Thread: anyone else got a "hummer" in class ?

of course i can only hear this in semi privates, ...but why does the one that just has to hum along not abel to carry a tune? lol

.w.:

Sorry, you've got me seriously snerking at the title, over here. Move along now! ..l;,

Several, actually. I tend to sing along (quietly), as well. Probably a nightmare for someone with perfect pitch ..l;,

yeah, i ALMOST started the text with, "no not that hummer". i will sing to bring attention to a part of the music i want brought out, ...but i almost crack up sometimes!..but i guess i should be glad they are that into it!

I just HAD to peek in and see what this was all about :) No, no hummers in class.

Sorry to go off topic - but this reminds me of an interesting moment.

I was attending a funeral in the family and as I was making my quiet exit - my cousin hollers out "See ya later Hummer Girl!". Sure got some interesting looks and when she realized what she had said she turned so red.

So funny you mention this because I had not one, but TWO in my last session!!! It is a LARGE class in a big studio...and I kept hearing off-key HUMMING and thought that my iPod was going wonky...turned out to be two different students...and...btw...they didn't know the melody...

i went to this mini workshop and dragged my friends along...one of them was humming to every song the teacher played AND added the percusion!! i was trying so hard not to laugh that i couldn't focus on what i was doing :)

added the percusion
roflmao.....omg....beat box....yuk!

OT....sorta, i am reminded of my responce to the contest on tv years ago, where you won a hummer. the young ones did not understand my lol.

Can't stop myself from humming or singing - it's an awfully hard habit to break. I don't know I'm doing it but it shows up when I videotape myself. Luckily in performances, the music drowns me out.

Originally Posted by zamora

added the percusion
roflmao.....omg....beat box....yuk!

Wait, let me get the quote from the article about Lebanese male belly dancer Alexandre Paulikevitch that was posted last week:

As he became increasingly out of breath from his oscillatory exertions, Paulikevitch began to use breath as a percussive instrument in its own right. Punchy pendulations of the hips were punctuated by sharp exhalations. Soon this respiratory technique was extended even further as Paulikevitch used his mouth to make clicking, sucking and popping sounds, adding cartoon-style sound-effects to his swiveling.

Coming soon to a nightmare near you...

My teacher, Ranya, has encouraged me to hum along with the music to help with my breathing. Unfortunately I can't sing even after taking singing lessons in high school! My apologies to all that have to listen to me :)

I do it all the time...that is what makes me to enjoy the music and not to forget...even Aziza hums when she is teaching...;)

Originally Posted by amyraks

My teacher, Ranya, has encouraged me to hum along with the music to help with my breathing. Unfortunately I can't sing even after taking singing lessons in high school! My apologies to all that have to listen to me :)

I also encourage my students to hum, it helps them learn the music more, and helps with breathing.

I hum along sometimes and I apologize to all who have ever heard me!

im still on that guy making all those sounds while dancing...i would loose it if i saw him....

Originally Posted by zamora

im still on that guy making all those sounds while dancing...i would loose it if i saw him....

I've already skipped ahead to the next step and am now picturing Alexei Ryaboshapka on YouTube doing something that looks like a cross between his Tito impersonation and Victor Borge's punctuation routine!

Ok - this thread augered right in! ..l;,..l;,

I knew this thread would be great! I just had to peek in and read about it. Luckily I haven't run into any hummers but hummers in general I think are distracting so I would really have to exercise patience and not say anything to them.

lol! great title
i've got a rule: no hummers in class. humming ok ;)

Okay I'm guilty as charged. I hum so I can remember the song and what i'm doing. I also naughty habit of also counting as well. (the only way I can process a choreography and remember it. I apologize if the cats end up gathering atop the fence.

Alrana

Lol. Oh no...is that why my instructor shoots threatening looks at me from time to time?? I thought it was because she confused me with another Asian girl in the class who hasn't been attending!!

Wow, it all makes sense now...:P

I am SO glad I am not the only perverted juvenile around here..l;,

I don't hum in class, but I will "sing/make strange cat-like noises" along with the music while teaching choreography... but they remember it better that way!

Originally Posted by SatinWorship19

.w.:

Sorry, you've got me seriously snerking at the title, over here. Move along now! ..l;,

..l;, me too

Originally Posted by mehndidancer

Okay I'm guilty as charged. I hum so I can remember the song and what i'm doing. I also naughty habit of also counting as well. (the only way I can process a choreography and remember it. I apologize if the cats end up gathering atop the fence.

Alrana

..l;,..l;, Counting - out loud? ..l;,..l;,

There is a fellow classmate who hums along to every song. I find it very distracting as I notice it very much and she is not always on key or even following the song that well.

At first I thought I was going crazy or something wrong with my hearing, always hearing this weird sound, until I found out what it was. ..g.:

I've never had a hummer in class - and, I must say, that I'm certainly glad that I haven't!!! lol

It is fine to hum along!!!! Recommended, even!!! :D As long as the mouth is relaxed and doesn't look distracting. It really does help in connecting to the music, regulating the breath, and even in engaging the core abs, which are interstiched with the diaphragm muscle. Even if someone is out of tune, usually the music is louder anyway and no one will hear it. When I asked Tito of Egypt if he "dandan"s when he dances ("croons", hums along), he said "Taaban, lazim!" ("of course, one has to!!). And anyone who has seen him live or even on video can see his incredible charisma coming through. Be a hummer, baby!!!