Boychoir Page #4

I've got the board, the budget,

and all of you to contend with.

Your egos, your demands, the acoustics.

Nothing's ever perfect,

nothing's ever right.

I should've taken that job

in Garrison County.

It was just beautiful

horse country down there.

Girls cleaning out their stables.

It was just, just, just... Go.

Alright, everybody! Let's get started.

Today, we're singing Tallis'

Spem in alium,

composed circa 1570.

It's a 40-part motet,

eight-stacked soprano

antiphonal arrangements.

And by the way, thank you,

gentlemen, for your assist.

Mr. Drake.

Spem in alium

nunquam habui praeter in te.

I have no hope in any other than you.

Now, this is very important.

I have no hope in any other than you.

Opening motif. Key of A.

Starting on the major chord.

Simple as that. Leading trebles.

First phrase only.

Shh, shh... No.

No vibrato.

I want a clean sound. Pure and simple.

Do it again.

Second choir, join in!

Listen to each other.

Baritones, blend with them.

And bass.

That's it.

So simple.

Hold those notes.

Nice.

That's it.

Keep it up.

Careful. Listen to the altos.

And build.

Beautiful.

Now you and you, and you, and you!

Now.

Do you hear it? It's a circle.

Forty voices in a circle.

Now!

It's passing from one group to the next.

You see it move?

There it is!

North to south, east to west.

It's a cross.

It's a crucifix!

It's a church.

Don't you idiots see? It's a cross!

It's a crucifix! And I'm Jesus Christ!

Is that the best you got?

I made it!

- What? Are you serious?

- You made what?

The touring choir!

Wait, so you're coming with us?

Yeah! Yeah, we're going to Japan!

Okay, Suntory Hall in downtown Tokyo.

300 seats in standard configuration.

Not a bad space, you know,

it has a nice acoustics.

Now remember, boys,

sing any false notes in Japan

and what will they turn you into?

- Sushi!

- Sushi.

We're all good singers here.

Then, there's Devon.

- Teach me to read music.

- Me?

What's in it for me?

There's 12 keys, right?

The most basic scale's a major scale,

also known as an lonian mode.

You got all kinds of notes.

Whole notes, half notes,

quarter notes, eighths.

These notes tell you

the length and duration.

They also time each measure out for you

so you know how long the beats are.

Tell me more.

- Major.

- Good. Now this.

- Major again.

- This?

- Minor.

- Good. And this?

- Minor.

- This?

- Augmented.

- This?

Dominant 7?

Dominant seventh's first inversion.

Okay, guys, we're gonna work

on enunciation, alright?

We have to sing as a unit.

As a singular unit. As a team.

So we're gonna look

at the person across from us.

Yeah, look at your teammate.

Here we go. And we're gonna sing

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