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.