HI ERRYONE
during practice on 8th Feb we mostly cleaned up and polished what we'd learnt for Ecce and Ave Maria, especially the rhythms for Ecce.
Warmups:
remember the ribcage exercise! you need to have the muscles to push your ribs out so that you can breathe better and sing better. you should be exerting the same pressure as when you had your partner to help. It will help you get the right amount of tension and air flow so you can keep the air spinning and get a nicer, fuller sound!!! woohooooo!!!
Ecce:
sforzandopiano - spit the consonants out, and then go soft, then loud.
the trio shouldn't be blasting, instead just creating a sortuv sound texture. choir - take note that your words ARE IN CAPITALS SO YOU SHOULD BE LOUD LIKE HOW YOU'RE (hopefully) READING THIS IN YOUR MIND
remember to put in the fixed up rhythms and dynamics!!
Ave Maria:
open up vowels, and remember to tone down during the "windows" for the soloists to *~SHINE~* through.
again, remember to put in the dynamics as written.
stagger your breathing, don't breathe between syllables of the same word, or all at once.
SOPS remember to sortuv draw an arc to the high notes, so you hit it from the top instead of straining from the bottom.
for both of the songs, remember that it's not enough just to have the correct notes and rhythms, we also need musicality - the songs' meanings need to be carried across to the audience too. this applies to all songs!
woohooo okay I think that's it! If I missed anything out feel free to let me know. As far as I can tell I think we've been having pretty productive rehearsals lately! Yay! Keep it up y'all (:
lurrrrve,
anthea
