Lesson 12/18 Breath management - Can you?​
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Plan when, and how much to breathe appropriate to your song's phrasing and timbre?
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Use breathing exercises to manage exhalation and experience SPLAT inhalation
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Impact your mood with varied breathing techniques (hack the system!)?
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Lesson 01/18 Pitch - Can you?
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Sing a major scale accurately
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Sing major intervals – without scoops
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Find Do in your song and use it to prepare your starting note
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Lesson 02/18 Using the major scale - Can you?
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Improvise a melody using the notes of the major scale
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Adapt the rhythm and lyrics of an improvisation to suit the style of the song
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Develop a melodic phrase
(increase ascending/descending pitch, mirror the direction, sequences, complexity of rhythm
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Lesson 03/18 Using the natural minor scale - Can you?
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Sing the natural minor scale and broken chord?
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Improvise an ad lib using the minor scale features – flat 3rd and flat 7th (blue notes)?
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Use chord tones to build a harmony with the lead?
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Lesson 04/18 Harmonies - Can you?
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Maintain your lead line against backing harmonies?
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Maintain your harmony against the lead line?
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Choreograph the BV?
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Lesson 05/18 Backing Vocals - Can you?
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Interact with your Backing vocalists where appropriate to enhance the stage presence?
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Balance your volume, be it lead or harmony?
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Blend your tone and vowels with other BVs and the lead?​
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Lesson 06/18 Gig Preparation - Can you?​
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Present an engaging performance in the appropriate mood for the song?
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Deliver your backing vocal and choreography with confidence
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Draw upon previous vocal techniques to deliver the song with consistency?
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Lesson 07/18 Vocal Health (SOVT) - Can you?
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Describe a basic warm up for singing and explain its purpose?
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Explain 2 ways to keep your voice healthy?
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Explain 2 things that could harm your voice?​
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Lesson 08/18 Range, Registers and Passaggio - Can you?
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Explain and demonstrate the difference between chest and head register?
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Use SOVT exercises to expand your range?
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Demonstrate SOVT exercises that navigate the passaggio?
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Lesson 09/18 Interpretation for acoustic covers - Can you?
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Identify changes that a cover artist has made in terms of melody, rhythm timbre, articulation etc? ​
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Make creative decisions about your cover version to alter it from the original?
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Match your vocal style to compliment the chosen acoustic track?
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Lesson 10/18 Agility (SOVT) - Can you?​
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Recognise pitch movement up and down by ear?
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Identify the use of runs, melismas and fall offs within a performance?
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Explain how best to approach learning your runs for a defined sound through exercises and techniques?
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Lesson 11/18 Resonance - Can you?​
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Can you demonstrate clean tone verses breathy tone?
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Can you explain the musical effect of both?
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Can you apply either or both to your chosen songs?
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Lesson 12/18 Breath management - Can you?​
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Plan when, and how much to breathe appropriate to your song's phrasing and timbre?
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Use breathing exercises to manage exhalation and experience SPLAT inhalation
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Impact your mood with varied breathing techniques (hack the system!)?
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Lesson 13/18 Vocal arranging techniques (duet) - Can you?​
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Lesson 14/18 Consonants Vs Vowels (Diction & Resonance) - Can you?​
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Lesson 15/18 Dynamics & articulation - Can you?​
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Lesson 16/18 Music Performance Anxiety - Can you?​
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Lesson 17/18 Posture & presentation - Can you?​
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Lesson 18/18 Gig Preparation - Can you?​
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