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ricardienneToday has been weird. And very busy. And I haven't worked on my essay at all. But I only have one class tomorrow, so I'll do it then. Right?
Anyway, now I see where the Theory Professor (why that is capitalized I have no idea) was getting her 45-60 minutes a night thing from. In short, we started sight-singing. Unfortunately, I got put in the advanced group. As in, a bunch of voice-majors who have been doing solfege for a while. Well, not all of them. But you get the idea.
I can carry a tune fairly well; I can even sight-sing fairly well. But the problem occurs when I have to sing in scale tones, or worse, in solfege. Everything on "la" is good. Having to sing "1-2-3-4-3-2-3-4-3-2-1-1-7-6-7-1-2-1-7-6-5-6-7-1-2-1" or "do-re-mi-fa-mi-re-mi-fa-mi-re-do- do-si-la-si-do-re-do-si-la-sol-la-si-do-re-do" is bad. And then we're supposed to be conducting the meter with one hand at the same time. I spent an hour this afternoon practicing and didn't even make it through everything I'm supposed to prepare for next week. Oy.
And then I spent an hour or so doing Latin with Scott (whom you may better know as the-guy-who-acted-like-Mr-Darcy-during-Scottish-dancing). But that was fun. Because were translating sentences, most of which didn't make very much sense even when we managed to get them. And the kind of sentences you get in beginning Latin are just very amusing. All about the "souls of the women were moved by the words of the poet" or "the queen of the island is giving gifts to the gods. For she fears the dangers of war." Or, one of my favorites, "There is a god in the town, o lord." Now, where is the context for this? What sort of situation would merit such a sentence? Did the slave come back late from doing the shopping, and his master ask him "what took you so long?" Even better was, "Do you, o slave, choose to work in the fields of your homeland? Do you choose to set sail from your homeland?" But we both really like Latin, so we had a lot of fun. Even if Sara(h?) did accuse us of being geeks when we starting getting a little too excited when we saw the page of English-to-Latin translations.
So there you are. Over and out.
Anyway, now I see where the Theory Professor (why that is capitalized I have no idea) was getting her 45-60 minutes a night thing from. In short, we started sight-singing. Unfortunately, I got put in the advanced group. As in, a bunch of voice-majors who have been doing solfege for a while. Well, not all of them. But you get the idea.
I can carry a tune fairly well; I can even sight-sing fairly well. But the problem occurs when I have to sing in scale tones, or worse, in solfege. Everything on "la" is good. Having to sing "1-2-3-4-3-2-3-4-3-2-1-1-7-6-7-1-2-1-7-6-5-6-7-1-2-1" or "do-re-mi-fa-mi-re-mi-fa-mi-re-do- do-si-la-si-do-re-do-si-la-sol-la-si-do-re-do" is bad. And then we're supposed to be conducting the meter with one hand at the same time. I spent an hour this afternoon practicing and didn't even make it through everything I'm supposed to prepare for next week. Oy.
And then I spent an hour or so doing Latin with Scott (whom you may better know as the-guy-who-acted-like-Mr-Darcy-during-Scottish-dancing). But that was fun. Because were translating sentences, most of which didn't make very much sense even when we managed to get them. And the kind of sentences you get in beginning Latin are just very amusing. All about the "souls of the women were moved by the words of the poet" or "the queen of the island is giving gifts to the gods. For she fears the dangers of war." Or, one of my favorites, "There is a god in the town, o lord." Now, where is the context for this? What sort of situation would merit such a sentence? Did the slave come back late from doing the shopping, and his master ask him "what took you so long?" Even better was, "Do you, o slave, choose to work in the fields of your homeland? Do you choose to set sail from your homeland?" But we both really like Latin, so we had a lot of fun. Even if Sara(h?) did accuse us of being geeks when we starting getting a little too excited when we saw the page of English-to-Latin translations.
So there you are. Over and out.
