Emily C., Ashli H., Lesson Plan for 2/10/14

Emily C., Ashli H., Lesson Plan for 2/10/14

Plans: 

• I want to reiterate the low breathing with the squat today. I want to focus more on her breathing that I did last time. 
• I’m going to try against with the [li le la lo lu] and the bounce concept with her. I think it could be really helpful, but she’s still grasping the concept. 
• Definitely stick with the yawns. I think I want to change up the vowel to “yawee” to get her tone more forward. The yawn originally helped with the jaw tension, but it’s pulling her tone back. I think using the “ee” will help bring it more forward. 
• I forgot to have her lay on the cough to loosen up; we’ll see if we can get to that this time. 
• I want to start with some jaw massages as well before we start anything. It’s going to be our main focus for a while. 
• I’m going to try adding the “primal sounds” to give her more depth while she’s singing. 

Goals:

Short:

• I would like to get her to release in her jaw and tongue. 
• I want her to breathe freely and think more about bouncing from note to note instead of just straight lining it. 

Long:

• I want to get her to come at the pitch from above; that’ll solve a lot of her tension problems and straining for higher pitches.