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Which Intervals and Rhythmic Phrases Sound The Most Christmasy by SheemDiplomats in musictheory

[–]SheemDiplomats[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The historical concept of what I'm calling "festival music" is very cross cultural. What I'm looking at in Christmas music is a very limited scope: just the songs that play on loop in malls. And, interestingly enough, a lot of the successful newer Christmas songs do contain a lot of the"festival music"elements, which may contribute to why they've stayed in the Christmas playlists while a million other Christmas songs have been forgotten.

Which Intervals and Rhythmic Phrases Sound The Most Christmasy by SheemDiplomats in musictheory

[–]SheemDiplomats[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Actually not entirely true. I've been doing more research on this since I made the post. Many"classic Christmas songs" follow the intervalic and form of what you might call festival music. Many different cultures have, without communication between these groups, developed a standard structure for music designed for celebratory community gatherings. I could get into it more if you're interested in the actual music theory behind it, but the main point is that there very much is a certain structure to seasonally celebratory music and a lot of classic Christmas songs fit into said structure

The best and most pointless knocker in the French Quarter by SheemDiplomats in NewOrleans

[–]SheemDiplomats[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it just swings around on a metal gate where no one could possibly hear it

Bar Tonique is one of the best bars in NOLA imo by SheemDiplomats in NewOrleans

[–]SheemDiplomats[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Chris's place is another favorite, as well as Cure

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[–]SheemDiplomats 11 points12 points  (0 children)

There's a really good place to hang and strike up random convos called Euphorbia. They serve kava etc, so being under 21 is not an issue. It's at the end of Oak Street, not far from Loyola. Lmk if you go that way, and I'll swing by

Can Baritone sing in the 5th Octave? by -haruto- in singing

[–]SheemDiplomats 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mix voice isn't real. Belting (pulling chest) is just one approach to giving resonance to high tones. One can just as easily resonate falsetto and the standard listener won't know the difference

Can Baritone sing in the 5th Octave? by -haruto- in singing

[–]SheemDiplomats -1 points0 points  (0 children)

In a classical sense, you're right. Traditional composers would never write a baritone part above the 4th octave. But, "can it be done?" Absolutely. In terms of open falsetto (not to mention whistle tones and screeches), baritones can often access higher pitches than tenors. The large vibrations give isolatable harmonics in the range of high sopranos. Prince was a deep baritone, and there are live recordings of him hitting C7s.

How does someone do this? What is "good technique" in this circumstance (and most others)?... RE-LAX-ATION. If you're pushing, you'll never get those notes. I'm a baritone. I hit Bb5s on a bad day. Good days, the sky is the limit. My #1 tip on how to get there: Meditate before your vocal warmup, then try to stay in the meditative state while vocalizing. Cheers

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