[musictlk] question about singing in latin

[Kaiti Shelton]

I'd be interested in those R rolling exercises.  I have no problem
flipping the R, but am pretty sure I'm faking the R roll.  I have
limited collegiate-level choir experience, but know that all through
high school in taking Spanish I could never get the rolled R correct.
Do you sing it differently than you speak it?

On 12/30/14, Rob Kaiser via musictlk <musictlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Vowell pronunciation is definatly more important than anything else. What's
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> 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
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> Hi Kelsey,
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> 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.
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> Blessings,
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> Linda
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> 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
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>>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
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>>you with figuring out how to do this?
>>Thank you,
>>Kelsey Nicolay
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Kaiti