From Tenor Section Leader Larry:
I have looked (and listened) at the places where the tenor line breaks into 3 parts. Here is what I found in comparing the printed music to the rehearsal tracks:
No. 2 page 8, bottom system, continuing into the next page: Tenor 2 sings the bottom notes.
No. 4 page 20, bottom system: Tenor 2 sings the middle notes.
No. 6 page 36, bottom system, continuing into the next page: As best I can tell, the Tenor 2 rehearsal track sounds both the middle and lower notes. Is there a preference?
No. 8 page 45, bottom system, 2nd and 3rd measures: Tenor 2 sings e-f-g-d.
No. 11 page 71, top system, and page 73, top and bottom systems: As best I can tell, the Tenor 2 rehearsal track sounds both the middle and lower notes. Is there a preference?
No. 20 page 130, bottom system 1st measure: Tenor 2 sings the top notes (same as Tenor 1) for the word nogaya (triplet).
No. 20 page 130, bottom system 2nd and 3rd measures: Tenor 2 sings the middle notes.
No. 14, Choir I : The Tenor rehearsal track sounds all notes. I assume you will give some direction when you assign singers to Choir I.
Please let me know if you have any corrections or clarifications to what I have listed above.
From Dr. Whitmire: Hi Larry- This is why you are the tenor section leader. Great work! To simplify, whenever the tenor breaks into 3 parts, I’d like 2nd tenors to sing the middle part. Thanks-DrW
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