Monday Night Series with Elise Witt
@ Candler Park Yoga Studio
Workshop Notes and Materials
Circle Song
From the work of Bobby McFerrin and his vocal orchestra – Voicestra http://www.bobbymcferrin.com
and Rhiannon http://www.RhiannonMusic.com
Circle Song
One person gives out repeating parts to the groups.
Find parts by first singing what’s inside, then refining to find a motor part. Harmony is good. Look for spaces in the motor part to interlock new parts.
Find parts by first solo-ing over what is already created.
Play with rhythm – try putting 3 over 4 or try something in an odd rhythm like 5/4, 7/8, 9/8
Play with tonality – use some unusual harmonies, try notes that may not be the “first choices”
Play with language – try using some sounds you don’t always use; experiment with different consonants; imagine you’re speaking a language you don’t know but have a sound in your ear eg. french, russian, italian, etc.
The person giving out the parts can then solo over the foundation they have created.
Solo-ist can then step out and let another person solo and/or create new parts…
Prayer Of St. Francis
composer unknown
PRAYER OF ST. FRANCIS
May I be an instrument of peace
May I be an instrument of peace
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Skhandamayeza
Zulu song from South Africa
Skhandamayeza is a person not to be counted on, flighty, a trickster or “rubber neck”
Accompanied by Dance!
SKHANDAMAYEZA
Alto, Tenor Bass:
Skhandama-yeza (3x)
Skhandamayeza
Soprano:
Oile-oile
Ngwana oi
Follow the Motion
by Becky Reardon
Recorded on the CD “Follow the Motion”
© Becky Reardon Music www.BeckyReardonMusic.com
FOLLOW THE MOTION
When there is no road, I look for the path
When there’s no path, I look for the foot print
When there’s no track, not one bent blade of grass
I follow the motion of my breathing
Oliver’s E Song
by Becky Reardon
© Becky Reardon Music
OLIVER’S E SONG
Be a bee in a tree, in an eenie meenie tree
On a spree with a flea, with an eenie meenie flea
You and me, you and me in 3-D
Singing “Eenie meenie meenie, eenie meenie me”
Breathing easy, breathing free.