I know there are always lots of questions about thi ssort of thing so I thought I would post this as its not something I'd thought of before.
My husband spent yesterday playing around 50 piano accompaniments for a dance/MT college auditions. The candidates were asked to prepare a certain number of bars of a song. One thing that happened time and time again was that they hadn't thought about what introduction they wanted. Did they want him to play the bar before as a lead in, or just give the starting note or a chord? Obviously you want to make as confident a start to the song as possible so just something to think about.
Singing Audition Advice
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That is very useful, thanks. Which option does he prefer to accompany with or which does he think works best? I would imagine a short intro would sound nicest but I am no expert at all.islandofsodor wrote:I know there are always lots of questions about thi ssort of thing so I thought I would post this as its not something I'd thought of before.
My husband spent yesterday playing around 50 piano accompaniments for a dance/MT college auditions. The candidates were asked to prepare a certain number of bars of a song. One thing that happened time and time again was that they hadn't thought about what introduction they wanted. Did they want him to play the bar before as a lead in, or just give the starting note or a chord? Obviously you want to make as confident a start to the song as possible so just something to think about.
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Thanks very much for this advice. Thats very useful to know
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Whichever way the auditionee finds easiest, After all the panel want them to do well and perform to their best.Robin64 wrote:That is very useful, thanks. Which option does he prefer to accompany with or which does he think works best? I would imagine a short intro would sound nicest but I am no expert at all.islandofsodor wrote:I know there are always lots of questions about thi ssort of thing so I thought I would post this as its not something I'd thought of before.
My husband spent yesterday playing around 50 piano accompaniments for a dance/MT college auditions. The candidates were asked to prepare a certain number of bars of a song. One thing that happened time and time again was that they hadn't thought about what introduction they wanted. Did they want him to play the bar before as a lead in, or just give the starting note or a chord? Obviously you want to make as confident a start to the song as possible so just something to think about.
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