Term 2 - Lesson 7 - 25th March 2015

Lesson 7                                                                                                      25th March 2015

Ensemble

I'm in a group of 5 with Caitlin, Molly, Nenei, Agatha and myself. Being in a group of 5 means that there is more people to fit in different harmonies. I think that the members in my groups have different styles of voices and tones which makes the whole ensemble more interesting and fun to work with.

In my group, we decided to list a range of songs to choose from and narrowed it down to what the group liked. We characterized our chosen songs: slow, faster and one which we could 'MASH' (mix another song). I liked our scheme of choosing songs because it meant that we were all working together and choosing songs which we liked. For me personally, I found that most of the chosen songs were unknown to me, and it means that I need to learn the lyrics. However, it was nice to listen other types of songs.

Our first chosen song is 'FortyFiveSecond' by Rihanna. We chose this because it is slow and we can adapt different harmonies.

What I need to do: I need to practice the high harmonies in the chorus and learn the lyrics.


Plan of rehearsal from now until the performance
Wednesday 25th March
- Practice first slow song by Rihanna and decide the who is singing which lines and the different harmonies
(taking into account that everyone has to have one line on their own singing a higher melody)  

Wednesday 22nd April
- Print lyrics and practice going through the song with the harmonies
- Learn song by heart and singing it without lyrics 
- Choose another song to begin practicing 
- Add harmonies and learn lyrics

Wednesday 29th April
- Practice song without lyrics
-Choose the last song to mix
- Practice new song and share ideas on another song to mix with it
- Learn the lyrics

Wednesday 6th May
- Organize who is singing each verse and the harmonies
- Practice going through the song and singing without lyrics