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Everone should sing the same piece at the same time.
   
2
 
If you sing the wrong note, give a nasty look to the person on your left.
   
3
 
The right note at the wrong time is a wrong note.
   
4
 
If everyone gets lost exept you, follow those who get lost.
   
5
 
If a passage is difficult, slow down. If it's easy, speed it up.
   
6
 
A true interpretation is realised when there remains not one note of the original.
   
7
 
When everyone else has finished singing, you should not sing any notes you have left over.
   
8
 
A wrong note sung timidly is a wrong note. A wrong note sung with authority is an interpretation.

With acknowledgements to Newcastle Male Chorus and St Alban's Choir.

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