Donovan Welch 1st lesson And practice Log

 Lessons are Wed, 12 to 1

Make sure to use better audio settings, it sounds like I am an alien, 

Vocalises

ziaaa 515151 Look in mirror and look for round and lift. Open back, espalda. Feel for lift. Don't open spout too fast or loud. Start practices 

Bibebabo 3 times decrescendo, keep it spinning. Do a pianissimo exercise every practice. Pianissimo is in a different place, it is a falsetto feeling. Find ways to be mindful of this.

ziiiiah 54321 fall into the resonance of the ah. Find ways to be mindful of jaw

Always Vocalize a 3rd below performance note. Don't beat up voice but do it.

zeeeaaa 13587531 up and connecting over. Beautiful round Ah. Not narrow and Nasal. Use Tissue to put thumb in middle of hard palate to remind how to be round.

 123456789 iieeaaoouuooaaeeii

123 456 787 654 321 iie eaa oou uoo aae eii be articulate, come down forward. Noble sound. Don't open too much in transitional area, perhaps look at lips to be mindful of this. 

1356531 aaeeeh 

1356531 upandovernoblesound Sing and think it. Watch chest to be mindful. Higer should feel smaller, shoot it into death star space. 

gnnnn 54321 one of the first excersizes. Focus on tip of tongue touching the back of teeth. Observe tongue being relaxed via touch. Tissue in the mouth.


Music focus this week: 

Baby doe: learn notes and pitches

Suicide Aria: Finish memorization


I have been able to practice memorization every day, but 8/31/20 has been the first day I have been able to get into a practice room.

I was able to practice the day of our informal lesson outside.

8/31/20

Gnnn 5-1 focusing on relaxed lower face.

Daaay 5-1 again focusing on a relaxed lower face. I added some fast hissing if I felt I wasn't getting enough air

Gnnnn 5-1 going up to feel relaxed. I got to a G#. My mask gets super Buzzy which I think could be a good indicator that I was doing good. My tongue was always touching the back of my bottom teeth. I used my hand to make sure my jaw wasn't going anywhere.

1356531 upandovernoblesound, I am going to focus on making it sound "noble" by having an open back, doing the hissing thing, and think hot food breath. Result: I had a hard time remembering to support, I also think that with the consonants it interrupted the vowels. Second try: I could definitely feel a difference in the sound when I focused on what I felt I did wrong.

Ziiiiah 5-1fall into the resonance of the ah. Find ways to be mindful of jaw. Result got to an F. Didn't feel quiet right, perhaps because of the mask.

bibebabobu x3 with leveled decrescendo: I notice that I lose a lot of the spin when I try to decrescendo.

Second attempt keeping in mind the spin: It felt a little bit better.


Rep: Work on new rep in chunks and review Suicide Aria

Plan: chunk backwards for Bella Sicome, I have already done a lot of rhythm work, so focus on learning notes. I will test myself to see if I can sight sing it then play the notes.


Friday Practice

515151 ziiaaa Good! I noticed that I tend to stick out my chin when I practice with a mask, so I focused on having a dumb face under the mask to relax my jaw.

Bibebabobu x3 then decrescendo, It felt really nice! I had a hard time keeping it spinning the first 2 or 3 times.

aaeee 1356531 Focusing on having support by spice food breath and tsss.

I didn't do the tss. Had the "hot doging" feeling

upandovernoblesound 1356531 focusing on tss feeling. It felt very supported. I feel that it is difficult to breath with the mask on. So I focused on doing it very mindfully and slowly, and it helped. Also all of the consonants in this warm up make it difficult to modify the vowel for me.

13587321 iiiaeeoo, I felt that I could modify the vowels a lot easier in this exercise and therefore get higher. I felt well supported. I did the trumpet lips that Dr. Hood always talked about and that helped out as well.

daaaay 5-1 going low, focusing on circular bright singing, worked very well.

Rep:

Sontag: first learning rhythm then learning tune on de

Result. I have the rhythm and tune down in a slow tempo, next practice I will focus on speeding it up and putting it in the context of the accompyament.

Rep: Suicide Aria: Goal: focus on breath: first attempt without score: I good support! I noticed that I still slided in some parts that I am not supposed to slide on, next attempt I will do better. I had Memory lapses in Seit ich das schone madchen saw, Weil das Leben mir missfallt, Will sich eine, Wohl so lass. Plan: Practice memory lapses without music by quizzing self: first attempt I did really well! I still missed Will sich, my numonic device is that will is a ladies man (since I am talking about madchen in the line before.

2nd attempt with music and no score in front of me: I have consistently gotten Diesen baum and Mir an him a beat too early Plan listen to music in free time and say when it is.






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