THE GIRLS ARE GOING TO BE STUNNING

We always have a lovely time in the group when the girls, Maria and Nettie, turn up for rehearsals. I am amazed at what they can do together. Neither of them, by even a tiny slither, ever gets a note wrong. Pitch perfect they are. It is a lovely sound.

Not only that, they know what they are doing musically with the rest of the band. They do what jazz singers should do, and often don't, they will tell the band what they want in the backing.

They also tried out something else for the first time on Sunday. If you have ever seen Bobby McFerrin on Youtube he sometimes gets a member of the audience to scat with him. The girls tried this out for the first time. Now I tell you, this is brave - they've never done it before and they had all the band listening. They did it over a blues format, one sang a rhythmic pulse and the other hummed an improvised line. As Bobby Mc Ferrin says this is spontaneous, inventive, instinctive, creative.



I've got a question for you ladies. Look at this Bobby McFerrin audience participation stunt the one in the latter half of the film. Yes, yes, he's brilliant and he has been doing it for years.

Suppose we give it a go sometime? I'd prefer if you two do it on your own, but to ease it in how about this? Maria will know what I'm talking about. A couple of times, I've challenged the audience to understand jazz, playing it straight then swing, then a triplet, then finishing with the Devils interval (Google it Nettie). The audience joins in a bit but it lasts for only 3 minutes.

You two could add to that. One of you improvs the rhythm, the other makes up a tune. You could divide the audience in half, and lead one half each.
We'd need to rehearse it, the three of us. Not for the concert next week, obviously, and we'd need to try it out a few times. But it could be brilliant.

Whaddyafinkthen?

John
Ps rehearsal nextr week 6.00. Mike we'd be really pleased if you could join in as you did last Sunday. any time from 6.00 onwards.

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