BODY WORK BEGIN SINGING

HOW TO START...

- SPECIFY THE REHEARSAL SCHEDULE. (I DON'T RECOMMEND IN A BREAK TIME, BECAUSE IT`S NOT ENOUGH TIME) - DECIDE WITH WHICH COURSES TO START. I recommend starting with the eldest childres in the school, and going down if it is necessary. - TO MAKE A VOICE TEST OR NOT TO DO IT? It is necessary to do it, although it is not eliminatory, but it is necessary to know the tessature of    each child. They must reach at least RE4. - HAVE ILLUSION AND LOSE FEAR. - ASK FOR THE HELP AND ADVICE OF PARTNERS WHO ALREADY HAVE A CHOIR IN PROGRESS. - DO NOT FORGET THE MOST IMPORTANT OBJECTIVE: THAT THE CHILDREN LEAVE THE REHEARSAL HAPPY. - I RECOMMEND TO BEGIN WITH A SMALL TEAM, BETWEEN 20 OR 30 PUPILS.

BODY WORK

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Caption: : RELAXATION AFTER INTENSE BODY WORK

IT IS NECESSARY TO HAVE A CORRECT BODY POSTURE, BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO INFLUENCE THE EMISSION OF THE VOICE. - STRETCHES OF LEGS, ARMS, HANDS, FINGERS, ETC ... HELP ELIMINATE TENSIONS. - ROTATION OF SHOULDERS AND HEAD TO RELEASE THE NECK. - SHAKE THE ENTIRE BODY PART BY PART. - CLAPPING ON DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE BODY, OR ON THE    BODY OF THE PARTNER, ON THE FLOOR, ETC. - SINGERS MASSAGE: IT IS A MASSAGE THAT STARTS ON THE SKIN, CONTINUES TO THE FACE AND ENDS IN THE NECK - IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WHILE BREATHING IN, THE BODY IS EXERCISED, AND WHEN EXHALING, CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THE ERECT POSTURE.  

PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN ACCORDING TO THEIR TESSATURE AND INTONATION. In the back rows put those who sing better, and in the front, right in front of the conductor, put those who have more fine tuning problems,  so that they always have a suitable reference. - SING IN ONE OR TWO VOICES? You have to start with a single voice, and only if the tuning is good, we would start incorporating the second voice. - A CAPELLA OR WITH ACCOMPANIMENT? With an instrumental base, it is much easier to maintain intonation and not lower your voice

COLOCATION OF CHILDREN

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CHOOSE THE RIGHT REPERTOIRE

 YOU MUST ALWAYS KNOW THE CHILDREN'S TESSATURE, IT IS ALMOST ALWAYS IN SOPRANO. - TO OFFER THEM NEW SONGS, EVEN FROM CLASSIC REPERTOIRE, BUT IT MUST ALSO BE COMBINED WITH THINGS THAT THEY LIKE AND HAVE AN INTEREST IN. - IF WE HAVE MANY NEW CHILDREN IN THE CHOIR, UNTIL CHRISTMAS SING ONLY ONE VOICE. - TO BEGIN WITH THE TWO VOICES, USING AFRICAN POLYPHONIES WHICH ARE USUALLY  MOTIVATING WITH THIRD PARALLELS, AND THEN INTRODUCE THEM INTO THE CANONS. - THEMED CONCERTS CAN ALSO BE CHOSEN:  AFRICAN MUSIC, HAWAIIAN, POLYNESIAN MUSIC, WORLD MUSIC, A JOURNEY THROUGH THE HISTORY OF MUSIC, A JOURNEY THROUGH THE DIFFERENT DECADES, COMPOSERS OF YOUR CITY, FILMS MUSIC, ETC. OR EVEN TO DO A MUSICAL, COMBINING THREE PERFORMING ARTS: MUSIC, DANCE AND DRAMATIZATION.

PLAN WELL EVERY CHOIR REHEARSAL

- THE REHEARSAL CAN NOT BE IMPROVISED, BECAUSE IT IS NECESSARY TO USE TIME WIESLY AS CHILDREN GET BORED QUIKLY. - EACH REHEARSAL MUST BE ORGANIZED IN WRITING, THAT IS, ALLOWING THE TIME ALLOCATED FOR EACH THING: THE WARM-UP, THE VOCALISATION, THE NEW SONG, AND THE REVIEW OF SOME THAT YOU ALREADY KNOW. IT IS RECOMMENDED TO HAVE AN AGENDA ONLY FOR THE TESTS, AND AFTER THE TEST, TO NOTE WHAT NEEDS TO IMPROVE, RECTIFY THE TIMES, ETC. - IN EACH REHEARSAL WE HAVE TO GO IN WITH A FINE-TUNED, UN-STRESSED MIND.  - LEARN BY MEMORY THE SONGS AND MOVEMENT PROPOSALS FROM THE BEGINNING. - EACH STUDENT HAS THEIR PLACE ASSIGNED, PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT THROUGH ACCORDING TO THEIR VOICE, SAFETY AND TUNING. - DURING THE REHEARSAL WE MUST BE INFLEXIBLE WITH REGARD TO THE CORRECT POSTURE, TO DO THAT, WE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER TWO WORDS: SINGER POSITION, AND REST POSITION ...

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