Rofiat Ajisegiri LSC performing Arts 16/17

for the next lesson we came into class with three songs we had listened too and chosen to sing for the jazz night, then we listened to all of them and attempted singing them, we also had to altered some parts of the song to our ability.  i chose;  Cry me a river - Diana Krall  At last - Etta James If i can't have you - Etta James i chose these songs because i felt like they were different to the type of songs i would normally chose to sing, also its challenging to sing. then we had to go home as homework learn the song and bring a printed copy of the lyrics back to class ready to be practised in lesson.

Todays lesson we did the same warm up routine we normally do then we had to sing three different songs as well in order to help us practise holding to our lines whilst singing different parts of a song as an ensemble.  we then all learnt 'our love is here to stay' together as a group , then we all had to sing it as a solo . I wasn't able to sing the first part properly at first because I didn't practise it enough because I  kept stopping when I made a mistake, however when I heard others sing their parts I listened to it and practised sing it , then I was able to get it right. As home work we had to go listen and learn three other jazz songs in order to perform it at the Tuesday night jazz club which will start next week.

we did the same warm up we normally do , then we received a new song to learn. this was a totally different type of song because it was jazz and it is called 'they cant take that away from me' then we had to learn the song which we sang over and over again. we then received another song which we had to go home and learn the melody and that song was called 'our love is here to stay'.

For a good vocal health you need to get a lot of sleep, drink plenty of water, and participate in exercise, you also need to make sure that you; Drink plain water to keep your vocal cords moist. Sip water on breaks when singing to moist the vocal cord. When the throat is dry its bad for your vocal health, so you to make sure that you avoid doing these things; Smoking; It dries and irritates the throat. Alcohol; dries the throat. Talking while smoking is very damaging. Caffeine also dries the throat. so avoid it or limit your intake. Never yell or scream in conversation, especially in dry climates. For your voice to work, your voice needs: A power supply; The power for your voice comes from your breath. You talk or sing using the air you breathe out . Your spine supports the air you need when talking or singing. A sound source;  The sound for your voice comes from your vibrating vocal cords. The vocal cords are small bands of muscle inside the la...

After the individual assessment we all sat down and talked about our strengths and weakness and how we could have made the assessment better. then we were given feedback from Tom the musical theatre teacher then he gave us all a melody to sing then we had to sing it by ourselves and he gave us feedback from what we did.  I was able to sing the melody he gave us to sing however I wasn't able to hit the note properly at first because I had a cold and sour throat we was just clearing off. however I did hit the note after clearing my throat .

After practising the song for a few lessons we had our individual assessments which we had a one to one assessment with the teacher tom, we did a few warms ups then we had to sing the song we were practising for the past few lessons which is called seasons of love. before the individual assessments we did a group warm up then we had to wait outside the classroom for our turn or go to the hub and work on the written task given as homework. in my assessment I felt like it was alright , however I could have done better and listened to the notes being played before singing it in order to keep it in tune and also I could have open my mouth wider in order to tune the song and give it a louder pitch. But overall I think the assessment was okay,.

for the next lesson we did the same warm ups and after that we started singing the song we learnt from the music sheet. then we were separated into three music groups upper girls lower girls upper boys I was in the upper girls group and we were taught how to sing our parts, at first I found it hard because I felt like the notes were too high to reach then afterwards I was able to hit the notes. however I wasn't able to stick in my part because there were two other parts being sung so sometimes I end up singing the upper boys part. And we kept on practising and practising for the next few lessons.

on the first day we did a few warm ups as the foundation of what the rest of the lessons are going to be about.  the first warm up we do was the 'nio-wio-nio-wio-wi'  exercise which we do in order to be able to pitch our tone of voice and articulate our words. This also warms up/wake up the muscles in our face. then we do the 'La La - La-la-la-la' exercise which helps us open our lungs and project our voices. then we do the 'popa-cata-peddle' exercise which helped learn to open our mouth as we sing because we sing it really fast and it also warms up our lips . the we do the La-la-la-la   La-la-la  Laaaaaaaaaaa to helps us tune our voice to the right pitch, it also helps us project our voices and it improves how long we can hold the length of the note. And then we were given a music sheet and we were taught how to read it .