Maria: Right, dear listeners, so first of all, we say singing. How do you pronounce it, Rory? Singing. Singing. Yes, it's not kind of like singing; it's singing. So no g g, no, singing. So I like singing, I'm into singing. I think Rory's got a lovely voice, but well, he doesn't like singing.
Rory: But Maria often makes mistakes, and this is one of them.
Maria: I'm fine with my singing, I'm fine with people disliking my singing, so it's okay. I like it when no one can hear me, you can say, or when no one is listening to my singing. I can't really hold a tune. So if you can't hold a tune...
Rory: Well, it's just part of singing consistently and clearly. So if you cannot do that, then you can't hold a tune, and it doesn't sound very good.
Maria: Or you sing out of tune. So usually I sing out of tune, so I'm out of tune.
Rory: Or you could stay in key.
Maria: So when you stay in key, you sing well and you understand the notes, you understand how your voice should work up or down. So the scales, or for example, like I can't sing on key, or it's difficult for me to stay in key. It's embarrassing. So I'm embarrassed by my singing, I'm not impressed by my singing, or it could be uncomfortable for other people to listen to it. Listen to, to listen to it. I've never learned how to sing, or I've never learned singing properly, like well. I've never learned how to deliver lines. And what do we do when we deliver lines? We just...
Rory: We say them correctly.
Maria: Yeah. To say lines of a song.
Rory: Well, there is that, or it could be lines from a performance, like a play, for example.
Maria: Singing is a bit beyond me. So I can't do it. It's not for me. I'm not able to do it. I don't have this… What do you call it? I don't have a musical ear?
Rory: I don't know. It could be, if you don't have it, then you're tone deaf, but you might have an ear for music.
Maria: Yeah, I don't have an ear for music, the audio listener. So I'm tone deaf, or I don't have an ear for music. Or you can say that, yes, I've learned how to sing. I went to this school, and they taught me. And then you say, I can hold a tune, I usually stay in key. My voice pitch is what? can we say about one's voice pitch?
Rory: Well, the pitch is inconsistent or variable, I suppose, if it's not good. Or it's a good pitch, or pitch perfect, if it is good.
Maria: I enjoy entertaining people with my singing. So when we get together, I usually sing for my friends. Singing can bring happiness to people. Yay! Because everybody enjoys a good singer. Singer, singing, it's really entertaining. So it's exciting, it's lovely. Everybody enjoys listening to nice music, right, nice voices. It's fun to join in with big crowds. So if lots of people start singing, you join in and it's fun. If it's a funny song or if it's your favourite song, yay! And everybody is united and happy. Yay! We usually sing for other people. And Rory finds this idea mortifying. Oh, it's mortifying. So it's dreadful.
Rory: It's not good. Yes.
Maria: Embarrassing. So Rory doesn't like this. But if you do like it, Rory, what can our listener say?
Rory: Oh, I love it. It's amazing. I'm ecstatic when I'm singing. I feel fabulous. I don't know. All of these other good emotions. I find it terrifying or mortifying.
Maria: I usually sing for my partner, for my family, for my friends, for everybody, or I just enjoy singing in the street. As I'm listening to music, I just sing things out loud. Or you can say that I'm no performer. So a performer performs on stage, sings or delivers lines like, I don't know, does stand-up comedy. So I'm no performer. Or I enjoy performing. I enjoy singing. Or, for example, you can say that I enjoy singing at karaoke. Maybe you enjoy karaoke. You can say that my vocal cords… Vocal cords, you have inside your throat. My vocal cords are not for singing. My ear is not trained. And you can say that singing gives us endorphins and dopamine.