Before starting the lesson I made sure to collect the book with the noted sheet of music so I could follow along with it when rehearsing the song and I found a new backing track to the sing since I didn't like the one I used previously. I also made sure I had a bottle of water with me so I was hydrated throughout my rehearsal.
For the warm up I started by singing up the scale of C and down the scale as well. We did this warm up as a class and experimented with different vowel sounds and different wordings such as "Blah" and singing the name "Steve" as well. This warm up helped me reach both high and low notes which can help me when rehearsing the song as there are some really high notes as well as quite low ones as well.
In today's lesson I got some feedback from my teacher. She told me I should hold some of the phrases in the 1st and 2nd verses for longer than I was. I also had to work on the dynamics of the song by altering how loud and soft I should be singing in certain parts in the song. She said I should also make more of the crescendo when singing "shame" and the last part should be full of drained emotion to add to the performance.
In this lesson I decided to work on the dynamics of the song and see what parts should be loud and what parts should be soft. On the sheet of music there were phrases such as "mp", "mf" and "f" which helped when working out the different dynamics of the song. "mp" means quite soft, so when I saw that on the sheet of music I knew I had to sing softly and not over power my voice. "mf" means quite loud, so when I saw that on the sheet of music I knew I had to project my voice slightly. "f" means loud, so when I saw that on the sheet of music I knew I had to project my voice a lot and show a lot of power and emotion to create an effective performance. Also in today's lesson I worked on making the crescendo of "shame" louder and more powerful while still holding the note and gradually getting higher. This was difficult at first, but as I rehearsed it more I slowly got the hang of it, and it sounds fairly good.
To make sure I improve my performance in this song I need to keep following the sheet music and make sure I use the phrasing on the music when correcting the dynamics of the song.
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