5 March: Working on harmony and melody lines
This week, we practiced all the live songs. In particular I worked on Je Veux, which went very well but Cara had to record it so that she could remember my particular arrangement. Also I accidentally rearranged a few of the words so I need to work on the lines that went wrong. We worked on Groove is in the heart, and we are family, which were fine apart from I slipped up on the words in groove, and some people didn't know their lines in family. In 'We are Family' each person had to learn two lines of the verse and then sing the chorus's all together in unison. My two lines came before the first chorus and I found it easy to remember them, however, when you are singing small parts on your own, it can be difficult when others are not loud enough or don't know their lines as you are relying on them for the flow of the piece.
Since then, I have been practicing my lines and securing my own parts.
12 March. This week my throat was very sore so I tried to sing my solo but could not really manage very well. I did sing my parts in group songs, and reaffirmed a couple of words I had forgotten, for example, I needed to remember "Your groove I do deeply dig." I also helped during we are family as some people found it hard to remember their lines, and others sang quite quietly. Hopefully, next week, my throat will no longer be sore and I can practice my solo. I feel fairly happy with it but again, there are some words I keep forgetting. However, I do feel very confident with my parts in our show, one step beyond. 1
9 March. This week we practiced our songs, and decided we'd do all of them live when we perform for the French students. It was hard rehearsing colours of the wind after so long not practicing due to thinking we would be using the recording. I will continue to practice my lyrics until the performance.
We are going to include a recorded piece in the live show as well. This is Africa, which we have spent a long time on in the studio refining the harmonies. I found the fact that we recorded 'Africa' quite challenging. As we weren't working as a whole group at the same time. This meant that I could not differentiate my part from others on the recording as easily. When we originally practiced the parts for Africa, we were put into voice range groups. This is challenging as although you are in the same harmony group, everyone's voice range is slightly different. I would have preferred to have been in a group with someone with a lower harmony as I feel this would make it easier for me to pitch higher than that person.
Overall, I learn harmonies by repetition and it can also help listening to the piano playing the tune rather than the original song recorded by the artist.
This week, we practiced all the live songs. In particular I worked on Je Veux, which went very well but Cara had to record it so that she could remember my particular arrangement. Also I accidentally rearranged a few of the words so I need to work on the lines that went wrong. We worked on Groove is in the heart, and we are family, which were fine apart from I slipped up on the words in groove, and some people didn't know their lines in family. In 'We are Family' each person had to learn two lines of the verse and then sing the chorus's all together in unison. My two lines came before the first chorus and I found it easy to remember them, however, when you are singing small parts on your own, it can be difficult when others are not loud enough or don't know their lines as you are relying on them for the flow of the piece.
Since then, I have been practicing my lines and securing my own parts.
12 March. This week my throat was very sore so I tried to sing my solo but could not really manage very well. I did sing my parts in group songs, and reaffirmed a couple of words I had forgotten, for example, I needed to remember "Your groove I do deeply dig." I also helped during we are family as some people found it hard to remember their lines, and others sang quite quietly. Hopefully, next week, my throat will no longer be sore and I can practice my solo. I feel fairly happy with it but again, there are some words I keep forgetting. However, I do feel very confident with my parts in our show, one step beyond. 1
9 March. This week we practiced our songs, and decided we'd do all of them live when we perform for the French students. It was hard rehearsing colours of the wind after so long not practicing due to thinking we would be using the recording. I will continue to practice my lyrics until the performance.
We are going to include a recorded piece in the live show as well. This is Africa, which we have spent a long time on in the studio refining the harmonies. I found the fact that we recorded 'Africa' quite challenging. As we weren't working as a whole group at the same time. This meant that I could not differentiate my part from others on the recording as easily. When we originally practiced the parts for Africa, we were put into voice range groups. This is challenging as although you are in the same harmony group, everyone's voice range is slightly different. I would have preferred to have been in a group with someone with a lower harmony as I feel this would make it easier for me to pitch higher than that person.
Overall, I learn harmonies by repetition and it can also help listening to the piano playing the tune rather than the original song recorded by the artist.
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