A strong generator for my overall Solstice plans was an attitude that my Grandma (who is a jazz musician), brought to our Christmas singing – she noted that there are cultures (and gave some some African countries as examples), where it’s just take as a given that everyone can learn to sing fairly complicated things. And, because of that belief, it becomes true – people are encouraged from a young age sing confidently and complexedly. And they aren’t punished along the way for trying.
So, my overall attitude with Solstice is that the opening songs should be extremely easy, such that, i.e. 80% of the people can sing along easily and the other 20% can sing it with a bit of a stretch. But, over the course of Solstice the average song difficulty ramps up, which acts as a bit of a de-facto tutorial for singing. Meanwhile, throughout the rest of the year have more singing events that end up training the community in some musical skills such that the average quality of Solstice singalongs improves over time.
I have a dream of the overall musical culture eventually “catching back up with” the sort of culture you’re familiar with.
A strong generator for my overall Solstice plans was an attitude that my Grandma (who is a jazz musician), brought to our Christmas singing – she noted that there are cultures (and gave some some African countries as examples), where it’s just take as a given that everyone can learn to sing fairly complicated things. And, because of that belief, it becomes true – people are encouraged from a young age sing confidently and complexedly. And they aren’t punished along the way for trying.
So, my overall attitude with Solstice is that the opening songs should be extremely easy, such that, i.e. 80% of the people can sing along easily and the other 20% can sing it with a bit of a stretch. But, over the course of Solstice the average song difficulty ramps up, which acts as a bit of a de-facto tutorial for singing. Meanwhile, throughout the rest of the year have more singing events that end up training the community in some musical skills such that the average quality of Solstice singalongs improves over time.
I have a dream of the overall musical culture eventually “catching back up with” the sort of culture you’re familiar with.