Continuing our focus on improvising, we took the rhyme
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Sugar is sweet
And so are you.
for a 'peg' to hang our melodies on.
As the singing progressed round the circle, it was good to hear how everyone added a melody for each line in turn, in response to the previous singer and I can see that this kind of improvising is worth pursuing, allowing us to let the voices flow freely.
HOW CAN I KEEP FROM SINGING? now has an alto part in the chorus, which will be heard to full effect next week when today's absentees return.
We ended the morning, after limbering up on some scales, with COME MY CHILDREN DEAR on the instruments. (See our blog for January 2011) --- CLICK HERE
