{"id":8264,"date":"2016-07-26T00:20:43","date_gmt":"2016-07-26T04:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elisewitt.com\/web\/?p=8264"},"modified":"2018-09-16T20:15:30","modified_gmt":"2018-09-17T00:15:30","slug":"circle-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elisewitt.com\/web\/circle-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Circle Song"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>From the work of Bobby McFerrin and his vocal orchestra &#8211; Voicestra <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bobbymcferrin.com\">http:\/\/www.bobbymcferrin.com<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em> and Rhiannon <a href=\"http:\/\/www.RhiannonMusic.com\">http:\/\/www.RhiannonMusic.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Circle Song<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One person gives out repeating parts to the groups.<\/p>\n<p>Find parts by first singing what&#8217;s inside, then refining to find a motor part. Harmony is good. Look for spaces in the motor part to interlock new parts.<\/p>\n<p>Find parts by first solo-ing over what is already created.<br \/>\nPlay with rhythm &#8211; try putting 3 over 4 or try something in an odd rhythm like 5\/4, 7\/8, 9\/8<br \/>\nPlay with tonality &#8211; use some unusual harmonies, try notes that may not be the &#8220;first choices&#8221;<br \/>\nPlay with language &#8211; try using some sounds you don&#8217;t always use; experiment with different consonants; imagine you&#8217;re speaking a language you don&#8217;t know but have a sound in your ear eg. french, russian, italian, etc.<\/p>\n<p>The person giving out the parts can then solo over the foundation they have created.<\/p>\n<p>Solo-ist can then step out and let another person solo and\/or create new parts&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the work of Bobby McFerrin and his vocal orchestra &#8211; 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 &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/elisewitt.com\/web\/circle-song\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">about  Circle Song<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[271],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-workshop-songs","entry"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"square-entry-image":false,"vertical-entry-image":false,"horizontal-entry-image":false,"mailpoet_newsletter_max":false,"woocommerce_thumbnail":false,"woocommerce_single":false,"woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Faith Naoi","author_link":"https:\/\/elisewitt.com\/web\/author\/faith\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"From the work of Bobby McFerrin and his vocal orchestra &#8211; 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 ... Read More about Circle Song","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elisewitt.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elisewitt.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elisewitt.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elisewitt.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elisewitt.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/elisewitt.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8264\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elisewitt.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elisewitt.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elisewitt.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}