In A Chorus Line...- Page 2

[Sienner921]

Posted: 1/16/05 at 1:49pm

yeah, well now Im just in the process of finding a harmony. I'll end up just making one up myself and throwing it in there...it always works out like that. and if not we'll show up with a diff song prepared and our director will just have to deal with it lol

[Ebonic_Singer]

Posted: 1/16/05 at 1:51pm

hm. tht makes me sad on the inside.

[CJR]

Posted: 1/16/05 at 1:51pm

I dont understand how you lost the harmony doing it as a duet? Maggie and Sheila sing the harmonies.... with Bebe singing melody. You should still have the lower harmony (which Sheila sings) even if you ARE cutting Maggie's part.

[Sienner921]

Posted: 1/16/05 at 1:53pm

CJR: It's just the sheet music that I have. It's crap and it doesn't even have the harmony on there. I know how it's supposed to sound, it just isn't written that way for whatever reason, unless I'm reading it completely incorrectly

[Ebonic_Singer]

Posted: 1/16/05 at 1:54pm

True CJR.

[CJR]

Posted: 1/16/05 at 1:55pm

Is it the actual sheet music from the show or just some random sheet music? I'd suggest going out and picking up the ACL vocal selections. The harmonies are there. (they're also there in the movie sheet music book, which sadly, I also have haha)

[Sienner921]

Posted: 1/16/05 at 1:56pm

I picked it up from the library...its in A Chorus Line book but it seems pretty random to me. Anyway you could scan me the copy you have? I'm getting nowhere with what I have

[CJR]

Posted: 1/16/05 at 1:58pm

My scanner isn't big enough to scan the entire page -- I have a slim, flatbed scanner and both books are wider.

If you have the real sheet music, the harmonies should be there. Borrow a copy of the CD from your library.... or hell, buy it. No self respecting theatre fan/aspiring actor or actress doesn't own ACL!

[Sienner921]

Posted: 1/16/05 at 2:01pm

unfortunately this stupid sheet music doesn't even present it as a trio...I play the piano and for the life of me can't figure this out. Oh well, I'll figure something out thanks anyway

[CJR]

Posted: 1/16/05 at 2:05pm

Hm..... That's weird.

[Sienner921]

Posted: 1/16/05 at 2:08pm

Tell me about it...

[SeeIreallycouldn'tSING!!]

Posted: 1/17/05 at 12:27am

yOu can't cut any part of At The Ballet. Its a great song to do though.

[VeuveClicquot]

Posted: 1/17/05 at 2:19am

"At the Ballet" is a song about hating your parents. Parental neglect is a common theme among dancers, illustrated in A CHORUS LINE by the fact that three different people are singing basically the same story -- they all turned to dance as an escape from miserable home situations.

Sheila was a witness to her father's infidelity, and loathed him for it. Maggie loved her absent father, and dreamed of the day when he would pay attention to her. The common ground between the characters is the ballet -- a punishing, brutal, disciplinary environment, yet one where the rules never change.

The lyrics are very evocative: "Up a steep and very narrow stairway." It immediately pulls the listener in. The key line comes at the end of that phrase: "It wasn't paradise, but it was HOME." These three girls preferred the brutal, painful world of the dance, and used it as an escape from their miserable home lives.