(And we don't need it at all with the A-list professional choral groups.)īut with everyone else, (semi-pro audtioned suburban choirs, college chorales, volunteer groups, etc,) it can and does happen where someone in a group has slowly gone flat, and the rest will follow. In a perfect world with plenty of time to rehearse and talented, well-coached singers, we wouldn't need this tool at all. I can't argue with your points either, Phil. Not necessarily fatal, but since not all choirs are like Kings College Choir sometimes it is hard to know what to expect from an unknown choir beforehand.
I'm learning and I make misstakes.Īlso, as you say (and I agree) when there are pitch problems there are often other problems as well. It could also be my error and then I'd be anxious to fix it. I take it that your advise to me in a situation like that is to cancel the recording halfway through the second day, send the choir home with the cheerful message to the music director:-"Teach the damn choir to sing in tune"?
I think that that is an unreasonable attitude. Even so, I think my question is a valid question. Sure, less often and they can detect and handle it better than lesser choirs. This is failing technique in several levels and variants, concentration, lack of focus, mood, group psychology, whatever, but even the best of choirs experience this phenomenon now and then. Pmolsonmus wrote: If they're dying at the end of a song, There's probably a bunch more that's wrong before you get there if you're listening for it.