Reg Jones Memorial Westman Jams Bursary

 

REG JONES MEMORIAL WESTMAN JAMS BURSARY 

Eligibility: Students residing in the Westman region of Manitoba who need financial assistance to attend IMC.

Award: $330 USD. Applicant must submit registration and $100 USD deposit before funds will be credited.

About: Reg Jones spent much of his life sharing his joy and gift of music with others. When he moved from Ontario to settle in Manitoba. Later in his life, he had a dream, which was to create a venue through which he could share his music with others. It was from this dream that Westman Jams was born. Reg rented the local community hall and invited people to come and jam with him. At that first jam about a dozen musicians showed up. Westman Jams now has a membership of some two hundred musicians, volunteers and followers. Reg would credit others for its growth but without Reg Jones there never would have been a Westman Jams. There are countless numbers of musicians and aspiring musicians whose lives have been enriched through his vision, drive and hard work.

Determining Your Singing Key

 

Determining Your Appropriate Singing Key

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Singing For Dummies, 2nd Edition

By  Pamelia S. Phillips 

The trick when picking music is to read music well enough to know whether the song’s notes are within your range. You don’t have to know everything about what’s on the page; you just need to know enough to discern the difference between the right key for you and the wrong key.

When a singer says, “I need this song in a higher key,” he means that he wants the notes of the song higher. After looking at the song, you may also determine that you want the notes to be lower — that is, you need to sing the song in a lower key.

A song’s key just means that the song is written with one note as the central note, or tonic.That central note is the name of the key. If Middle C is the central note, you regularly return to Middle C in the song.

You don’t have to know all about reading music, but you need to know whether you want the song four steps higher or two steps higher. Wanting the song in a higher key means you want the song to sit higher in your range.

Sometimes singers ask, “What’s my key?” when they actually mean, “What’s my range?” Not every song that has Middle C as the central note has the same range. You want to be able to describe your range and to know whether you need the song in a higher or lower key

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