Do Your Homework!
- Trills on a Tuesday
- 7 days ago
- 2 min read
It was explained to us how to use our breath and let it naturally happen as we tell the story when singing in phrases, even if it is only Oohs. Imagine you are a dog and someone comes to the door and you bark. You can feel your diaphragm working to push out the air as you need it; you don’t have to think about it. Use this principle when singing and our body will adjust the amount of air we need naturally.
We certainly need plenty of breath for The Rhythm of Life. It should be powerful.
The tempo on this song is constant, although sometimes you have a lot of words to fit in, it gives the illusion of going faster or when some notes are longer it appears slower.
When you have a lot of notes to sing, don’t fudge them, make sure each note is heard clearly.
Every time you come in on your part, tell the story and make the audience notice you and listen to your part.
With ‘pigeons’ and ‘religion’ open your mouth, so the note doesn’t squeak and maybe go a little flat!
To help the Altos and Basses find their note on the key change, Sop1 and Tenors punch out the second note of ‘feet’.
At the end, make sure the ‘Yeahs’ are cut off cleanly and quickly as directed.
The journey of John Farnham.
You’re the Voice still needs a lot of work. The rhythm and timing are critical in this song otherwise it will not work.
‘This time’ is sung by the basses on the first beat and everyone else comes in on the third beat with the echo of ‘this time.
Make ‘Believin’’ sound like ‘Believen’ and straight into ‘we can make it better’
Homework, homework, homework on this one, please!
Crossing the Bar is in a better place. Make sure ‘sound’ in ‘sound and foam’ is long
Basses do not slide on ‘again home’
Watch the timing on ‘no (count 1/2) sadness of farewell’ and keep it moving forward.
We did remarkably well on our silences in The Sound of Silence. The song is disguised as a ballad, but it is actually full of energy and tells a story. We sang this from start to finish with no one falling in the dunce holes. Well done!
The Rainbow Connection was in good shape too, remember to emphasize the ‘Oh’ before going into ‘I’ve heard it too many times….’
Ensure the La da da di da di dums are crisp and bouncy
Our Maestro is back next week. Please practise at home and let us surprise him with how good we know we can be.
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