Friday, March 15, 2019

What Should I Practice?

What should you practice?

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it!" - Thomas Bertram may have been the one to whom this phrase is attributed but there is truth in the idea of it.  Why waste time on things you are already doing well? Focus on the issues.  Don't just sing songs over and over again.  You'll get nowhere in a hurry.  A great professor I had said, "Practice with a purpose."  If you're not working toward something, you're working toward nothing.  What must be better?  What can be done about it?  Which exercises should you use to improve the issue the quickest?  If you don't know, ask, but ask someone who does actually know.

Assess your singing.

  1. How is your intonation; are you in tune?   
  2. How is your endurance; does your voice get tired?
  3. Do you have a problem with register transitioning, cracking or breaking?
  4. Do you enunciate clearly, too clearly, or not clearly enough?  Style will dictate this, usually.
  5. Can you sing softly, medium, loudly while maintaining control?
  6. Do you have a vibrato?
  7. Can you sing every style you wish to?
  8. Is your musicianship strong or weak?  Rhythm, pitch, duration of tones, timing, etc.
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