Week 1 & 2 (Easter Holidays) :
During these two weeks I focused on reading the script, finding out about 13, its composer, history, etc. Listened to a few songs, started researching my character and the show as a whole. I also worked on the marketing aspect of the show and came up with the marketing plan.
Week 3:
During the first week of rehearsals, we have worked on "13" which is the opening number of the show. We learned the melody and rythm and were given different parts, I personally was on the lower one. The song is really upbeat which to me really reflects life as a 13 years old kid. The lyrics and the whole atmosphere of the song really helped me getting into character.
We also learnt all Hail the Brain and A little More Homework, I was singing bottom part for both of them. I find A Little More homework really interesting as it is much slower than the rest of the group songs, to me it shows how the kids evolved to young teenagers, a bit more calm, a bit more rational. The song is all about "trying to find myself", they're all experimenting life and discovering themselves, which I found really interesting.
Week 4:
This week we started to learn the choreography for 13. It went really well, mostly everyone learned the choreography really quickly which was surprising as it is such a long song with a lot of parts in between. But the choreography was really nicely put together, was really dynamic, I personally tend to struggle with movement memory but I managed to learn it during the first rehearsal and was very happy with that. This week we also started working on the singing for Hey Kendra and Bad News. Bad news happens when Lucy and Brett start dating, I really enjoy working on it as it has a very jazzy, bluesie melody to it, it is a really ironic song, but it is so serious to them I loved getting to play around with it.
Week 5:
This week, all the songs were learnt. We also finished learningsome choreography for All Hail The Brain, Hey Kendra and Give me what I need. During give me what I need, we had to carry Kendra towards the center of the stage, which reflected Archie's dream. We also started blocking some scenes one by one, while people weren't learning choreography they were blocking the scenes.
Week 6:
During this week we started slowly doing run of the shows, putting in practice all the blocking that had been learnt during the last week. We did had to stop a few times but I thought overall the process was quite good. Most of the problems were coming from moving the platforms which weren't ready to be used so it was a bit tricky to understand what to do without actually doing it. By the end of the week everyone was off book. It got easier to see where the show was going while we were running it but to me, I felt like it wouldn't be ready on time, and really started doubting the final result.
Week 7:
This week was the last week of rehearsals. We didn't get to rehearse on Tuesday as we were rehearsing for the dance showcase, and Marta got injured that day which made us abandon most of the staging we had planned. We cut the stage short as well as one platform, changed some of the blocking to only work with one platform. Not everyone was positive about this, but I personally thought it was exacatly what we needed. It made the show much more clearer and smooth and I thought it couldn't have gone better. Everyone knew what they were doing, and appart from a few mistakes, everything went according to plan.
Thursday, 9 June 2016
PRACTICE SCHEDULE PART 3
Monday
Tension. Work on various muscles tension such as neck, tongue, back etc by doing different relaxation exercises as well as stretches.
Breath. Baby crying/glottal oh oh. To help control the air release.
Tuesday
Throat pulse. Breathe in as much as possible, breathe out, and when feeling out of breath, do pulses with your throat. Objective: increasing breath intake and control.
Wednesday
Full siren lip roll. Sirens are excellent as a warm up and help you working on both your low and high range at the same time and help you decreasing the volume of your break. Lip rolls are excellent to develop your technique, engaging the diaphragm and releasing the throat tension.
Resonance. Nia nia, placing the sound forward. This will help me placing my high pitched notes better.
Thursday
Ng Placement. This will help me developing my nasal placement and reasonance which is excellent to develop a nice belt.
String. This exercise is excellent to develop the belt without stressing your voice.
Friday
Practice various songs, chest or mixed voice.
Saturday
Practice various song, head voice.
Sunday
Body relaxation to rest the voice. As a healthy body is needed for a healthy voice, and not to stress the voice, Sundays will be dedicated to throat and face massaging, gentle yawns as well as some yoga.
I will also be doing some sight reading and repeating exercises on Sunday to practice theory.
Tension. Work on various muscles tension such as neck, tongue, back etc by doing different relaxation exercises as well as stretches.
Breath. Baby crying/glottal oh oh. To help control the air release.
Tuesday
Throat pulse. Breathe in as much as possible, breathe out, and when feeling out of breath, do pulses with your throat. Objective: increasing breath intake and control.
