Membership Expired Kat Hunter
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I’d love to see what more of you are doing creatively. Anyone else out there have any vids or music?
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Wow, you’re so busy! I’m super impressed! Don’t worry, not spammy at all. So I’ve been really lazy with musical projects lately, but occasionally I do some solo stuff. This is the last thing I did, almost a year ago now! (This is great motivation to get back on the horse).
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Some ideas for getting more strength/flexibility into those high notes:
1. Can she do a tongue-trill or a lip bubble? These sounds are GREAT for working up higher.
2. Can she go “woooo!” like you would at a gig or sports match? This sound might trick her into finding some ease and release up the top.
At the end of the day, don’t be afraid of spending a lot of time up high on nice relaxing sounds – the more time she spends there the more comfy it’ll be :).
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Wow, interesting!
So her voice is consistently getting stuck at F4. Which is bizarre, because even if she was chest voice dominant, she should still have at least a good major 3rd above that still in chest. She really seems to give up on G4. To be honest to some degree it sounds like she doesn’t even try for those notes! Or like she can’t hear them properly.One problem is that this song is really wordy and fast. Which probably makes her think she can get away with singing lower notes rather than being in tune, as it moves so quickly from note to note anyway. I mean G4 isn’t even high for an old lady mezzo let alone a young kid. This song almost entirely stays within a chest voice range other than the occasional C in the middle of the song, and the 3 sustains on C at the end, so as much as she definitely needs work opening up head voice, I don’t think it’s the only problem here. This sounds partially like a tuning problem to me. Also I would encourage her to be as soft as she likes and to really listen to the accompaniment.
PS. Wow I just heard 1:51. And she gets it! After the instrumental! Maybe this is partly a nerves thing? I would slow everything right down. I would also give her an exercise where you make up a melody sticking mostly to notes between G4 and C5 (the notes in the song she struggles with), and get her to try learning it as quickly as possible by imitating you. She needs to get used to feeling how awesome and easy it can be to be in tune on those notes so that she knows how to navigate the song a little easier.
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@Eliza Thanks for sharing your timetable! Great to see how other teachers structure their time.
Lately I’ve been scheduling small gaps (15 minutes) between some students so that I feel fully prepared and have had time to read my notes on the student before they come in. This does make the whole process a little more time consuming though.
@Ben, I know how you feel! I feel as though half the point of working for oneself is that you get to choose when you work! At least to some degree. I choose not to work Fridays, Saturdays or Sundays, so I get a nice big weekend to rest up and plan. And spend time with the cat and the husband.
