Ballad or Up-Tempo?

[sillyrose27]

Ballad or Up-Tempo?#1

Posted: 1/8/08 at 7:12pm

Would you call Adelaide's Lament a ballad or an up-tempo piece? I have an audition coming up that requires both, and I was sort of hoping to use the ending of AL ("When they get on the train for niagra" to the finish) as my ballad, but I wanted to see what the general opinion was on what category it falls under

[HollyWilliams1]

re: Ballad or Up-Tempo?#2

Posted: 1/8/08 at 9:49pm

What are you thinking of contrasting it with?

[IdinaBellFoster]

re: Ballad or Up-Tempo?#2

Posted: 1/9/08 at 11:23pm

Unless you have something insanely up-tempo, that really does not count as a ballad. Especially the ending.

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[justagirl2]

re: Ballad or Up-Tempo?#3

Posted: 1/9/08 at 11:33pm

I would never consider it a ballad.

[sillyrose27]

re: Ballad or Up-Tempo?#4

Posted: 1/10/08 at 9:50am

Yeah, it was just really wishful thinking, partly induced by the thought that I wouldn't quite call it "up-tempo" either. I decided on some other songs that should work quite well, and I'll probably save AL for some time when it's not specified what type of song I should be singing