elizabeth Finkler
Rainyvale (formerly "Sunnyvale"), California
http://home.earthlink.net/~mightymezzo/
mightymezzo@h...
mightymezzo@h...
"If you must be wrong, then be wrong at the top of your voice!" --Lucy Van
Pelt
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