Wednesday the 5th - what we did
Laudemus Virginem
We seem to have memorised the words! Yay!
Just for fun, we tried entering every half-bar, rather than every bar. The first half of each half-bar is nice (lots of thirds), the second half often clashes (lots of seconds). It was an interesting exercise, mostly in keeping to the tune when every second note was a discord. The result was not at all bad to listen too, but not easy to sing.
Splendens Ceptigera
This round is also from the Llibre Vermell (same source as Laudemus, above). Some of us had looked at it briefly at the tune at St. Sebastians on the weekend, but this was effectively our first look at it.
Laudate
Coming along very nicely indeed.
La Sirena
Started with just the three inner lines, then inner lines against the bass, then finally the soprano. Coming along well. We're now singing it at anything from very slowly (to focus on harmony) to performance speed. Not quite ramming speed yet, but we'll get there.
We're typically singing the first verse twice through; next week we'll try the second verse.
Right at the end, we blasted through a few old favourites, just to keep them fresh:'
- Rodrigo Martinez - words thoroughly memorised, good at a gentle pace, or ramming speed
- My love hath vowed - ramming speed, of course
- Lady come down and see - words are variable, and subject to on-the-spot creativity
Plans for next week
- Laudemus virginem - quick warm-up
- Spendends Ceptigera - Katherine will try to get notes online; otherwise, sheet music is available in class
- Laudate - continued work; start working on dynamics
- La Sirena - start with inner lines again, add outer parts; perhaps try second verse
Present
Katherina Weyssin, William de Cameron, Anna de Wilde, Vettoria di Giovanni da Verona