Just letting you know I decided to bite the bullet: I just ordered an amplifier that we can use to connect to the big speakers in the Polish Club. This means that, hopefully from next week, finally we will be able to rehearse all kind of different songs, with vocal(s) and cavaquinho(s), and beautiful, beautiful arrangements.
This will be the start of a new era within the samba school, with focus shifting from just percussion to using percussion in combination with songs. You will not be bored. We will still practice rhythms, even new rhythms, so you should see this as an extension, not a replacement, of what we do. As I said, this will result in much more variety and this can lead to some big things in the future.
In the short term, this means that our lovely tamborim section will need to rehearse the songs that I arranged last year, and that I'll have to work on new arrangements. Also, we need to extend the tamborim section with people that will nail these advanced arrangements and that can either already read sheet music or that are prepared to learn. Let me know!
Regarding songs, I am very much open for suggestions on what other songs to make arrangements for. Again, let me know!
I am excited!
5 comments:
Great news!
Good work. I'm certain it will always come in handy - within and outside the samba school. I'm not coming to samba tonight but I will take a closer look at the arrangements for next week because I was a bit rusty last Thursday. People who can remember rhythms well should also be encouraged to try the tamborim parts because the ability to read music will certainly limit the pool of talent.
I propose "thank you for the music"
I might not be able to make it to that rehearsal, though...
. . . Great ! . . . . Now we can do some serious karaoke . Can I be the first to sing " Girl from Ipanema " please , Remko . . ? ! ? !
Mwuahahahaha ! ( Evil laugh like Patty )
We need more people join in and sing along. I suggest the following:
1. Lyrics written in large fonts and large paper format so everyone can see and sing !. Personally, I often forget and leave my lyrics sheets at home. I have lots of butcher paper we can write the lyrics on and store somewhere at the Polish Club until next rehearsal.
2. Phonetic translation written under the lyrics: We need help with pronunciation in some Portuguese words.
3. Food : There is a lot of beers but we need some food on the table. To my understanding, is pagode is about FOOD, drinks, music and friends.... in that order !?! :-) I'll bring some food next rehearsal
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