Wednesday
Full siren lip roll. Sirens are excellent as a warm up and help you working on both your low and high range at the same time and help you decreasing the volume of your break. Lip rolls are excellent to develop your technique, engaging the diaphragm and releasing the throat tension.
Resonance. Nia nia, placing the sound forward. This will help me placing my high pitched notes better.
Thursday
Ng Placement. This will help me developing my nasal placement and reasonance which is excellent to develop a nice belt.
String. This exercise is excellent to develop the belt without stressing your voice.
Friday
Practice various songs, chest or mixed voice.
Saturday
Practice various song, head voice.
Sunday
Body relaxation to rest the voice. As a healthy body is needed for a healthy voice, and not to stress the voice, Sundays will be dedicated to throat and face massaging, gentle yawns as well as some yoga.
I will also be doing some sight reading and repeating exercises on Sunday to practice theory.
13 Character Research
I started my research by simply looking back at my life a few years ago and trying to remember the atmosphere of being 13, discovering new things and learning about the world. I tried to put myself back in this world where your social life is the number one priority, and things that don't matter that much (such as popularity, etc) seem so important.
I have also paid more attention to young teenagers in the streets, to the way the act, talk, and move. One thing that I noticed by doing this is how loud they were being, how nothing seemed to matter but them. And I really tried to put some of this into Eddie, not caring about anything else than his little group, no matter what the consequences were.
The most of my research however was based on the script. From the way Eddie acts, I quickly came to the conclusion that he was a weak boy, outshined by Brett, and it's almost like he tries to live through Brett's life; which explains why he keeps doing everything for him. Brett is the obvious leader of the group, and while Malcolm seems a bit ditsy, Eddie comes across as a boy who lacks confidence, and therefore can't be a leader like Brett, and ends up worshiping him. I have tried through the rehearsal to develop this lack of confidence by portraying him as 'fakely' shallow and self absorved (always focusing on his muscles/looks, etc). I thought as I am myself quite short I could use it as one of Eddie's complexes.
I have also paid more attention to young teenagers in the streets, to the way the act, talk, and move. One thing that I noticed by doing this is how loud they were being, how nothing seemed to matter but them. And I really tried to put some of this into Eddie, not caring about anything else than his little group, no matter what the consequences were.
The most of my research however was based on the script. From the way Eddie acts, I quickly came to the conclusion that he was a weak boy, outshined by Brett, and it's almost like he tries to live through Brett's life; which explains why he keeps doing everything for him. Brett is the obvious leader of the group, and while Malcolm seems a bit ditsy, Eddie comes across as a boy who lacks confidence, and therefore can't be a leader like Brett, and ends up worshiping him. I have tried through the rehearsal to develop this lack of confidence by portraying him as 'fakely' shallow and self absorved (always focusing on his muscles/looks, etc). I thought as I am myself quite short I could use it as one of Eddie's complexes.
Ballet Evaluation
Concerning my application during the ballet rehearsals, I was a bit off at the start, missed a few rehearsals the first week, but got back on track and attended every lesson afterwards, remaining focused at all time, doing my best during rehearsals and always being attentive to what was said. I managed to learn the choreography quite quickly, which is something I massively improved on.
Concerning my physical skills, again I think I really improved. As previously mentionned in my movement memory; but also my posture, technique, coordination, timing and accuracy. I feel like I was able to demonstrate proper ballet technique, focusing on my turn out, port de bras and overall coordination. That being said, I thought my performance lacked of use of space a lot, which I didn't realise until watching the video. I also think I lacked of balance and control a few times, especially towards the end pirouette.
Finally concerning my interpretive skills, I think this is what I need to most work on. I thought my performance was technically alright, but lacked massively of interpretation and was really flat. I think what I'm missing is confidence to actually try putting more into the choreography than just the moves.
Concerning my physical skills, again I think I really improved. As previously mentionned in my movement memory; but also my posture, technique, coordination, timing and accuracy. I feel like I was able to demonstrate proper ballet technique, focusing on my turn out, port de bras and overall coordination. That being said, I thought my performance lacked of use of space a lot, which I didn't realise until watching the video. I also think I lacked of balance and control a few times, especially towards the end pirouette.
Finally concerning my interpretive skills, I think this is what I need to most work on. I thought my performance was technically alright, but lacked massively of interpretation and was really flat. I think what I'm missing is confidence to actually try putting more into the choreography than just the moves.
Wednesday, 27 April 2016
Monday, 11 April 2016
13 The Musical - Proposal
13 – the Musical Proposal
1.
