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I'm middle aged and looking for a new hobby, and for this reason alone I might take up singing, to be able to play by ear much more easily on my instrument (iso
by trgn 2y ago
I'm middle aged and looking for a new hobby, and for this reason alone I might take up singing, to be able to play by ear much more easily on my instrument (iso by trial and error, I get there eventually but it's not effortless).
I'm held back by a sense of embarrassment when singing. I feel weird singing by myself (always have), let alone with others around. I don't have this same embarrassment making mistakes when playing an instrument. Any tips on how to help with that?
- dhosek 2y agoI think it helped that I was a regular attendee at Mass before becoming a chorister so I had the advantage of years of singing in the congregation where you’re surrounded by people singing (or not) of various skill levels and it’s kind of expected that you sing around others. Most church choirs are pretty welcoming though and tend to be a bit desperate for male voices. Only the Cathedral choir had an audition process.¹ Beyond that, I think a big part of it is to just accept that you’ll be with other amateurs and you won’t be the only one who makes mistakes on occasion. ⸻ 1. The cathedral choir kind of spoiled me for choral singing though. In most church choirs, the accompanist will play choral parts one at a time for the singers to hear them. At Holy Name, they just played all four parts together and you had to hear your part in the chord.
- trgn 2y agogreat thx! biggest issue now is to relapse my lapsed status ;) > they just played all four parts together .. that sounds like baptism by fire