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Choir People - Enter Here by Roidatom(m): 12:17am On Jan 23, 2015
5 things you may be guilty of in the choir

No one is above making mistakes, yet we must always strive to avoid making mistakes even in the choir. Here are five common things that choristers likely do wrong when singing.

1. <strong>Looking away from the conductor </strong>
While singing, a Chorister's eye's primary points of focus are two: the piece of music and the conductor. However, there are certain times when distractions set in and choristers tend to loose focus by looking away from the conductor. The distraction may be someone passing by, or an unexpected sound around, etc. We need to learn to keep our attention on the conductor, and/or piece of music whenever we sing.

2.<strong> Holding your copy of music too low </strong>
Your copy of music is held low if you place it way beneath your chest level. If you hold your copy this way, your head is forced to bend so much so that you hardly can see the conductor, especially when you 'bury' your head without raising it up. If your head is bent, you may miss the signs of dynamics, etc. which the conductor gives. This often leads you to make a noticeable mistake. You should learn to position your copy of the music at chest level, and your head facing the conductor at 180 degrees to the vertical plane. This way, your eyes can conveniently look at the conductor and the music with much hassle.

3. <strong>Correcting your fellow chorister while singing is going on </strong>
It is understandable that some choristers miss their notes or sound the wrong pitches. It should also be understood that trying to correct them while singing is going on may not be the best approach. By the time you begin to correct the person, you will cause a distraction. A good time to make a correction can be during choir practice, or later on when the music event has been concluded.

4. <strong>'Giraffing' - Singing without copy</strong>
Giraffing refers to looking into another chorister's piece of music because you do not have a copy yourself. When you do so, and it is your fault that you don't have a copy, you should feel ashamed of yourself. You're expected to always sing from copy when others are doing so. This enhances uniformity in the choir and reduces the chances of you making unnecessary mistakes while singing. More so, Giraffing is not good for your neck. Turning the neck indiscriminately affects your neck muscles, and also decreases the quality of your singing. Therefore, in order not to experience the negative effects of giraffing on you and the choir, always ensure that you have a copy of the music.

5. <strong>Late-coming and joining the choir aisle. </strong>
Late-coming is common among choristers and this is what we should endeavour to stop. The bad side of it is that when you come late, you begin to rush to join the choir that is already singing. Doing so causes distraction. When you come late and you find that the choir is singing as you came, you should rather wait for the music to be rounded up before you join the choir aisle. In more disciplined choirs, you don't dare come late. As long as you're late, you should just forget about singing entirely. However, work towards been a punctual chorister.

If you're a guilty of any of the above, try hard to adjust. May God bless you as you do so. Amen.

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