Lesson 1/15/10

Ok, so this is a blog for last week's lesson! There is no other reason for me writing this now instead of earlier only because I forgot and pure laziness which is horrible! But last weeks lesson was really good! I know now how to spell Chiaro Scuro right and I also learned about Prima Passaggio and Seccundo Passaggio. I love learning the terms that correlate with the way I sing. Time out! Can I just say how amazing my voice teacher is! Dr. Hepworth and all of her students that may be reading this have opened my eyes how singing can be such an adventure and true discovery into music Dr. H has inspired me and has taught me a lot, and I am truely blessed to have her teaching me at Wayne State College! Ok Time In! So going on into practicing If Music be the food of love by Henry Purcell is coming along I am gonna sing it for studio this week and am nervous but I have to do it sometime and if its anything like playing piano in studio Ill be fine but I am worried in some ways about my high tones like the high F's and G's that they will just come out really bad. So Ive been focusing on being very open and a lot of air up there to make them sound pretty! Also on the second verse just focusing on the other embellishments that are needed in that area are hard but I have been working on that. And on to O del mio dolce ardor by Christoph Willibald von Gluck I am just getting the melody and working on pronouncing words but it sure is a long song! Well my lesson is tomorrow and I am very excited to see what I will learn from a wonderful teacher!