[musictlk] question about singing in latin

[Kaiti Shelton]

Linda is right.  To amend my first explanation, when I said "Put your
tongue on the roof of your mouth" I meant it barely touches.  It's
very light.

You should be able to hear the difference when you just sing a scale
and flip the R on "Re."  When you flip the R, the syllable will often
just sound a lot clearer.  Also, Chris's explanation of adding a quick
D is useful.  In the first part of the flip your tongue will form the
same shape as it does when starting to make a D sound in your mouth,
but only for a split second.  Hope this helps.

On 12/31/14, Kaiti Shelton <crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>>
>> more important in a choir situation, is blend, blend, blend. I hope this
>> helps.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Rob Kaiser, President National Federation of the Blind of California
>> Orange
>>
>> County Chapter cell#(760)792-0525 email;
>> rcubfank at sbcglobal.net
>> -----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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> Kaiti
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Kaiti