[musictlk] question about singing in latin

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Vowell pronunciation is definatly more important than anything else. What's 
more important in a choir situation, is blend, blend, blend. I hope this 
helps.





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-----Original Message----- 
From: Linda Mentink via musictlk
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2014 6:31 PM
To: Kelsey Nicolay ; Music Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [musictlk] question about singing in latin

Hi Kelsey,

Don't put your tongue up there tight. Others have given you good
suggestions. I hope you can master it. My choir directors never
worried about it; they were more concerned with the proper
pronunciation of the vowels.


Blessings,

Linda

At 09:36 AM 12/30/2014, you wrote:
>Hello,
>Our choir is singing the Lord Nelson mass in Latin this spring.
>I've sung in Latin before and I know that the r is either flipped or 
>rolled.  Our director is very strict about this.
>Unfortunately, I can't do either.  I've tried putting my tongue at the roof 
>of the mouth like you're supposed to, but it doesn't work.  I can't get a 
>sound out.  I can't flip my r either.  The only thing I can do is use the 
>letter d as a substitute.  People have tried to explain to me how to flip 
>the r, but I still can't do it.  Does anyone have any tips that have helped 
>you with figuring out how to do this?
>Thank you,
>Kelsey Nicolay





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