Performance
I have been
assigned the role of Eddie for the show. Eddie is one of Brett’s good friend,
bit of a wanna be always by his side.
My first objective is to be almost off book by the
25th of April and completely off book by the 2nd of May. This is an
ultimate deadline ; but I’ll be off book as soon as possible to be able to
work more efficiently on the acting/singing.
While
learning my lines I’ll also work on characterisation to really get into the
role and make it my own.
I’ll be
learning the songs in rehearsals, reccord them and listen to them after each
rehearsal to memorise them as soon as possible.
I want to
be absolutely into character by the 11th of May and then use the rest of the
time to experiment different ways to play and develop the character and see
what works best.
2. Marketing
As well as
the role of Eddie I am in charge of the marketing for this show. I have planned
to make a photoshoot with the cast and make posters and flyers to distribute
around various departments to advertise the show. I will also email heads of
departments about the show.
I thought
of organising a sort of pre show party where some of the cast members will perform.
This would ideally be a sort of Q&A with drinks where we would have the
opportunity to talk about the show. The idea behind this is to show the
talented cast we have and show them all the work that has been done and
therefore attract more people to see the show. I was hoping to collect money
for charity on the doors. Basically let people put any amount of money in a bucket to attend.
I was also
hoping that we could use a part of the ticket price for charity i.e : if
tickets were to be £3 say that 50p goes to charity. I thought this was a good
way to sell tickets as well as do a good act. The charity I was thinking of is
called Raleigh, it is a team of 18-24 years old and they work on water,
sanitation and livelihoods projects in Tanzania, Nicaragua and Nepal. I think
this charity would really suit the audience we would have for this show, and I
know the person who is going to be the team leader of the 18-24 team.
Finally, I
wanted to do a lot of social media work. As the show is about 13 years old, and
therefore targets a young audience, it would be the perfect way to communicate
about it. I was hoping to have access to the lsc expressive arts twitter
account as it is already and established account with followers. I want to post
daily updates about the progress as well as behind the scenes pictures and
videos. I intend to film some rehearsals (about 30 seconds), have some
interview with the cast, film the making of the set, costumes, lighting, etc.
and post everything on the twitter account.
Sunday, 6 March 2016
LOGS Week ending 06/03
Monday - https://soundcloud.com/anne-munoz-1/voice-061
I think in this recording I still tense my throat far too much although my tongue is out when I get into the high notes and mentally give up before it even happens. I think I also need to focus more on placing the sound forward, in the mask. My target for next week is to relax more and focus on the sound placement.
Wednesday - https://soundcloud.com/anne-munoz-1/voice-062
I found this exercise easier to do, there was less tension in my throat and it felt easier to rich the high notes. It is probably due to the fact that the "Nia" sound helps me placing the sound in the mask, I feel like the more I practice this exercise, the easier the Monday exercise will be as I'll find it less hard to place the sound properly. I think next time I need to push myself more and try to go higher.
I think in this recording I still tense my throat far too much although my tongue is out when I get into the high notes and mentally give up before it even happens. I think I also need to focus more on placing the sound forward, in the mask. My target for next week is to relax more and focus on the sound placement.
Wednesday - https://soundcloud.com/anne-munoz-1/voice-062
I found this exercise easier to do, there was less tension in my throat and it felt easier to rich the high notes. It is probably due to the fact that the "Nia" sound helps me placing the sound in the mask, I feel like the more I practice this exercise, the easier the Monday exercise will be as I'll find it less hard to place the sound properly. I think next time I need to push myself more and try to go higher.
Wednesday, 24 February 2016
PRACTICE SCHEDULE PART 2
This term I'd like to focus mainly on developing my head voice. I decided to dedicate five days to it, while one will be used to work on my chest voice and the last day will be used to indirectly work on my voice by releasing the tension in my body.
Monday – Tension. Stick tongue out while singing various exercises.
To start the week I want to work on releasing the tension from my tongue and throat. Tension is one of the main reasons why I struggle to use my head voice, I'm fine when I don't need to make myself heard and just sing softly, but as soon as I need to make the sound come out more loudly, I tense up and make it impossible for myself to use my head voice. Sticking the tongue out while doing various arpeggios will help me releasing some of this tension and also get me into the habit of keeping the tongue forward.
