Summary: Singing involves muscle, and muscles require activation to stay strong. We've all been taught that if we want to be good at something, we have to practice. Well.... duh. Since the muscles of the larynx don't fully develop until we're older, we must establish good habits for us to build on when we do reach complete physical maturity. Those habits include daily practice. Each day we should practice these things: loosening our body, posture in correspondence with natural breathing and low breaths, thinking pitch and letting it happen, warm-ups and vocalizes, correct habits that enable us to develop over time, and a full developed voice that is competent in all 12 areas of study. Time seems to be a reoccurring theme in many aspects of singing. Just like technique, learning new material takes time and is better internalized if broken up and done one thing at a time. We are striving for authenticity in our singing, therefore the more we invest of ourselves into our music, the more of us the audience will see when we perform it.
Key Terms: 7 Golden Rules. 12 Areas of study. Mental Preparation.
Key Concepts: Perfect practice makes perfect, therefore we must show discipline and structure outside of the performance hall to be able to have it inside the performance hall.
Making Connections: I always have it stuck in my head that practicing is this huge elaborate process that lasts for ever. (I make mountains out of mole-hills remember?) So, I always benifit from people wiser and more experienced than me, giving me the reassurance that my practice just needs to be true practice. Working in a focused and productive state for 20 minutes multiple times a day is FAR more beneficial than 2 straight hours of fluff.
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