George. Bee. Zay.
Mar. 25th, 2007 12:28 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eclectic_boyWe had an impromptu roundsing in our apartment tonight, where 'we' signifies Chris W., Jillian, Noda, Chelsea, Mike C., BDan, Eric, Rebecca, Herbert, Lydia, Mark, and I. There we stumbled upon the first Rounds/Parlorgame crossover that it's ever been my pleasure to play: we sat in a circle and sang the round "George Bizet". Collectively. Each person sang the next note, keeping in tempo with the song, so it circled around and around. When someone goofed up (forgot the syllable or forgot to sing at all) they were out, and we started again with the next person taking the first note.
Then when we got good at it, which happened pretty quickly, after only a few mistakes, we tried a harder version: singing it as a round. So person 'A' sings "George", then person B sings "Bee", then person C sings "Zay" while at the same time person A starts with "George" for the other part. Boy did it fall apart quickly. We made it slightly easier by separating the parts, so it was D starting the first part, and F was singing "Zay" as A started with the "George" of the second part---it was easier this way because separating the voices gave you slightly more time to hear the melodyline that was coming at you before it was your turn to sing in it---but that only meant we could get eight words in before completely falling to pieces instead of six. I'm still optimistic that it's doable with enough practice, but more importantly it was a nonstop half-hour of being reduced to giggles. Highly recommended!
Then when we got good at it, which happened pretty quickly, after only a few mistakes, we tried a harder version: singing it as a round. So person 'A' sings "George", then person B sings "Bee", then person C sings "Zay" while at the same time person A starts with "George" for the other part. Boy did it fall apart quickly. We made it slightly easier by separating the parts, so it was D starting the first part, and F was singing "Zay" as A started with the "George" of the second part---it was easier this way because separating the voices gave you slightly more time to hear the melodyline that was coming at you before it was your turn to sing in it---but that only meant we could get eight words in before completely falling to pieces instead of six. I'm still optimistic that it's doable with enough practice, but more importantly it was a nonstop half-hour of being reduced to giggles. Highly recommended!
