Sing Vocal Practice Routine one

Vocal technique	Progress to date	Target	Date	Progress to date	Target	Date
Intonation—The tuning of your notes to the music compliment and making sure your in key.	I first off struggled with my intonation, mainly with the ‘It Takes Two’	I listened to the lines on the CD and piano then went over them singly until I was sure then put it all together.	9/01/15	I did another lesson with Kim, with this we took each note one by one, and highlighted the same high notes so I can know where they are.	I will run the song over and over using the backing track, while following the sheet music, and linking the high notes to the words.	23/01/15
Flexibility	I sang ascending and descending scales, which where higher then usual, until I could hit the notes.	I will keep raising the notes until I can hit the higher range of notes. I can already see that my range is wider then it was.	16/01/15	I sang some scale hitting every odd number on the scale. Going from 1,3,5,8 on the octave and then back down.	I will keep doing these scales, but changing up the pattern of the notes that I did.	30/01/15
Range— the range of notes that you can hit without strain	My range mostly goes more to the lower side and has improved due to the scales within lessons	I shall be doing octave scales to make my range wider to hit the higher notes as in ‘It Takes Two ‘ it is high and goes very high and at the moment I struggle to hit them	9/01/15	To improve my range I did some on the piano scales with my friend. We did the higher octave, and I could feel a strain at the higher end.	This target is a longer target, but I hope to be able to see an improvement by the reduce of strain and confidence in the scales.	23/01/15
Diction—how you or a character pronounce certain words or sounds	I have been focusing on the lip movements to make the constantans sounds, by over exaggerating my movements.	I will keep this going over the next week,  one technique that I have been looking at is putting at pencil in my teeth and saying the sounds through this with exaggerated movement.	9/01/15	I have been the pencil in my mouth to see the difference between the sounds the accuracy.	I think that It helps to be in front of the mirror, I can then pick up on the lip movements that I need to do.	6/02/15
Articulation– Pronouncing any sound especially constantans.	I think that at the moment my articulation is fair and most of my words are understandable.	To keep repeating constants to get use to them, focusing on the sounds in ‘Slipper’ as this is what I struggle to make understandable during songs.	16/01/15	I have done my basic scale, but started to incorporate a legato style it. Going up the same octave.	For my target over the next week,  I will start to do some of the same scales but using a staccato scale.	30/01/15
Projection	I have explored what I can do already by trying different levels to my voice.	I feel confident with my ;projection, but I want to practice my projection with the right intonation.	23/01/15	I have been looking into my projection but have noticed that I have strain with the higher notes.	I'm going to focus on projection from my diaphragm, rather then my vocal cords.	30/01/15
Breath control	My breathing does limit my singing and how long I hold notes, in a song.	I will  use the breathing pattern of holding in for 10 then letting out for 10 beats, I will then repeat this for 10,15,20,30,40	16/01/15	For my songs that in have been focusing on I have looked at the song and pin pointed some of the moments to breath	For my next practice of Breath Control, I look into getting a pattern of my breath into practice	6/02/15