Tuesday – Breath. Baby crying/glottal oh oh
I noticed that my head voice tends to get hairy, to get rid of that hairy sound, I will be doing some glottal sounds (oh oh) highly pitched as well as imitate the sound of a baby crying, as this helps starting a note without air.
Wednesday – Resonance. Nia nia, placing the sound forward
Then I want to work on the resonance of my head voice. I think one of the reasons why I don't do well in head voice is because of the classical training I had for a while, I think I try to make the sound resonate too far back in my head. This exercise will help me place the sound forward, in the mask.
Thursday – Vocal chords. Woop woop high pitched
This exercise will help me pulling the vocal chords together, which will result in a less hairy sound and will make it easier for me to sing in my head voice, as well as prevent cracks. The sound "p" is what will help the vocal chords being closer together.
Friday – Practice Vocal Technique in short or “normal songs”
CHEST OR MIXED VOICE
Friday will be dedicated to singing either full or part of songs as well as short singing routine in my chest voice and apply the techniques practiced and developed last half term,
Saturday – Practice Vocal Technique in short or normal songs
HEAD VOICE
Saturday will be like friday but focusing on the head voice.
Sunday – Physical upper body warm up to help releasing the
tension which will help increasing range
Finally I'd like to finish the week by resting my voice but still work on it indirectly. Therefore this will be a day dedicated to a physical warm up helping me releasing the tension from my body and therefore making easier for me to sing hard notes/parts.
Sunday, 7 February 2016
Sunday, 24 January 2016
Monday, 18 January 2016
PERSEPHONE AND HADES - 2nd draft
There once was a tail of Goddess and Gods Demeter, Goddess of Nature, Hades King of Hell and of course the powerful Zeus.
Demeter grew plants and fruits on earth every year, she made the trees grow and the flowers bloom.
Hades was the ruler of the underworld, king of the deads. His powers were so great that only his two brothers Poseidon and Zeus could compete with him.
One day, Zeus and Demeter had a child together, she was named Persephone. The young Goddess was raised in Sicily, far, far away from her father's eyes. She lived a happy and exciting childhood, surrounded by her friends.
But one day Hades, from the terrifying world of the dead, saw Persephone's beauty, and he right away knew he had to make her his. The king of Hell got help from his brother Zeus; and together, they made a plan to steal Persephone away.
On a cool morning, their wait came to an end, the two brothers had a plan. Persephone was playing with her friends, but distracted by the shining beauty of a narcissus, she found herself alone in a field when suddenly, the ground opened under her feet. Hades appeared, riding his golden chariot and dragged the young girl to the underworld.
Deep down in the Kingdom of the deads, Persephone was mourning, Hades tried to explain why he had done such a thing, and confessed his love for her, begged her to stay by his side as Queen of the Underworld... but there was nothing to do. This cold, dark place terrified his beloved.
Demeter searched for her daughter everywhere, in heavens and on earth, but she was nowhere to be found. Eventually, she came across Helios who revealed her the truth. Furious, Demeter asked her brother Hades to return her daughter, but the king of Hell would not comply. Desperate, Demeter stopped growing fruits on earth. Forced to find a solution, Zeus asked his brother to comply with their sister's demand. And he did, only there was one condition: Persephone would be released if she hadn't eaten anything. Unfortunately, the girl had eaten some seeds from a pomegranate.
Zeus knew he couldn't keep mother and daughter apart. So after days and days of thinking, he finally found a compromise. Persephone was to live six months on earth and six months in the underworld each year. Therefore, whenever Persephone was in the underworld, her mother would be mourning and winter would come, however when her and her daughter were close, they would celebrate, and summer would replace winter.
Persephone was delighted to see her mother again, and she somehow grew fond of Hades. She is now the proud Queen of the Underworld, and rules by Hades' side.
http://www.goddessgift.com/goddess-myths/greek_goddess_persephone.htm
http://www.mythicarts.com/writing/Persephone.html
Demeter grew plants and fruits on earth every year, she made the trees grow and the flowers bloom.
Hades was the ruler of the underworld, king of the deads. His powers were so great that only his two brothers Poseidon and Zeus could compete with him.
One day, Zeus and Demeter had a child together, she was named Persephone. The young Goddess was raised in Sicily, far, far away from her father's eyes. She lived a happy and exciting childhood, surrounded by her friends.
But one day Hades, from the terrifying world of the dead, saw Persephone's beauty, and he right away knew he had to make her his. The king of Hell got help from his brother Zeus; and together, they made a plan to steal Persephone away.
