Day to Day Maintenance of my voice
1. Drink lots of water to keep your body well hydrated
2. Don't clear your throat to much
3.When you are ill do not use your voice to avoid further damage
4.Perform gentle humming in the morning to warm your voice up
5. Use a microphone when appropriate
What I can undertake personally:
1. Drinking more water
2. using a microphone more often
1. Drinking more water
2. using a microphone more often
How to warm your voice up :
1.Keep good posture.
2.Breathe deep.
3.Release your jaw.
4.Drink warm liquids. ( So why does drinking warm liquids helps ? ) Warm teas or room temperature water would be best for you .but you don't want to freeze or burn your vocal cords If you do choose tea, make sure it's not hot.
5.Do scales.
6.Work on lip and tongue trills.
7.Hum. ( A good one is going from 1-8 slowly going from low to high)
Sing and don't forget to sit or stand up straight because it's better for you diaphragm and allows your voice to flow smoothly
Diaphragm: To breathe into your diaphragm, breathe in as deeply as you can and push your stomach out as far as you are able too also, keeping the rest of your body as still and relaxed as possible. Now exhale, and pull your stomach back in. Make sure your shoulders stay in the same position.
Remedies for a sore throat :
Honey and Lemon-
Juice from a whole lemon, 2 tablespoons of honey
Mix until combined then place in the microwave for 30 seconds
Pomegranate Tea -
1 pomegranate, 1-2 cups of water
peel the pomegranate and collect its rinds, Then boil the rinds for 15 mins in 1-2 cups of water, after being boiled put through a sieve to get rid of all the little bits left(can drink like a tea or put in the fridge for a few hours and can be drunk as an iced tea)
Sage -
1 cup of boiling water, 2 teaspoons sage leaves (dried or fresh) and 1/4 ounce salt
Boil your water, and then pour it over the sage in a mug. Cover for 20 minutes. Strain, add salt, and gargle
Personal Health and Safety Issues
when singing it is important to maintain a straight back rather than a curved spine. When dealing with wires make sure that all liquids are tightly concealed in water bottle to avoid any accidents. If a microphone is being used make sure to check that you are not holding the microphone to far or to close to the mouth.
The way in which I address these issues is to ask a friend to keep an eye on me to let me now when I begin to slouch so that I learn how to maintain a straight back, when I use a microphone I use a stand and set it a certain amount away from me to avoid a muffled voice, for when I use wires i keep any liquid far away from them in a tight lidded bottle.
My Goals:
.To become more confident singing in front of people
.To practise more at home to learn what it is like to sing in different environments
.Learn a song that I didn't already know
Targets
1. To improve in confidence
2. Be able to record without hesitation
3. Learn to sing without a backing track
Regular Exercise and Proper Diet
Achieving a good level of personal health is key and beneficial to our singing voices this is because when we become ill eg. blocked nose, sore throat etc, practicing vocal techniques when singing can cause unnecessary damage to our voices.
Here are some ways to stay healthy :
1.Drink plenty of water
2. When your sick spare your voice
3.Try to eat foods higher in Vitamin A and water eg: apples, pears, peaches, watermelons, grapes, bell peppers, Sweet Patatoes
How do you intend to achieve these personal goals:
1. By gradually singing in front of more people
2.learnt to sing more with the recorder
1. By gradually singing in front of more people
2.learnt to sing more with the recorder
The agreed plan with my teacher is to:
1. Attend and take part in 1 hour of practical lessons per week, for a minimum of 15 weeks.
2. Attend and take part in a 20 minute lesson for my instrument, for a minimum of 15 weeks.
3. Review and reflect upon my lessons and progress each week on my blog, for a minimum of 15 weeks.
1. Attend and take part in 1 hour of practical lessons per week, for a minimum of 15 weeks.
2. Attend and take part in a 20 minute lesson for my instrument, for a minimum of 15 weeks.
3. Review and reflect upon my lessons and progress each week on my blog, for a minimum of 15 weeks.
week 1
1. What pieces did I practice today ?
The pieces I practiced today were - Treat You Better By Shawn Mendes and Closer By Chainsmokers ft Hasley because I really like these songs and they fit into my favourite song genre which is Pop.
The reasons I chose these songs is because they have a catchy rhythm and beat and I am able to sing the notes properly and feel comfortable to sing a bit louder.
2. How did I find Practicing these pieces ? What was it easy ? What was difficult ? What techniques do I need to work on ?
