{"id":9870,"date":"2016-10-25T17:38:08","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T21:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elisewitt.com\/web\/?p=9870"},"modified":"2016-10-25T22:11:44","modified_gmt":"2016-10-26T02:11:44","slug":"oct-22-singing-and-yoga-elizabeth-holmes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elisewitt.com\/web\/oct-22-singing-and-yoga-elizabeth-holmes\/","title":{"rendered":"Oct 22
Singing & Yoga<\/strong><\/br>"},"content":{"rendered":"
with Elise Witt & Elisabeth Holmes<\/strong><\/div>\n
@ Shambhala Meditation Center<\/em><\/div>\n
Atlanta GA<\/em><\/div>\n
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Workshop Notes and Materials<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n
<\/span>1) Palindrome<\/div>
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4-Beat Phrase Improv<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t
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Create a 4-beat phrase. Everyone sing it until it’s familiar.
\nGroup sings 4-beat phrase twice. Then one person creates a musical phrase by sing their name over 4 beats. Everyone repeats their phrase. The same person sings their name again, with new music, but still over 4 beats. Everyone repeats this new phrase. Group sings the original 4-beat phrase twice. Continue around the circle with each person creating two different 4-beat phrases for the group to sing.<\/p>\n

Variation: Person one creates<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n

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<\/span>2) Voicestra with Names<\/div>
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Voicestra<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t
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From the work of Bobby McFerrin and his vocal orchestra –
\n<\/i>Voicestra\u00a0http:\/\/www.bobbymcferrin.com<\/a><\/i>
\nand Rhiannon\u00a0http:\/\/www.RhiannonMusic.com<\/a><\/i>
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\nVOICESTRA<\/strong><\/p>\n

Standing (done in septets, or octets, or quintets…)<\/p>\n

Person 1 starts a short phrase that has rhythm and can be easily repeated – The Motor.<\/p>\n

Person 2 copies their phrase, trying to exactly match the texture, rhythm, tone, pitch, expression, body language. Then Person 2 makes up a harmony to Person 1’s part, keeping the same exact rhythm but adding different notes that are “pleasing to the ear.”<\/p>\n

Person 3 copies Person 2’s phrase, trying to exactly match the texture, rhythm, tone, pitch, expression, body language.<\/p>\n

Then Person 3 makes up a new part that can be a harmony or a new interlocking part, trying to fill in spaces that are left in the already existing parts.<\/p>\n

Person 4 copies Person 3 (or 2 or 1) to get a feel of the group’s groove. Then Person 4 makes up a new part, that can either be a harmony or new interlocking part.<\/p>\n

Person 5 and 6 same as 4.<\/p>\n

Person 7 steps in front of the group, listens carefully\u00a0 and delightedly to their groovy foundation, and improvises on top, inspired by their bed of sound, taking off on voyages as yet unknown. Person 7 can conduct the group, encouraging them to crescendo (get louder), decrescendo (get softer), and when ready, Person 7 ends the improv, which can be done either with a gradual fade, or an abrupt cutoff (or anything else that s\/he can communicate to the group.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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<\/span>3) One By One<\/div>
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One By One<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t
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by Michael Stillwater<\/em>
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\nOne By One<\/strong>
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\nOne by one everyone comes to remember
\nWe’re healing the world one heart at a time
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