How ingrained is that old hymnal, in ways that I don't even realize?
In LSB, some of the hymns have five stanzas in the music score. Whenever we get to verse 4, I skip to verse 5. I finally figured out why. Without even realizing it, my brain counts how many stanzas we're on. Number 4 means I sing the bottom line of words, right above the bass clef. That's what's been ingrained in me all my life. But now stanza #4 often isn't the bottom line, but the next-to-bottom line.
Even after I figured out the problem, I still keep making the mistake. I even will make the same mistake 3-4 times in the same hymn. I wonder how long it's going to take to drive that out of me.
Saturday, September 08, 2007
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Some of the words have changed as well and I find myself singing the 'old' words without thinking about it......then I wonder what is wrong with me.
ReplyDeleteWell, of course you still sing some of the old words. WHY would you think that means there's something "wrong with you"???
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