I found practicing these pieces fun and easy because I know them I find I have a strength in them and that I can sing them well because I know the lyrics of by heart and I could just have the backing track on .However I need to work on the higher notes because right now I cant really do high notes that well but I can work on them in my singing lessons to get to the best of my ability .
3. How did my instrumental lesson go this week ? What did my tutor tell me to work on in relation to my performance skills ?
In my singing lesson I am learning "Still Falling For You By Ellie Goulding" I am enjoying my lessons.
I learnt to straighten my back as much as I can to open up my airways and get the best sound I am capable of .
week 2
1. What pieces did I practice today ?
I have continued to learn Treat you better - Shawn Mendes and I have chosen this as one of my songs for my 8 minute piece I am still deciding what my two other songs should be I have chosen this song because I believe I can do well and make this song sound good in my voice.
2. How did I find Practicing these pieces ? What was it easy ? What was difficult ? What techniques do I need to work on ?
I found it easy to Practice this piece because I know the lyrics and I am able to sing it with and without the backing track now however sometime I get the lyric "down" mixed up with"go" but I am working on that.
3. How did my instrumental lesson go this week ? What did my tutor tell me to work on in relation to my performance skills ?
This week in my singing lesson I sang again Still Falling For You - Ellie Goulding I am still working on my higher notes but they are getting better However I need to work on my confidence a lot and trust that I can do it.
week 3
1. What pieces did I practice today ?
I practiced only one piece today which I Same Old Love - Selena Gomez which is the other piece I have chosen because I enjoy her songs and would like to sing one as well.
2. How did I find Practicing these pieces ? What was it easy ? What was difficult ? What techniques do I need to work on ?
I found practicing this piece easy because I know the beat and the structure of the song and how to sing it in my own voice comfortably however I need to work on it without her voice in the backing track.
3. How did my instrumental lesson go this week ? What did my tutor tell me to work on in relation to my performance skills ?
My lesson this week went well I learnt a new song called " SomeBody Else's Story" By chess it is a bit challenging but I am able to sing it in a high voice which I Am proud of .
week 4
1. What pieces did I practice today ?
Today I practiced Cold Water - Justin Bieber which is the other song I have chosen as my last song for my eight minute piece I also practised Treat You Better - Shawn Mendes which is also one of the songs that I have picked.
2. How did I find Practicing these pieces ? What was it easy ? What was difficult ? What techniques do I need to work on ?
I found it easy to practice Treat You Better - Shawn Mendes because it is the one that I have known the longest and practiced the most therefore I am able to sing it slightly better than the other songs however this week I didn't record anything even though other groups might of because I didn't think any of my songs were quite ready.
3. How did my instrumental lesson go this week ? What did my tutor tell me to work on in relation to my performance skills ?
My singing lesson this week went well I sang 2 songs Scars To You Beautiful - Alessa Cara and Love Yourself - Justin Bieber Sir told me to practice Scars To You Beautiful on a loop for about 20 times to know the song inside out and Love Yourself aswell we didn't do much on Love Yourself as we spent most of the lesson practicing Scars To Your Beautiful.
week 5
1. What pieces did I practice today ?
Today I practiced and recorded Treat You Better - Shawn Mendes.
2. How did I find Practicing these pieces ? What was it easy ? What was difficult ? What techniques do I need to work on ?
I found it easy to practice Treat You Better - Shawn Mendes I still need to work on my confidence and being able to get use to singing without the backing track being on really loud.
3. How did my instrumental lesson go this week ? What did my tutor tell me to work on in relation to my performance skills ?
My singing lesson this week went well I sang The Power Of Love - Gabrielle Aplin. This is my all time favourite song; so I am enjoying singing this both me and sir have decided to continue this song after half term and work on it till I can do it to the best of my ability.
week 6
1. What pieces did I practice today ?
Today I practiced Cold Water By Justin Bieber.
2. How did I find Practicing these pieces ? What was it easy ? What was difficult ? What techniques do I need to work on ?
I found it easy to practice Cold Water because I know the song. My rationale for this is that because I enjoy the beat and I am able to sing to it and it fits to my style of singing. I also practiced the songs Monster and War Of Hearts By Ruelle.
3. How did my instrumental lesson go this week ? What did my tutor tell me to work on in relation to my performance skills ?
My singing lesson this week went well I sang 2 songs which were The Power Of Love - Gabrielle Aplin and Part Of Your World - The Little Mermaid; which are both two songs I thoroughly enjoy to listen to and to sing along with.
week 7
1. What pieces did I practice today ?
Today I practiced Cold Water By Justin Bieber.
2. How did I find Practicing these pieces ? What was it easy ? What was difficult ? What techniques do I need to work on ?
