>>PPT IDOL- R O U N D -- THREE judging!!

[blueZ]

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Perfect score. Nuff said.

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oh yeah btw can you give scores out of 10 please, or simply divide the score by 2, thanks -)

oh yeah and also...
can some one tell me what pitch means? i have absolutely no musical knowledge at all

Last edited by blueZ on Fri Mar 30, 2007 1:57 am, edited 3 times in total.

[Uncle Xyzzy]

...The song is only 30 seconds long.

[pipsqueeek]

Oh, I guess I never said this anywhere before, but my song is Different Game by Lissa Schneckenburger, in case anyone was wondering(if anyone can even listen to it... if need be, I can get my dad to show me how to convert it tomorrow, unless someone else gets fed up and does it themself before then )

And kokotankuu... omg, you are amazing. I think you win.

[Sigh]

mirrh, score out of ten? wah, why doesn't everyone just make it out of 20?
oh and pitch would be "the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration".
AKA if you are hitting the note right.
If you are singing on pitch, you are neither too sharp or too flat.
Hope that helps lol.

[blueZ]

mirrh, score out of ten? wah, why doesn't everyone just make it out of 20?
oh and pitch would be "the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration".
AKA if you are hitting the note right.
If you are singing on pitch, you are neither too sharp or too flat.
Hope that helps lol.

sorry if i am asking too many questions
whats too sharp or too flat?
is it like, not singing it correctly? like singing a doe instead of ray?

[Kugetsu]

Oh yeah, forgot to say, mine was Bad Day by Fuel, since you could pretty much only hear the music.

Haha, I feel you there, Bluez, I have absolutely no idea about that stuff either. xD

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mirrh, score out of ten? wah, why doesn't everyone just make it out of 20?
oh and pitch would be "the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration".
AKA if you are hitting the note right.
If you are singing on pitch, you are neither too sharp or too flat.
Hope that helps lol.

sorry if i am asking too many questions
whats too sharp or too flat?
is it like, not singing it correctly? like singing a doe instead of ray?

Sharp is when you're a little higher than the note you should be hitting, flat is when you're a little lower. Not a full step(well I suppose it could be, but that's be REALLY sharp/flat). Um... if you happened to have a fiddle lying around you could try it out by playing a note and moving your finger very slightly towards you to make it sharper, or very slightly away from you to make it flatter

[blueZ]

you could try it out by playing a note and moving your finger very slightly towards you to make it sharper, or very slightly away from you to make it flatter

cool! would that really work?

[Sigh]

yes lol
it's how intruments work. If you blow too slowly into a wind instrument it'll be flat, too quickly it will be sharp.

[pipsqueeek]

you could try it out by playing a note and moving your finger very slightly towards you to make it sharper, or very slightly away from you to make it flatter

cool! would that really work?

yeah you change the pitch on a string instrument by pushing down on the string with a finger to essentially shorten it. Shorter strings mean a higher pitch, longer strings mean a lower pitch(this works with other instruments as well- hence why a piccolo is tiny and a tuba is huge). There are finger positions for the different notes, but since fiddles don't have frets, you can put your finger anywhere you want(which makes intonation a pain), so you can slide it all the way up a string and the pitch will gradually get higher instead of note by note up a scale.

[whhattisthiss]

mirrh, score out of ten? wah, why doesn't everyone just make it out of 20?
oh and pitch would be "the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration".
AKA if you are hitting the note right.
If you are singing on pitch, you are neither too sharp or too flat.
Hope that helps lol.

sorry if i am asking too many questions
whats too sharp or too flat?
is it like, not singing it correctly? like singing a doe instead of ray?

I have problems with falling flat on notes, and having to lift to hit them. (Btw, the following is entirely my opinion, and what I've learned in decade+ that I've been singing, and I am by no means perfect at singing, and feel free to correct anything I'm saying if I'm wrong.)

The way to eliminate problems like that is to anticipate the note and hear it in your head before it ever even comes out of your mouth. Another way is to think a little higher than the note itself (if you're coming up flat) or lower, if you're sharp.

If you are flat/sharp, you should be able to hear that the note is wrong when you sing it. If you can hear your own mistakes, you're more likely to be able to fix them.

A lot of other things contribute to the notes you hit, as well. First off, you need to be singing within your range. An excellent range would be two to three octaves plus a falsetto range. Your range is basically from the lowest note that you can hit to the highest. (I have a two octave range, but I really have to push out the lowest and highest notes). Falsetto range is that ridiculously high range that is usually a full octave higher than your highest (think Justin Timberlake.. perfect example of falsetto) and your falsetto tends to be a bit more breathy than anything else, so it's much easier to fall flat.

(An octave would be from a C note to the next highest C note.. a do to a do)

Then there's nasal singing. I'm kinda nasal, but I've been working on that a lot, and I've noticed that the more nasal you are, the more likely you are to come up on a bad note.

The proper way to sing is from your diaphragm, that little muscle in your chest that forces the most air out. It requires a lot of concentration on your breathing, and it's very difficult to master, but it produces an amazing sound.

Or you could just sing from your vocal chords. It's the easiest way, and doesn't take any kind of training to do.

There's no such thing as too many questions, and just enjoy yourself. That's what this is all about, is it not?

[Kokotankuu]

Whee fun comentary, thanks sigh_driven
I shall try to work harder on keeping my pitch controled. I like broadway stuff so I'll probably be doing a lot of those. Have we come to a conclusion about if we are going to do themes or not?

[pipsqueeek]

Another thing you can do if you're falling flat is lift your eyebrows. I'm not quite sure how this works, but it does

[blueZ]

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*looks up*
*eats blueZ's siggy*

Whee fun comentary, thanks sigh_driven
I shall try to work harder on keeping my pitch controled. I like broadway stuff so I'll probably be doing a lot of those. Have we come to a conclusion about if we are going to do themes or not?

Trust me... It was my pleasure.
Listening to everyone's entry was

Sorry for not finishing the grading tonight like I said I would lol, I'll most def. have them done by Monday though! (Probably Sunday, as I'm leaving for home tomorrow and I have no internet there >.<)