On a cool morning, their wait came to an end, the two brothers had a plan. Persephone was playing with her friends, but distracted by the shining beauty of a narcissus, she found herself alone in a field when suddenly, the ground opened under her feet. Hades appeared, riding his golden chariot and dragged the young girl to the underworld.
Deep down in the Kingdom of the deads, Persephone was mourning, Hades tried to explain why he had done such a thing, and confessed his love for her, begged her to stay by his side as Queen of the Underworld... but there was nothing to do. This cold, dark place terrified his beloved.
Demeter searched for her daughter everywhere, in heavens and on earth, but she was nowhere to be found. Eventually, she came across Helios who revealed her the truth. Furious, Demeter asked her brother Hades to return her daughter, but the king of Hell would not comply. Desperate, Demeter stopped growing fruits on earth. Forced to find a solution, Zeus asked his brother to comply with their sister's demand. And he did, only there was one condition: Persephone would be released if she hadn't eaten anything. Unfortunately, the girl had eaten some seeds from a pomegranate.
Zeus knew he couldn't keep mother and daughter apart. So after days and days of thinking, he finally found a compromise. Persephone was to live six months on earth and six months in the underworld each year. Therefore, whenever Persephone was in the underworld, her mother would be mourning and winter would come, however when her and her daughter were close, they would celebrate, and summer would replace winter.
Persephone was delighted to see her mother again, and she somehow grew fond of Hades. She is now the proud Queen of the Underworld, and rules by Hades' side.
http://www.goddessgift.com/goddess-myths/greek_goddess_persephone.htm
http://www.mythicarts.com/writing/Persephone.html
Wednesday, 13 January 2016
PERSEPHONE AND HADES - 1st draft
There once was a tail of Goddess and Gods Demeter, Goddess of Nature, Hades King of Hell and of course the powerful Zeus. Zeus and Demeter had a child together, Persephone was her name. She was raised in Sicily, far away from her father's eyes.
But one day Hades laid eyes on her, and he right away knew he had to make her his. The king of Hell got help from his brother Zeus; and together, they made a plan to steal Persephone away.
On a cool morning, their wait came to an end, the two brothers had a plan. Persephone was playing with her friends, but distracted by the shining beauty of a narcissus, she found herself alone in a field when suddenly, the ground opened under her feet. Hades appeared, riding his golden chariot and dragged the young girl to the underworld.
Deep down in the Kingdom of the deads, Persephone was mourning, Hades tried to explain why he had done such a thing, and confessed his love for her, but there was nothing to do. This cold, dark place terrified his beloved.
Demeter searched for her daughter everywhere, in heavens and on earth, but she was nowhere to be found. Eventually, she came across Helios who revealed her the truth. Furious, Demeter asked her brother Hades to return her daughter, but the king of Hell would not comply. Desperate, Demeter stopped growing fruits on earth. Forced to find a solution, Zeus asked his brother to comply with their sister's demand. And he did, only there was one condition: Persephone would be released if she hadn't eaten anything. Unfortunately, the girl had eaten some seeds from a pomegranate.
Zeus knew he couldn't keep mother and daughter apart. A compromise was found. Persephone was to live six months on earth and six months in the underworld each year. Therefore, whenever Persephone was in the underworld, her mother would be mourning and winter would come, however when her and her daughter were close, they would celebrate, and summer would replace winter.
http://www.mythicarts.com/writing/Persephone.html
But one day Hades laid eyes on her, and he right away knew he had to make her his. The king of Hell got help from his brother Zeus; and together, they made a plan to steal Persephone away.
On a cool morning, their wait came to an end, the two brothers had a plan. Persephone was playing with her friends, but distracted by the shining beauty of a narcissus, she found herself alone in a field when suddenly, the ground opened under her feet. Hades appeared, riding his golden chariot and dragged the young girl to the underworld.
Deep down in the Kingdom of the deads, Persephone was mourning, Hades tried to explain why he had done such a thing, and confessed his love for her, but there was nothing to do. This cold, dark place terrified his beloved.
Demeter searched for her daughter everywhere, in heavens and on earth, but she was nowhere to be found. Eventually, she came across Helios who revealed her the truth. Furious, Demeter asked her brother Hades to return her daughter, but the king of Hell would not comply. Desperate, Demeter stopped growing fruits on earth. Forced to find a solution, Zeus asked his brother to comply with their sister's demand. And he did, only there was one condition: Persephone would be released if she hadn't eaten anything. Unfortunately, the girl had eaten some seeds from a pomegranate.
