Thanks to all who have commented on memorization. Clearly, memorization
increases the quality of every dimension of the experience. I am scheduled
to take my 1st lesson with Ronnie Seldin a week for Saturday and I'm sure I
will get good advise on how to approach this issue, among other things, but
I would like to know from the rest of you on the list how exactly katakana
singing "works". Being a music theory teacher, I've taught "movable DO"
for many years and have concluded that "multiple-syllable" note-names (like
C-sharp, or scale-degree "seven") tend to give the impression of a
"repeated-tone-rhythms" when there aren't such rhythms in the
music. Multi-syllable note-names also take time to utter thus making the
singing of fast passages or "atari" quite difficult - if not
ridiculous. Does katrakana have single-syllable note names for notes like
Tsu-no-mere? How does one vocalize the very fast but essential atari - if
one must use a note-name such as Tsu-no-mere? Are katakana note names used
for atari-notes or is only one note-name used for the atari and the note
immediately following? Are there resources for this information?
Thanks
Dan Gutwein
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