[musictlk] question about posture

[Smith, Pauline L]

Good Morning,

If I haven't memorized a song by rehearsal time, I put the paper or notebook on my lap if we are sitting.  If we are standing, I would hold the material in such a way that I could read it and still stand up straight.  I use Braille, so I have to balance the material against my body when standing.  I try to memorize song lyrics before the final rehearsals when we are more likely to be standing.

OPauline Smith, TVI
Braille Instructor


-----Original Message-----
From: musictlk [mailto:musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kaiti Shelton via musictlk
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2014 3:27 PM
To: Kelsey Nicolay; Music Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [musictlk] question about posture

Why not just adjust your music stand?

For choral music, if I don't have it memorized by the time of the performance I'll flip my music stand around to work more like a desk.
I then raise the music stand to a comfortable reading height so it looks more like a podium.  This looks much more presentable visually, and allows me to read while staying in posture.

On 11/17/14, Kelsey Nicolay via musictlk <musictlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hello,
> For concerts, we pretty much stand the entire time which is for about 
> 2 hours with a 15 minute intermission.  Our director instructs us not 
> to stand with locked knees which I totally understand.  However, 
> because of my music stand, I feel like I'm almost squatting down when 
> I'm standing.  Therefore, it feels very unnatural for me to stand the 
> way our director has instructed us to.  What do you think about this 
> issue? Is it ok to stand without bending the knees as long as they're 
> not locked?
> Or how can I make it more comfortable and natural to stand like the 
> director wants us to? This is the first choir where the director has 
> ever made a big deal about this.  Even my private voice teachers 
> haven't made a big deal about this posture component.
> Thank you,
> Kelsey Nicolay
>
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