Tonight was really nice—Dad went out and Mom and I stayed home and sang old songs that she’d collected. Though we sang as a family growing up, we never did much learning of harmonies, and so though I have a pretty good ear for harmonies if there’s a strong voice next to me that I can follow (the trick that’s gotten me safely through all the really nice ward choir experiences I’ve had up to now), I definitely don’t have an ear for just picking out and singing a harmony part like my mother has. So today we picked some easy-to-harmonize-on old songs and practiced. It was a bit frustrating at first, as expected, but we had some songs that sounded pretty spiffy by the time we were done. And if we continue to do stuff like that, I can that harmony is a skill I’ll be able to pick up—I just never made the time to work on it before. I’m glad that when I finally made time, it was close enough to my momma that she could be a part of the fixing.
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Trying to learn to be purty-voiced
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That's so cool--my mom and I used to do that, too. Before I left for college, we made a tape of the two of us singing together in harmony, mostly our favorite hymns. Our voices blended extremely well, and I used to listen to that tape when I was homesick for the first few days at BYU. If you want someone else to practice with, I uh, personally know a girl in New York (at this very moment!) who really digs that harmony and singing together thing.
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