11 September. This week, we reviewed technical exercises like major and minor scale, arpeggio, and va va va va vee vee vee vee. This reminded us of the ways to warm up, or prepare for a singing performance. This öeek, we just talked in a group about the singing performance, our group songs, and amy further ideas. We didn't get anywhere this week, as there were a lot of mixed conflicting ideas that we hd to discuss. We established that we needed solos, maybe duets and a group piece or two. 18 September. For most of this week, we continued to talk about pieces. We worked out that Groove is in the Heart would make a good group piece. We all liked Madness too, so Baggy TROUSERS was chosen. A popular choice was the 80s track Africa, which I don't really know. I thought about doing feed the birds from Mary Poppins but I'm not sure. 25 September. We have sung through the choruses of Baggy Trousers, while some people struggled, I managed to keep up. I also had a brief look at the rap in Groove is in the Heart, as we decided I'D do it. I decided to scrap the Mary Poppins idea and do Colours of the Wind from Pocahontas. Emily liked a lady gaga song, Callum liked a Michael Buble song, and we were all happy with the songs. However, some people wanted to do all the songs pre recorded, as in not live. I disagreed, feeling like I öould not feel proud of a pre recorded piece. 2 October. We've given a few of the songs a go. Groove is in the HEart is fun, but hard. People were sceptical about baggy trousers, but I liked it. I am starting to get used to Africa, as I previousé didn't know it. 13 October. We had a good look at Africa this week, as Cara needed to learn the piano tune for it, aid we needed to look at it. I also sang colours of the wind. My voice is richer and more tuneful than last year. As a second song, I've chosen je veux which is in French. I showed Cara the tune and she is happy with it as a piece for me. We also pre recorded Seasons of love, a song from last year, in the media rooms. Shia was a strange experience for me as I'm not a musician or media student. We will use this as a musical interlude in a celebration for achievement event in November. 31 October. We began by starting work on melodic phrases. I found one bar phrases easy to repeat, but two bars is harder As there is more to remember. I also managed to work out, during another exercise, which note was coming next and what key ^major or minorä a bar was in. I also identified the number of keys in a note. I am pleased with my work on this, but there is more to be done. I did my solo and was told my voice had changed and improved again. We then worked on the noses in my piece, as I don't always take enough breath before a long, very high note. This causes me to frown, and causes headaches. We are going to continue working on this so I can prevent this, and make the note stronger. 3 November Today I practised my new song, Je Veux, by Zak. It is a FRENCH song, and is very upbeat and lively compared with colours of the wind. I have mislaid my lyrics unfortunately, but I will retape them. 7 November. Today, I practised Je veux properly, at the right speed. I think my first attempt was very successful. I found the right pace, and I can now look at the lyrics properly.The only thing I must do is make sure I don't loose words. As it is a French song, I have to learn how to shorten, or make the words fit in to the tune and the line, like in English we would do gonna instead of going to. 10 November. Today I spenta lot of time on singing. Cara helped with my rap, for groove is in the heart, all is positive with this but the timings rare hard for some words. Also, my solo in french, Je veux needed some work. I have got better at not rushing le swallowing words, and the melody and sound of the song has also improved. Also, for one course, there's an almost aca pela moment, and we have adjusted when this will be. Instead of the third chorus, it will be the second, followed by a jolly one to end. 14 September. Today I mainly worked on my songwhich was very productive because we changed the entire pace of je veux to make it jazzy and more French. This would also stop me from swallowing my words and I can work on my diction even in the French language. The key for colours of the wind changed from a c to a b so that I can hit the higher notes in a more tuneful way and it would suit my voice range better. as it sounds jazzier and I can properly properly speak the French words with a lot of diction. I have tried to sing without a sheetoflyricswhichwas difficult however I have learnt the whole chorus off by heart. In colours of the wind I am still struggling to hit a couple of high notes. We are considering a way of making the notes more approachable and achievable for me. 22 November. Unfortunately for part of the weeek I was ill so I missed Momday's lecture. On Tuesday, I was able to look at my solos again. In colours of the wind we changed the key to a b I think I am making a fair bit of progression this area. We have slowed down the speed of je veux As there isa lot の あの Colours the wind. I have managed to master the velocity, but one note is difficult for me, and we may adjust the key. However, I have been able to look at
14 November. This Week i mainly focussed my solo
songs. I changed the speed and accompany
of my song Je Veux, to make it jazzier and slower. This meant that I could sing the individual
lyrics more easily, which can be hard in French. In my other song, Colours of the wind, I
changed the key from C to B. This helped
as I struggled to meet some of the higher notes. Also the key fits my vocal range. I am pleased that I was able to make good
adjustments to my singing to make it easier for myself. Here is a video of me practicing my solo Colours of the Wind
https://youtu.be/2A-8WcC6_Pc
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