I found it easy to practice Cold Water; however I could improve on singing without the backing track and seeing if I could stay in tune. I also need to stop mixing up some of the words.
3. How did my instrumental lesson go this week ? What did my tutor tell me to work on in relation to my performance skills ?
My singing lesson this week went well I sang Part Of Your World - The Little Mermaid I need to work on keeping my back straight so my voice is able to flow better.
week 8
1. What pieces did I practice today ?
Today I practiced Cold Water By Justin Bieber.
2. How did I find Practicing these pieces ? What was it easy ? What was difficult ? What techniques do I need to work on ?
I found it easy to practice Cold Water
3. How did my instrumental lesson go this week ? What did my tutor tell me to work on in relation to my performance skills ?
My singing lesson this week went well I sang Part Of Your World - The Little Mermaid I need to
work on being louder as this week sir could not hear me singing because I was being too quiet
week 9
1. What pieces did I practice today ?
Today I practiced New Americana By Halsey I decided to replace cold water with this song because it is more fitting to my voice and I am already able to sing it to only a backing track however I need to work on my confidence with the song.
2. How did I find Practicing these pieces ? What was it easy ? What was difficult ? What techniques do I need to work on ?
I found it easy to practice New Americana because it suits my vocal tone in singing; on the other hand I need on work keeping in time with the backing track.
3. How did my instrumental lesson go this week ? What did my tutor tell me to work on in relation to my performance skills ?
My singing lesson this week went well I sang New Americana By Halsey we choose to practice this because I have been working on it in lesson and it would be quicker for me to record it because I am working on it in 2 lessons.
week 10
1. What pieces did I practice today ?
Today I practiced New Americana By Halsey without the backing track I am getting better but there is still room for improvement I need to work on the projection of my voice in order to sound better.
2. How did I find Practicing these pieces ? What was it easy ? What was difficult ? What techniques do I need to work on ?
I found it easy to practice New Americana however I am not ready to record yet as I still need to learn some of the lyrics and get use to all of the backing track without the lyrics.
3. How did my instrumental lesson go this week ? What did my tutor tell me to work on in relation to my performance skills ?
My singing lesson this week went well I sang god help the outcasts from the movie hunchback of notre dame I really like this song because it has a great concept and I like the way the song is sang and that anyone can sing it.
week 11
1. What pieces did I practice today ?
Today I practiced New Americana By Halsey
2. How did I find Practicing these pieces ? What was it easy ? What was difficult ? What techniques do I need to work on ?
I found it easy to practice New Americana however I am not ready to record yet as I still need to learn some of the lyrics and get use to all of the backing track without the lyrics.
3. How did my instrumental lesson go this week ? What did my tutor tell me to work on in relation to my performance skills ?
My singing lesson this week went well I sang god help the outcasts from the movie hunchback of notre dame I need to work on being able to be heard over the piano.
week 12 ( I have been of for a week and a bit)
1. What pieces did I practice today ?
Today I practiced New Americana By Halsey
2. How did I find Practicing these pieces ? What was it easy ? What was difficult ? What techniques do I need to work on ?
I found it slightly harder to concentrated this lesson on my music due to 3 weeks off of school and having just gotten over Bronchitis which has been making it a little bit harder to sing .
However
I have managed to sing a part of New Americana and remember some of the lyrics.
3. How did my instrumental lesson go this week ? What did my tutor tell me to work on in relation to my performance skills ?
I didn't have a singing lesson this week due to the fact that my teacher is away.
week 13
1. What pieces did I practice today ?
Today I practiced New Americana By Halsey
2. How did I find Practicing these pieces ? What was it easy ? What was difficult ? What techniques do I need to work on ?
When I practiced New Americana By Halsey I worked on 1 section of the song which I need to get used to singing in a loud/high voice.
3. How did my instrumental lesson go this week ? What did my tutor tell me to work on in relation to my performance skills ?
I did not sing in my music lesson today instead we just talked about theory and different performance songs that I can sing
week 14
1. What pieces did I practice today ?
Today I practiced New Americana By Halsey
2. How did I find Practicing these pieces ? What was it easy ? What was difficult ? What techniques do I need to work on ?
This week I continued to work on 1 section of the song which I need to get used to singing in a high voice.
3. How did my instrumental lesson go this week ? What did my tutor tell me to work on in relation to my performance skills ?
I did not sing in my music lesson today instead we just talked about theory and different performance songs that I can sing
week 15
1. What pieces did I practice today ?
Today I practiced Treat you better by Shawn Mendes.
