Saturday, November 23, 2013

Sarah Brenay - Lesson Summary - 11/22/13

Cindy couldn't phonate during my lesson which made it very interesting! But no less helpful. One of the best things about it is that I now have everything Cindy communicated to me written down! It makes a lesson summary much easier. We did some new warm ups.
-humming lightly while chewing.
-descending arpeggio on [u] and in [a] and then reascending to [u].
-speaking [wa wa wa] followed by a downward arpeggio ending in speech like [wa].
-[i e i e i]  on ascending and descending five note pattern.
Then we sang "El Pano Moreno" which went pretty bad my first time through. Cindy told me to stand like a sexy Spanish woman and I cannot even tell you how much that changed the sound! The difference was incredible! I loved the way the song went after that. She also said my articulators were much less entangled! WOOT!
After that I sang "Ah! Love But a Day." Cindy told me to keep standing like a Spanish woman even thought the characters are completely different cuz the sound was so much different. (I guess my days of singing like a 21 year old American are over. Thank God. Who wants to see that?) This piece is still have some trouble. As I tried to use downward expansive physical motions with it the sound became more full and connected but still has a way to go. We shall see!

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