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 practice  9/14/20 Deeeeh 54321 135875321 iiiieuuuu, It felt relaxed, without hotdog. I focused on expanding my belly 1356531 upandovernoblesound still feels kinda clunky, but I feel like I did a better job finding the noble eh. Der Vogelfanger Plan: practice without paper. Result: Much better than last practice, I messed up on the timing for seit ich and I did something funky with will sich eine 2nd attempt: Excelent. Missed seit ich gekostet, besides that it was flawless memory wise. Bella sicomme angelo Goal: Finnish learning melody and connect it with accomp. plan: Quiz self without any accomp. Result: I decided to change the plan and test myself by singing without the double in accomp. I did a lot better than I expected. The long runs and a few other parts were challenging for me. Practice 9 /16/20 Aaaae 54321, Good, I got to a low F, I used that mask a sensory device to see if my jaw was tense. aiaiai 151515, good, jaw was relaxed.  aaaeiiii 135875321 Good, good sup...

 Monday, Warmed up and worked on Rep Tuesday, Warmed up and worked on rep Wed, Warmed up and worked on Rep] Thursday, Did voice lesson Friday 1 hour practice

 Wednesday - Lesson Thursday - 45 minutes practice. I worked on finding the placement we discussed in my lesson for Lasciatemi. Friday - 45 minute practice. Lasciatemi along with looking at Goodnight Moon and getting the melody down of that. Monday - 30 minute practice. Voice was extremely "dry" and I really struggled in my warm up. Thus, I just did a really easy/gentle practice. Tuesday - 60 minute practice. Still struggling with "dry" feeling with my voice, but I actually sang repertoire today so its an improvement.

 Thursday, 9/3     - I spent a half hour looking for repertoire and trying to piece together my Capstone project.  Rest of week notes: - My mid range, especially between C3-C4, feels very heavy and if I sing in that range consistently for even 10 minutes it wears out my voice REALLY quickly.  - I sang some choir hymns with my family this weekend and my voice was shot after about 15 minutes.  - I worked with the vocalizes every day for at least 5 minutes, trying to loosen it up from feeling so tight.

 Lesson Wednesday  60 minute practice Thursday - worked on the new warmups and techniques we practiced in my lesson.  45 minutes Friday practice. Trying to figure out best way to practice when we were advised to wear a mask in the practice room. I was able to sing Lasciatemi from memory, which I’ll document on Marco Polo soon!  30 minutes of just warming up and playing around with rep. on Monday 60 minutes practice with lasciatemi and Marco Poloing progress.

 8/31 Total practice time: 1 hour Total time vocalizing: 30 minutes I listened to the recording of my first lesson and wrote down in greater detail all of the warm ups and vocalises we did.  Warm ups: -ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 4 3 2 1. Went up to Bb4, down to F#3. -count breathing (although I'm not sure I'm doing the counts right...?) -lip buzz 5 4 3 2 1 - 1 3 5 8 8 8 5 3 1 ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. Hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey. He he he he he he he he he he. Ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho. Hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo. Did a "fresh face" before each one. 9/1 Total practice time: 50 minutes Total time vocalizing: 30 minutes Warm ups: -lip buzz 1 5 1 sliding up and down -ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 4 3 2 1. Went up to Bb4, down to F#3. -count breathing (although I'm not sure I'm doing the counts right...?) As I did this, I had a belt around my thoracic region to monitor...

Voice Lesson 8/26   Warm ups: -ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya 5 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 5 4 3 2 1 “dumb mouth” don’t worry about sounding good. Released, relaxed jaw. Don’t think about sound and vibrato. Start at G4 and go up to Bb4. Only go down to an F# below middle C (starting from C at the top and descending to F#). Purpose is for jaw release, so you don’t need to go high or worry about sound.    -Siren/fire engine (no vibrato) only after breathing exercises.    -lip buzz: start every vocal warmup that way.    Breathing exercises: let out all the air, than inhale and hold it, then double time exhale it out.    -bring a belt to lesson.    -clarify count breathing???   -lay down on the ground, soles of feet up, hey hee hah ho hoo. Back melting into the ground. Larynx has dissolved, not working in the throat. Work the inception point of the diaphragm. Work diaphragm area all the way to your back. One hand at the top of diaphr...