Zeus knew he couldn't keep mother and daughter apart. A compromise was found. Persephone was to live six months on earth and six months in the underworld each year. Therefore, whenever Persephone was in the underworld, her mother would be mourning and winter would come, however when her and her daughter were close, they would celebrate, and summer would replace winter.
http://www.mythicarts.com/writing/Persephone.html
Tuesday, 12 January 2016
Persephone and Hades - Task 1 Outline
Outline
- Persephone is the daughter of ZEUS and DEMETER. HADES is ZEUS' and DEMETER's brother.
- DEMETER secretly raised PERSEPHONE in Sicily
- One day, HADES sees PERSEPHONE and falls in love with her
- HADES and ZEUS make a plan to take PERSEPHONE away from DEMETER
- One day PERSEPHONE is playing with NYMPHS by a river
- PERSEPHONE sees a narcissus and goes towards it
- PERSEPHONE asks the NYMPHS to follow her but they can't as they would die
- The ground opens under PERSEPHONE's feet.
- HADES appears and steal her away
- DEMETER arrives and see the NYMPHS mourning.
- DEMETER asks where is her daughter
- Furious as she gets no answer, DEMETER turns the NYMPHS into sirens.
- DEMETER looks for her daughter everywhere
- DEMETER meets HEKATE who tells her to go to HELLIOS
- HELLIOS who can see everything reveals her the truth
- DEMETER begs HADES to let PERSEPHONE go
- HADES refuses
- DEMETER stops growing fruits on earth
- Knowing that the earth would die if he didn't do anything, ZEUS talks to HADES
- HADES agrees to let PERSEPHONE go if she hadn't eaten anything from the underworld
- PERSEPHONE swears she hasn't
- PERSEPHONE is released to her mother but just before she leaves, ASCALAPHOS tells HADES he has seen PERSEPHONE eat a few seeds of pomegranate
- PERSEPHONE is therefore not allowed to leave the underworld for good
- ZEUS allows her to leave for half of the year but she has to come back for the other half
- It is summer when PERSEPHONE is on earth and when she isn't.
- After a while, PERSEPHONE starts loving HADES and becomes the queen of the underworld.
Story Telling - Persephone & Hades
Lights
1st part on earth - soft blue/green/ projected on the floor. daylight pinky yellow (dawn) projected on the wall
2nd part in the underworld - bright red, ugly ish green, clashing colors, dark
Set
1st part on earth - picture projected on the wall?
Monday, 11 January 2016
Practice Schedule
Practice Routine to follow until half term :
Throat pulse - Breathe in as much as possible, breathe out, and when you feel out of breath do pulses with your throat
Objective - increase breath intake and control
Low to high Sirens Lip Roll I - Siren on a lip roll from low to high. Start with shoulders up and drop while going on high notes.
Objective - make my break less hearable,
Full Siren Lip Roll II - do a siren on a lip roll. Once you reached your highest note, try and make it bounce here, then before going down, try making a higher note.
Objective - increasing my vocal range, developing a good technique by engaging the diaphragm and reducing throat tension
Siren on n - sirens on a n, nasalised
Objective - developing the use of nasal resonances
Siren yawn on ah - yawn on ah on a sirene
Objective - developing a good technique by letting the larynx down
String - from one octave to another without any note in between in a "aeh" sound
Objective - make it easier for me to have a "big" jump in between notes.
Objective - developing a good technique by letting the larynx down
String - from one octave to another without any note in between in a "aeh" sound
Objective - make it easier for me to have a "big" jump in between notes.
Ng Placement
Objective - develop nasal placement/reasonance
Mmmh-N-Slide - hum, start one up to 5th and back to 1st
Objective - focus on the "circular" aspect of the exercises, hitting every note in-between 1st and 5th
Nasty Nays on scale/arpeggio
Objective - develop switching from lower to upper register without cracking
Resonance exercise - mmm ee mmm aa ee aa
Objective - control where I want my voice to resonate. (Quoted explanation after the exercises list)
Manyah - singing manyah on the same note, holding the yah and slight vibrato at the end
Objective - Control breath, do not start vibratos too early/too late.