2. How did I find Practicing these pieces ? What was it easy ? What was difficult ? What techniques do I need to work on ?
Today I had to re-work on the song Treat you better by Shawn Mendes because my recording wouldnt upload so I should be able to record next week.
3. How did my instrumental lesson go this week ? What did my tutor tell me to work on in relation to my performance skills ?
In my music lesson today I sang Stay The Night by Zedd ft Hayley Williams however because I didn't know the song that well we listened to the song more times than we sung it.
week 16
1. What pieces did I practice today ?
Today I practiced Treat you better by Shawn Mendes.
2. How did I find Practicing these pieces ? What was it easy ? What was difficult ? What techniques do I need to work on ?
Today I had to re-work on the song Treat you better by Shawn Mendes because my recording wouldnt upload however I was not able to record today so I will record today
3. How did my instrumental lesson go this week ? What did my tutor tell me to work on in relation to my performance skills ?
In my music lesson today I sang " Somewhere Only We Know " the version By Lily Allen. Sir said that we will keep working on this song till I don't feel as shy and more confident so I am able to sing out.
week 17
1. What pieces did I practice today ?
Today I practiced Somewhere only we know by Lily Allen and Treat you better by Shawn Mendes
2. How did I find Practicing these pieces ? What was it easy ? What was difficult ? What techniques do I need to work on ?
Today I had to re-work on the song Treat you better by Shawn Mendes because my recording wouldnt upload however I was not able to record today so I will record today
3. How did my instrumental lesson go this week ? What did my tutor tell me to work on in relation to my performance skills ?
In my music lesson today I sang " Somewhere Only We Know " the version By Lily Allen. Sir said that next week he will record me so we can listen
week 18
1. What pieces did I practice today ?
I sang " Somewhere Only We Know "
2. How did I find Practicing these pieces ? What was it easy ? What was difficult ? What techniques do I need to work on ?
Today I decided to choose to sing somewhere only we know instead of New Americana I decided to do this because Somewhere only we know suits my voice better.
3. How did my instrumental lesson go this week ? What did my tutor tell me to work on in relation to my performance skills ?
In my music lesson today I sang " Somewhere Only We Know " the version By Lily Allen. Sir said that next week he will record me so we can listen
week 19
1. What pieces did I practice today ?
I sang " Somewhere Only We Know "
2. How did I find Practicing these pieces ? What was it easy ? What was difficult ? What techniques do I need to work on ?
Today I decided to choose to sing somewhere only we know
3. How did my instrumental lesson go this week ? What did my tutor tell me to work on in relation to my performance skills ?
In my music lesson today I sang " Somewhere Only We Know " the version By Lily Allen. Sir forgot to record me so he didn't record me this week
week 20
1. What pieces did I practice today ?
I sang " Somewhere Only We Know "
2. How did I find Practicing these pieces ? What was it easy ? What was difficult ? What techniques do I need to work on ?
Today I decided to choose to sing somewhere only we know the deadline for everything is next week so I must record next week
3. How did my instrumental lesson go this week ? What did my tutor tell me to work on in relation to my performance skills ?
evaluation of tracks:
Couldn't quite hit the high notes and very breathy some parts flowed smoothly and could easily hit the low notes and a little bit pitchy in the chorus. next time I would like to be able to hit the high notes without a lot of effort and transition from the high notes to the low notes and vis versa and to be able to hold notes for a longer period of time.
3.1 Review of your progress
a) What comments has your tutor made about your progress?
Mr.Gower has said "she has improved so much on her confidence and is now able to perform a range of music styles such as Ballard, Latin and pop, she has also been able to now sing out without hesitation and is now confident enough to use a microphone"
b) What are their reports on your:
b) What are their reports on your:
i) technical ability
Kirby's technical ability is developing well; she is more accurate with her notes and rhythms
ii) dexterity
ii) dexterity
She needs to improve on her confidents in order for her to improve her skill she can do this by attending choir next year
iii) stamina
she doesn't seem to have any problem holding the notes correctly
iv) control of the instrument
Before it was hard to hear her sing she would lock her jaw and no sound came out now she relaxes her jaw and her sound flows smoothly
3.2 Final Evaluation
a) What are your achievements, in relation to the personal goals you chose at the beginning of the course
b) What are the strengths in your progress?
Because I now have the confidence to sing in front of people this means I will now be prepared to sing for my final performance using a microphone, singing in different environments has prepared me for singing on a stage and learning new songs mean I have a wider range that I could of chosen for my final performance allowing me to use different song styles c) What do you need to continue to work on as a performer?
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