barbershop

I have barbershop practice today. I really like singing that type of music... when we sound good. It just really sucks sometimes because the best that our quartet can get is as good as I am. Everyone else in the quartet is a great singer and stuff, so I am left to keep up if I can.. then I am looked down upon when I don't. So far the only REAL trouble that I have had with it is tuning at the beginning of the piece before we start singing. You would think that its the easiest part... and I guess it should be, but I just can't do it. For some reason, I have always had trouble singing arpeggios and when it comes to tuning, we sing an arpeggio. Usually I am singing the "mi (3)" or "sol (5)" of the scale, which is very basic and simple. I just can't do it. I think I am tone deaf.
So last time we tried to tune, it obviously was not a nice tuning (I can hear the much of it) and mrs tyree told us to stop and try it again because we are allowed to do that as many times as it takes us to get it right. So we try again and I am not on the right note again... and we all just look at her and she is like "well you know who is wrong, so get him to fix it" and I mean I knew that I was wrong, so I get this big stare from the rest of the quartet. It was rough. I mean I'm glad they know I'm wrong and all, but I know.
So anyways I have been practicing it as much as I have had time for and I still can't get it. I guess we will see how it goes today.