In short, this lesson was very much the same as the last except Sam was sleeping!!! Wahoo!!! During this lesson I felt really good about how aware I was of myself. I was able to correctly identify the source of my tension/problem in general every time Brianna asked. She even added a new vocalize today that she wanted me to start incorporating in my daily exercises that I do on my own. It's hard to explain via writing. I would start on the 5th scale degree and then descend to one and then return to 5 all on one vowel, [i] 5-4-3-2-1-2-3-4-. Then when I would get back to the 5th degree, I would change to [e] and repeat the 5-4-3-2-1-2-3-4-. Then I would switch to [a], but on the ascent I would go all the way up the octave and then all the way back down to the 1 degree.
I finally picked my two jury pieces at this lesson. Both of my Debussy pieces are beautiful, but I felt more emotionally connected to "Nuit d'etoiles" than the other one. Then we decided that "Waterbird" was a nice contrast to the French song, and the fact that it wasn't worn out at juries ( I think I was the first to sing this song at USU according to Brianna) was a nice added bonus.
As we worked on the French song--well actually both songs--I was still struggling to maintain the buoyancy throughout each phrase. Most of it would sound pretty good, but the straight-tone was too distracting to really let the listener enjoy my sound. We deduced that when I had straight-tone, it was either my jaw tensing or the back of my ribs not staying engaged. When both of those were used correctly, I had a really easy sound that was so energetic! It baffles me that singing can be so..... easy. When I have the best sound, it feels the easiest to produce. I get so frustrated that releasing is so darn hard, because you would think that getting out of the way would be so simple.
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