We came in right and it seemed the piece was going well. We were rhythmically accurate, well balanced, and in tune throughout the different singing parts. However, our conductor, Bob, began pointing down subtly only a few moments after we had begun singing. Our previously smiling eyes (called “smeyes” by numerous people in my choir) started to exhibit a little more mania. Did Bob want us to reduce our volume or lower our pitch? I lowered my volume, at first, but Bob’s motions downward turned more frantic as we continued through the song, and we realized that it was a problem with our tuning. Some people tried to lower their pitch, but as a choir we were staying too sharp compared to the piano, and it only caused our conductor to appear progressively more like a pantomime. He cut us off after what seemed like an eternity of out of tune
We came in right and it seemed the piece was going well. We were rhythmically accurate, well balanced, and in tune throughout the different singing parts. However, our conductor, Bob, began pointing down subtly only a few moments after we had begun singing. Our previously smiling eyes (called “smeyes” by numerous people in my choir) started to exhibit a little more mania. Did Bob want us to reduce our volume or lower our pitch? I lowered my volume, at first, but Bob’s motions downward turned more frantic as we continued through the song, and we realized that it was a problem with our tuning. Some people tried to lower their pitch, but as a choir we were staying too sharp compared to the piano, and it only caused our conductor to appear progressively more like a pantomime. He cut us off after what seemed like an eternity of out of tune