Play log : Harmonious
(This is part of a continuous play log I'm keeping during rehearsals of Once Upon A Carnival)
A full music rehearsal with harmonies flowing and so much to learn. Some quotes from today that made me crack up :
"I love crunchy harmonies"
"I want a E-flat against your D-flat" (ooo ... this could mean things I don't think were meant).
I want to be so so so good at harmonies, it's not an easy feat for me, but I love this about musicals. Growing up with music in India I don't think my ear was trained with harmonies. I find it magical that people with perfect pitch can pick out notes and sing the exact pitch without so much as a thought. I think it's a superpower.
Now I'm starting to hear the harmonies everyday outside of rehearsal, this is a good sign, the music is setting into the neurons and the psyche. The songs are coming to life and we know it only gets better.
Influences of Indian film music / Bollywood music can be found in music from Trinidad as well. I have yet to explore Chutney, Soca and Calypso music, but we do have some lines in our score ..
"pardesi pardesi jaana nahin, mujhe chhodke mujhe chhodke"
[UPDATE after Jun 3 rehearsal] When we go to the part in the script where it was clarified that it was not Trini music that was influenced by Bollywood but that there is a folk original of Pardesi Pardesi jana nahi that Bollywood used! WHO KNEW! And then I started to piece it together that "Pardesi Aayil Duare ..." is literally Awadhi/Bhojpuri Hindi!!! Truly they did preserve the language / culture / food and so much more even being so far away!
Look forward to practicing !
I've been listening to a lot of content about Trinidad and ended up watching a video about popular celebrities from Trinidad & Tobago or with heritage of the place. Nicki Minaj?! Winston Duke! The guy who plays 'MBaku from Black Panther??! Carlton from The Fresh Prince AND his sisters?
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