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planning my ensemble

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we recently performed our group pieces for singing certificate and i think personally it went very well because we planned it out very well and we practised a lot and but our best skills to the test. the type of ensemble was Acapella and pop we originally had two Musial theatre song but we ended up changing them as we wanted to challenge ourselves more so instead of doing two musical theatre songs we chose songs that would make us come across as an actual group of singers. we chose an accaeplla to show our voices and then a dance song to show of we can move and dance at the same time. When we did change the songs we split the lyrics evenly, we printed lyrics so that we could look at the song and pick parts we thought would be best for our voices. we then also used YouTube to look up different live performances to help out with the dancing and the formation and how they presented themselves on stage as artists. when it came to choosing roles we all did everything equally we came up wit...
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Resubmission

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the songs that i will be singing are on and on by Erykah Badu  (blues/soul written in 1997) i chose this because i love the lyrics and meaning of the song.  well well well by Duffy  (pop written in 2010) i decided to do this song because i think it suits my voice and it allows me to show of range  heavy by Dreamgirls cast  (pop/rnb written in 1981) i like this song because it starts slow and jazzy and then gets faster i also like it because its a musical theatre song    proud mary by Tina Turner  (funk/soul written in 1988) i also like how this song is slow then fast and i like the message and the underline meaning of the song be my baby by Wonder Girls  (kpop written in 2011) i want to sing this song acapella and i like it because its a ballad and it about wanted to be with someone im going to do an English version of the k-pop song  dont think im not by Kandi  (pop written in 2000) i like this song because its all abou...
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recital preparation

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the songs that i will be singing are on and on by Erykah Badu (blues/soul written in 1997) i chose this because i love the lyrics and meaning of the song.  well well well by Duffy (pop written in 2010) i decided to do this song because i think it suits my voice and it allows me to show of range  heavy by Dreamgirls cast (pop/rnb written in 1981) i like this song because it starts slow and jazzy and then gets faster i also like it because its a musical theatre song    proud mary by Tina Turner (funk/soul written in 1988) i also like how this song is slow then fast and i like the message and the underline meaning of the song be my baby by Wonder Girls (kpop written in 2011) i want to sing this song acapella and i like it because its a ballad and it about wanted to be with someone im going to do an English version of the k-pop song  dont think im not by Kandi (pop written in 2000) i like this song because its all about if someone does you wrong and...
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singing

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15/11/17 we started the lesson by going through peoples vocal warm ups they had brought in to show the class everyone brought different styles of vocal warm ups which was good as we needed to learn a variety of different things. the first person brought in an exercise where they said a tongue twister this helped us with our articulation           my range lowest-e highest-d# i have started to think about different song to do for my set list and i have come up with these songs think/say a little prayer - Aretha Franklin bust your windows- jasmine proud Mary- Tina Turner killing me softly- Fuges well well well- Duffy no diggity- back street boys Warwick avenue- Duffy I STILL NEED TO CONSIDER WHAT SONGS OTHER SONGS I WANT TO DO! i have been practicing different songs at home and thinking about how to improve myself and my range so i have been using my piano at home to do some things to help me get to a higher note. i have...
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