2007-11-02 13:53:30 · 7 answers · asked by katylnn 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
I'll bet you're confused. Even though you got correct info from the others, 16 bars roughly translates into about a minute worth of music. You need to make a copy of the sheet music for the song you will be singing, figure out which minute or so you will be singing, then mark it START where you want the accompanist to start, then END where you want them to stop playing and cross off everything before and after (if applicable). Make sure you do not mark over any notes especially the intro you wish to hear before you begin singing. FYI, most people use the last 16 bars because it tends to be the most vocally dramatic or showy. If you look at the music, it's divided by vertical lines. Each section is a measure or bar of music. Count 16 of these to make sure you're not too far off 16. They will forgive you a couple either way as long as it's not too much over or under.
Also, if your msuic is on more than one page, make sure to tape the pages together open faced so the accompanist doesn't have to mess with them. The pages should very easily sit on the piano's music stand so the accopanist doesn't have to mess with your pages which may throw them off in turn messing you up...
I hope I painted a good picture for you of what a bar is.
Marianne
2007-11-02 20:06:33 · answer #1 · answered by Marianne D 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In open auditions, the directors are looking at so many people that they do not have time to listen to each person sing a full song which can be anywhere from 3 to 5 minutes; therefore, they want to hear something short, sweet and something that is going to show off your voice...so they only want you to sing 16 measures of music. A lot of times you will want the pianst to start in the middle of a song with little or no pick up, since they may consider the 16 measures to be in total now with added intro. Good luck...or what we say in the theater....break a leg!:)
2007-11-02 17:00:50 · answer #2 · answered by Matarc 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
16 bars is a short musical phrase. If you look at the sheet music you are using, you will see the musical notes are seperated into groups. If it is in 4/4 time then there are (for example) 4 quarter notes to a whole note. A whole note = 1 bar of music. The divisions of bars are shown by a perpendicular line that seperates the notes in the stanza from the next bar.
If you dont understand any of this, a good rule of thumb is that 16 bars is usually two long lines or four short lines of text in a musical piece.
Be sure to select a piece that will showcase your vocal range and be appropriate for the role for which you are auditioning.
Break a leg.
2007-11-02 14:13:11 · answer #3 · answered by Paul 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A verse and a chorus. Just under a minute.
A verse is generally 12 bars or so and a chorus is generally 4 bars.
Sometimes its 8 and 8
Somewhere over the rainbow
Far away
There's land that I heard of one in a lullabye
Somewher eover the rainbow
Blue birds fly
Birds fly over the rainbow,
Why then oh why can't I
Sometime I'll wish upon a star
and wake up with the clouds are
far behind me
Where
Etc Etc
That's it./
That's a verse and a chorus
Half a song before the SOLO.
Try to see it my way
Only time will tell if I am right or I am wrong
While you see it your way, run a risk of know that our love can soon be gone
We can work it out
We can work it out
Life is very short and there's no time
For fussing and fighting my friend
I have always thought it's a crime so I will
Ask you once again.
That's it
If I could grant you one wish
I wish you could see the way you kiss
Oooou I love watching you , baby
When you're driving me oooou crazy
Oooou I love the way you
Love the way you love me
There's no where else I'd rather be
Oooou to feel the way I
Feel with your arms around me
I only wish you can see the Way You Love Me
That's it!
2007-11-02 15:31:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
it means 16 measures of a musical theater song.
2007-11-02 14:02:49 · answer #5 · answered by *~megan~* 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-03 05:27:03 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
measures of the song, you should be able to tell on ur sheet music, some sheet music comes with the measures already numbered
2007-11-02 14:07:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