Thursday, December 9, 2010

Living with Perfect Pitch 2

 Today in school choir, we practiced singing our school song, which nobody actually sings, let alone knows the words to.

The song is in the key of F and starts on an A, so my director hit an F on the piano.

 Then she began singing the song on an F, not an A. Now it was being sung in C#!

The audacity!

My head started to hurt.

I was going to tell her that we were singing it in the wrong key, but fortunately we stopped.

Oh well... The band will play it in the correct key (hopefully).

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We were singing Carol of the Bells as well today.

Some background: The 1st sopranos are known to be sharp. All. The. Time.
That sharpness bugs me crazy!
Carol of the Bells is in G minor.
Our school bell rings an A flat.

So we were singing Carol of the Bells, and the sopranos went sharp. The altos followed suit.

A worried look formed on my face.

By the time we got to the end of the song we were half a step sharp.

We sang the "Ding, dong ding..."

My director held us before the last note (which was supposed to be a G but would now be an A flat)...

Then the bell rang.

We laughed (even me) and I proved to everyone how sharp we were.

Oh well. Maybe it was worth it to go sharp...

It made it so that the bell didn't clash.

3 comments:

  1. Oh gosh, this made my day. xD I feel the same way when I hear people singing out of key or off pitch... It's like someone running their fingernails down a blackboard in my head. :P

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  2. Director: Yeah. It was hilarious, and I'm sure I made everyone laugh as well with my tirade.


    Katie: Hey there! Good to have you! Blackboard and microphone screeches are dreadful!

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