ABOUT SINGING

1 ) Classes of
• Female ranges
Soprano, Mezzo-soprano , Contralto
• Male ranges
Tenor, Baritone, Bass

2 )
When you are singing
• You need to either sit upright or stand
• Relax your shouders, but don’t let them droop, tighter your buttocks
• Relax your face muscles and jaw

The position of the tongue:
a) must be kept flat
b) The tip touching the back of the lower front teeth
c) Practise preesing it down with the handle of a silver spoon

3 )
• Attributes of musical sound—volume, pitch, quality, duration
• Every voices has three degrees of sound: the deep,the middle, the high
• a sound is either
a) Loud or soft
b) High or low
c) Bright or sombre
d) long or short
4 ) Singing vowel sounds
A = ah as in “art”
E = eh as in “ever”
I = ee as in “eat”
O = oh as in “owe”
U = oo as in “ ooze”
WARM UP YOUR VOICE

1) chords :C G C F G F G C G F G F C G C
------------------------Do
--------------------Ti----- Ti
---------------La ------------La
------------So------------------- So
---------Fa -------------------------Fa
------Mi --------------------------------Mi
---Re-------------------------------------- Re
Do-------------------------------------------- Do

2)
Chord: Sing.....................
C : Do Re Mi, Fa So Fa Mi Re Do………..
D : Do Re Mi, Fa So Fa Mi Re Do………..
E : Do Re Mi, Fa So Fa Mi Re Do………..
F : Do Re Mi, Fa So Fa Mi Re Do………..
G : Do Re Mi, Fa So Fa Mi Re Do………..
A : Do Re Mi, Fa So Fa Mi Re Do………..
B : Do Re Mi, Fa So Fa Mi Re Do………..
C : Do Re Mi, Fa So Fa Mi Re Do………..

3) Chord: C
(Do Re Mi Re Do Re Mi Re Do Re Mi Re Do……….)
Mm……………………… Ah………………………

4) -------Do ………
-------So ---------So
---Mi -----------------Mi
Do ------------------------Do

5) HARMONIES

T/ A : Do Re Mi, Fa So Fa Mi Re Do………..
S2 : Do Re Mi, Fa So Fa Mi Re Do………..
S1 : Do Re Mi, Fa So Fa Mi Re Do………..