[musictlk] Choir

[Anne Martin]

Teresa,

When you refer to tabs on your music, do you use braille music, or do you 
read some print.  I learn the music by listening, as I usually pick it up 
very easily and quickly.  Sometimes, I can find a recording on Youtube which 
helps.
Anne
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Teresa Haifley" <dthaifley at iowatelecom.net>
To: <musictlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2014 10:26 PM
Subject: Re: [musictlk] Choir Question


>I really think talking with the director to ask if he would give more
> audible cues during rehearsals would be the best thing to do.  It also 
> helps
> the rest of the choir because they have that reinforcement.  Most 
> directors
> are willing to do what it takes when they know what it is we need.
>
> You will also want to be careful of coming across to the other members as 
> a
> helpless blind person because if they see you that way you will never fit 
> in
> and they will not treat you with respect.  You will find that if you come
> across as self-sufficient they will be more willing to assist when you 
> need
> it.  Otherwise they feel like they are going to get stuck babysitting and
> will avoid you, or worse,talk down to you.  You can buy those little 
> plastic
> tabs and stick them on your own music to flip through more quickly.  They
> work great!  You don't need someone else to do that for you and they don't
> need to be in print.  Arrange your music alphabetically or in order of
> performance or whatever works for you.
>
> The more you rehearse with a director the more you are going to feel the
> music as he or she feels it.  You will naturally sing it that way.  You 
> will
> feel the cutoffs intuitively.  Just know your music well.  You may want to
> ask the person next to you to cue you for the bow at the end because you
> can't hear that and you don't want to be bowing while the rest are coming
> back up.  I walk on stage with the person who will be standing on my left
> and off stage with the one on my right. (I'm a soprano, so an alto would 
> do
> the opposite.)
>
> I've always gotten along fine in choirs by listening closely and asking 
> for
> specific help when I need it, which puts people at ease because they 
> aren't
> guessing what to do.  Because of that I have several friends, I'm seen as 
> an
> equal, and no one freaks out when I go high on the risers.
>
> That's my two cents.
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