Timeline for How do singers find the first note of the melody?
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| May 21, 2023 at 13:46 | comment | added | Tim | 'if you know a bit of theory' - nit picking, maybe..? | |
| May 21, 2023 at 13:09 | comment | added | Laurence | @Tim That doesn't seem to disagree with anything I said! | |
| May 21, 2023 at 11:37 | comment | added | Tim | The intro establishes the basic tonality - even if you have NO theory! Of course it helps, but the vast majority of people who sing in amateur situations have no theory. | |
| May 18, 2023 at 17:22 | comment | added | Andy Bonner | Heh, I was thinking of dart boards as a metaphor, though to make a different point: Someone who plays with the same board regularly can probably hit it blindfolded since they're so used to the context; as long as you place them in the same spot, they know how far away it is. In the same way, tonality is "the context"; whether they understand it or not, if you give them a ^1, they know how to start "Three Blind Mice" by finding the ^3. But I'm going to hold off on turning it into a full answer until I'm more sure that's what OP is going for. | |
| May 18, 2023 at 16:35 | history | answered | Laurence | CC BY-SA 4.0 |