One of the first vocalizes was a descending "thee" on 5-4-3-2-1 humming in between each set. I was under the impression that I didn't have enough presence in my mask, thus the hum, but as it turns out she was trying to get me to release my larynx. I'm not sure that really did what it was suppose to, since I was totally working on a different aspect of my sound. I'm glad that I finally asked her about it since I was so confused. I feel like I was able to make an intelligent decision due to what I know from class.
Unfortunately this lesson was really frustrating. Sam was particularly needy, and since it was on a Wednesday, Brooklynn couldn't come again. I felt like I was very aware of myself today, but I wasn't able to get the reassurance form Brianna because she was trying to be a mom and a teacher that day. I don't blame her, it was just hard. She couldn't hear me well over his constant squawking--which admittedly was cute-- and it never went away regardless of her holding him or not. Also this meant that she had that much more of a handicap when trying to play the music. But it was a good experience to have to be responsible for myself.
Other than Sam, this lesson was really productive because I was very on top of how I was singing and what it felt like, good and bad. Still we hadn't picked my jury pieces, but all of these are eventually going onto my senior recital, so I didn't mind working on all of them.
When I sang my songs, we tried to work on getting my vibrato to be consistent. Actually my released sound in general needed to be consistent. I would sing the song and it would be less than awesome because I wouldn't allow my vibrato to be present in every note. I think, as I listen to it now, that if I would have a stronger thought of the note and a better sensation of falling into the pitch from above, most of the vibrato issues would resolve themselves.
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