mfaircloth0211

no more a stranger, nor a guest, but as a child at home

I don't prefer to write for a individual voice, maybe a solo for a personal acquintance with assesment of their style. otherwise i prefer to write for a mass group. Having a diversified group of performers in one accord allows the true voice and spirit of the song to speak to the audience. Another good thing about singing in a choir is that there's not much self-exaltation. i just believe our taste don't satisfy each other. Not that it's bad, you just don't dig the choir. and when you get to where you want to have several split harmonies in a suspenseful moment. how do you not write that using a choir?

In considerations of a choir. Not everyone has been gifted to have the same range.you could have someone thats an all state top of the class singer that it just not capable of hitting a low D( the five in a five to one cadence in G maj).For real, a college level bass is only expected to have a E natural in his arsenal. the rest is by chance.

I agree with the point made earlier, that the important aspect of the musical expression is the relationship of the intervals. Expanding on that thought, one element to consider in composing is "Do the written cadencesn fit the group?",for example if you wanted the bass section of a choral pieces to sing an ascending V- I cadence with deep low notes in the key of G, that might be a little out there skillswise for several of the basses. But you could transpose the piece one or two steps higher to accomadate for the stretch of range, obviously still applying the same accidentals to the piece. The same concept could be applied to a high saprano note needing to be lowered. The key of the piece should differentiate up and down due to the skills of the performers and their common timbre.