Repeating a phrase
Objective - pick up a melody quickly
Sight reading exercises
Objective - develop sight reading technique
Manyah - singing manyah on the same note, holding the yah and slight vibrato at the end
Objective - Control breath, do not start vibratos too early/too late.
Repeating a phrase
Objective - pick up a melody quickly
Sight reading exercises
Objective - develop sight reading technique
"When you sing, your voice echoes, creating vibrations throughout your head and chest. This echoing of tone is called resonance. Knowing how to change the resonance of your singing voice allows you to make a variety of sounds as you sing. Use the following steps and the accompanying figure to help you practice controlling your vocal resonance:
- Sing the first measure in the figure, sustaining the sound of the mmm as if you were humming and then moving into the ee vowel.Notice the buzzing or vibrating sensation you feel on your lips. This vibrating sensation is from the vibrations of resonance of your singing voice. The ee vowel in this measure is the vowel sound in the word me. As you sing from the mmmto the ee, try to keep the vibrations happening in the same place. You may need to practice singing this measure a few times to keep the vibrations in the same place. The apostrophes above the figure are breath marks, indicating when you should take a breath.
- Try singing the second measure, which moves from mmm to ah.The ah vowel is the sound in the first syllable of the word father. As you sing from the mmm to the ah, try to keep the vibrations in the same place (around your lips). You may feel the vibrations on the ah in the back of your mouth compared to the front of your mouth, which is likely where you felt them in Step 1 on the ee vowel.Tip: Record yourself singing through the first and second measures and then listen to the resonance. Pay attention to the change of resonance you hear from the mmm to the vowels.
- Practice singing the third measure by starting right on the ee vowel and moving to the ah vowel.Notice whether you can find the same kind of vibrations of resonance that you found when you moved from themmm to the vowels in Steps 1 and 2.
" (m.dummies.com)
Wednesday, 6 January 2016
The Myth of Hades and Persephone
Zeus and his sister Demeter, Goddess of nature, had a child named Persephone.
Demeter secretly raised Persephone alone in Sicily, however one day, Hades, Zeus' and Demeter's brother, the King of the underworld saw her and fell in love with her. Hades asked Zeus to help him taking Persephone down to the underworld, and together the two brothers trapped Persephone who was playing in a field. The ground opened under her feet and she slipped into the underworld. In some versions of the myth, Demeter was here but trapped when it happened.
Demeter searched for her daughter everywhere on earth, finally she met Hekate who advised her to ask Hellios, the sun God, who could see everything. After finding out where her daugther was, Demeter begged Hades to let her go, but he refused. Furious, the Goddess of nature stopped growing plants on earth. Zeus was then forced to find a compromise to save the earth, Hades agreed to let her go if she hadn't eaten any fruit from the underworld. Persephone swore she hadn't but Ascalaphos, one of Hades' garderners revealed he saw her eat some seeds from a pomegranate. Therefore, Persephone wasn't allowed to return to earth forever. However, aware of what would happen to the earth if Demeter didn't see her daughter, Zeus and Hades decided to let her go for six months, she had to spend the other six months of the year by her husband's side in the underworld.
The myth says that after a while, Persephone grew fond of her husband.
This myth also describes how winter started (no fruit, no plants, etc.)
Demeter secretly raised Persephone alone in Sicily, however one day, Hades, Zeus' and Demeter's brother, the King of the underworld saw her and fell in love with her. Hades asked Zeus to help him taking Persephone down to the underworld, and together the two brothers trapped Persephone who was playing in a field. The ground opened under her feet and she slipped into the underworld. In some versions of the myth, Demeter was here but trapped when it happened.
Demeter searched for her daughter everywhere on earth, finally she met Hekate who advised her to ask Hellios, the sun God, who could see everything. After finding out where her daugther was, Demeter begged Hades to let her go, but he refused. Furious, the Goddess of nature stopped growing plants on earth. Zeus was then forced to find a compromise to save the earth, Hades agreed to let her go if she hadn't eaten any fruit from the underworld. Persephone swore she hadn't but Ascalaphos, one of Hades' garderners revealed he saw her eat some seeds from a pomegranate. Therefore, Persephone wasn't allowed to return to earth forever. However, aware of what would happen to the earth if Demeter didn't see her daughter, Zeus and Hades decided to let her go for six months, she had to spend the other six months of the year by her husband's side in the underworld.
The myth says that after a while, Persephone grew fond of her husband.
This myth also describes how winter started (no fruit, no plants, etc.)
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)