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Good Posture
Breath Support
Correct Breathing Motion
Breath Control |
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| 4 Parts of Good Breath Management |
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| Slumped shoulders, Clavicular Breathing |
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| AVOID THIS POSTURE/TECHNIQUE = Poor tone |
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| a series of pitches produced by the same adjustment of the vocal mechanism |
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| What is a vocal register? |
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| The Three Human Vocal Registers |
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| Singing with an "Open Throat" |
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| 1. relaxed jaw and slightly flared lips
2. forward relaxed tongue
3. larynx that stays at rest
4. arched soft palate
5. relaxed pharyngeal muscles[image] |
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"ee" becomes "uh"
"eh" becomes "ah"
try to maintain as much of the pure vowel as possible |
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| Vowel Modification due to high pitch frequency. |
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| All except "s" and "sh" should be: |
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| All except "m" and "n" should be: |
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| Facial posture, expression, body posture, dynamics and tempo are all ways to utilize and display: |
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| Alternating fast paced activities and slow paced activities every 5 minutes or so, beginning and ending as a group with familiar material: |
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| The Most Effective Rehearsal Format |
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| 4 Steps to Good Rehearsal Planning |
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| 1. Score Analysis of Parts and Range *
2. Begin and End Together *
3. Visible Schedule *
4. Plan for Musical Moment[image] |
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| Reasons to Place Singers: |
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| 1. Balance/Blend
2. Intonation (tune to the room)
3. Tone Quality/Timbre
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| Voices are Evenly Matched: |
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| Voice 2 has more singers: |
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| Place weak voices on the outside of this format: |
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| 4 part Traditional, assumes balanced voices; sop/bass balance intonation and alto/tenor fill inner voices |
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| not good for polyphony, but usually helps build independence |
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| 8 steps to introduce a new work: |
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Psychological issues *
Physiological issues *
Key of composition |
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| Three Factors that can cause poor intonation |
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| Calling attention to "singing on the inside" can: |
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| Help intonation issues caused by Psychological factors. |
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| Allowing students to rest and not become overly fatigued can: |
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| Help intonation issues caused by Physiological factors. |
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| Transposing a work up or down a half-step can: |
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| Help intonation issues caused by a difficult Key. |
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| Things an accompanist should learn from you include: |
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| 6 Steps to Sight Reading: |
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| In teaching a round, it is important to: |
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| 1. Split the group in half *
2. Make sure the other group has a "leader" *
3. Sing the round in unison, then sing it out of order - reinforce 1st and 2nd notes *
4. Put it back together in order *
*5. Add accompaniment
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1. feet flat on the floor
2. knees relaxed
3. vertical spine
4. shoulders back
5. elevated sternum
6. head high (open throat)
7. hands and arms at side |
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| 10 Problems to watch for: |
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