Ensemble Rehearsal 22/3/23

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What went well:

With the this ensemble rehearsal everything is starting to come along nicely, the male harmonies are starting to get the hang of the weird harmonies that are quite hard to get. We started listening and one of the other males in the group have been going off of really high falsetto and singing with their chest voice with me which makes the male harmony side more powerful and stronger. It was the first time we had our lyrics taken away from us

Ensemble Rehearsal 15/03/23

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What went well:
Today was the first day that we tried singing our 'As it goes' song without having any piano behind it playing our melody or our chords. It was really interesting hearing everyone sing without having a piano behind, it felt like we all had to focus a lot more and hear the rhythm in our head and our vocal harmony parts sing as well. It was almost more tiring and required a lot more attention. Nether the less, I feel like the men vocals really had a good go at her harmonies considering we have really weird harmonies and we couldn't follow the bassline of the piano this time. Everyone else (Sopranos and the tenors) did really well to execute their harmonies as well.

What didn't go so well:
Sometimes me and the male vocalists couldn't here some of the low notes or weird chord parts so it was really hard to execute them, and sometimes because the other male vocalists like to go falsetto they go a whole octave higher which then goes higher than sopranos and puts everyone off their harmonies. Another thing was, our teacher got us to go in a circle to see if it would help us to listen to each other but in fact it made us lose our focus as everyone staring at each other kept making people laugh, but towards the end of the rehearsal, we all got it together and we were able to sing acapella with some good enough harmonies. Ending with a good experience of harmonised acapella.

Ensemble rehearsal 8/03/2023

 Ensemble Rehearsals | Microsoft Stream (Classic)

What went well:

I feel like I did really well on executing the notes and the harmonies in both of the music pieces even when it was quite hard to hear the harmony and work as a low ensemble with 3 members. I feel like I helped get the harmonies out as I was using and projecting my chest voice and happened to be the only male using his chest voice. I feel like from the very first rehearsal we had of our ensemble verses/choruses and harmonies the class as a whole have been able to communicate and listen to each other which brings the piece together.

What needs work:

I feel like I need to work on hearing some of the harmonies and getting them on the spot quickly instead of waiting for certain words to then fix into the correct harmony. I also think the male singers should work on this as well. I also feel like the other male singers should stop singing in falsetto where they are trying to be squeaky and acting like sopranos. It awkward and annoying as it means I'm the only person doing the low harmonies and it also throws the rest of the class off.

Targets for me and the choir-

1. Male vocals sing with chest voice and the lower harmonies
2. Find the correct lower harmonies
3. Listen to the bass of teachers piano to follow the harmony