Excuse

✍👉🏽 Season 1 Episode 6. Let your choir director know when you will be absent. You are important, and it helps in planning to know when members will be absent from a rehearsal or service. For live lessons and interactive class join us on whatsapp via https://chat.whatsapp.com/9hF9sLLaQUVJVC0VUNkCol

Encourage your choir director

✍👉🏽 Season 1 Episode 5. Encourage your choir director. A note or small gift (such as homemade cookies, a bottle of coke or juice) can show your gratitude! For live lessons and interactive class join us on whatsapp via https://chat.whatsapp.com/9hF9sLLaQUVJVC0VUNkCol

Limit Talking

✍👉🏽 Season 1 Episode 4. Limit your talking during the choir rehearsal. Directors know that you will talk a little, but discipline yourself to be courteous to your choir director. It is frustrating to have conversations going on while trying to rehearse! For live lessons and interactive class join us on whatsapp via https://chat.whatsapp.com/9hF9sLLaQUVJVC0VUNkCol

Write

✍👉🏽 Season 1 Episode 3. Have a pencil ready to mark your music from the director’s instructions. Spell musical terms as correctly as possible. (Can you spell Crescendo?) For live lessons and interactive class join us on whatsapp via https://chat.whatsapp.com/9hF9sLLaQUVJVC0VUNkCol

On Time

✍👉🏽 Season 1 Episode 2. Always be on time, or preferably be early. There is not a good excuse for being late to every rehearsal! For live lessons and interactive class join us on whatsapp via https://chat.whatsapp.com/9hF9sLLaQUVJVC0VUNkCol

Rehearsals

✍👉🏽 Season 1 Episode 1. Attend every rehearsal.  Every rehearsal is important! For live lessons and interactive class join us on whatsapp via https://chat.whatsapp.com/9hF9sLLaQUVJVC0VUNkCol

Helping Your Choir Director

🎤🎶🆗 HABITS FOR GOOD CHOIR MEMBERS 🗣📖 🎵🎧🎼 (Helping Your Choir Director) 🖊🎹📕 🎵 INTRODUCTION 🖋 I love and admire God’s choir directors! After serving in church music ministries for over nine years and still serving, I like to find ways to be helpful to these music leaders. So here are some ideas that choir directors may wish to print, post, or distribute to their choir members. All good choir directors say these things, but perhaps I have stated them in a slightly different way that you may find helpful. Learnable Episodes begins tomorrow, please ensure you stay connected. God bless you. For live lessons and interactive class join us on whatsapp via https://chat.whatsapp.com/9hF9sLLaQUVJVC0VUNkCol

Conclusion

📌🎤 HOW TO SING BETTER ✍📘 📝🎶 CONCLUSION 📜🎹 Even if you think you're a bad singer, try to sing with confidence. Remember, you are your harshest critic! When you're singing, stand up straight and tilt your chin down. Breathe through your diaphragm, the muscle below your rib cage, instead of your chest. You'll know you're breathing through your diaphragm if your stomach expands when you breathe. Also, keep your jaw open wide when you sing vowels to instantly sound better! For more ways to sing better, like expanding your vocal range and doing vocal exercises. For live lessons and interactive class join us on whatsapp via https://chat.whatsapp.com/9hF9sLLaQUVJVC0VUNkCol

Body positions

📌🎤 HOW TO SING BETTER ✍📘 📝🎶 BUILDING CONFIDENCE 📜🎹 📋🔛Season 3.Episode 7. BODY POSITIONS📕🖍🎶 Position your body to hide the nerves. If you are shaking, move around to help disguise the nerves. You can move your hips or walk around a little to help you appear confident and focus your nervous energy in another way. •Try looking at a point above the audience if you are really nervous. Don't look at them. Find a spot on the back wall to focus all your attention to as you ignore the audience. For live lessons and interactive class join us on whatsapp via https://chat.whatsapp.com/9hF9sLLaQUVJVC0VUNkCol

Familiar song

📌🎤 HOW TO SING BETTER ✍📘 📝🎶 BUILDING CONFIDENCE 📜🎹 📋🔛Season 3.Episode 6. FAMILIAR SONG📕🖍🎶 The first time or two you sing on stage, sing a familiar song. This helps your confidence from the start. Choose a song in your range that flatters your voice. Don't try to do anything fancy with it; instead, sing it like the original. The key at this point is just to get you comfortable on stage singing in front of people. ■As you build your confidence, you can make the song your own, adapt your own style, and even change it. For live lessons and interactive class join us on whatsapp via https://chat.whatsapp.com/9hF9sLLaQUVJVC0VUNkCol

Karaoke

📌🎤 HOW TO SING BETTER ✍📘 📝🎶 BUILDING CONFIDENCE 📜🎹 📋🔛Season 3.Episode 5. KARAOKE📕🖍🎶 Though karaoke with your friends is not a formal concert setting, singing in this environment can help you gain confidence. Though it's not helping your vocal technique, you can start to lose the anxiety you feel singing in front of a crowd. For live lessons and interactive class join us on whatsapp via https://chat.whatsapp.com/9hF9sLLaQUVJVC0VUNkCol

Sing in your community

📌🎤 HOW TO SING BETTER ✍📘 📝🎶 BUILDING CONFIDENCE 📜🎹 📋🔛Season 3.Episode 4. SING IN YOUR COMMUNITY📕🖍🎶 Another way to build your confidence is to sing in your community. This may not be as difficult or nerve-wracking as a concert or more formal event. Look for opportunities at nursing homes or children's hospitals/birthday party etc. ●Try auditioning for local theater or sign up for acting classes. This might help you gain the confidence to be on stage in front of people without having to sing. Then you apply that to singing. For live lessons and interactive class join us on whatsapp via https://chat.whatsapp.com/9hF9sLLaQUVJVC0VUNkCol

Sing in front of friends and family

📌🎤 HOW TO SING BETTER ✍📘 📝🎶 BUILDING CONFIDENCE 📜🎹 📋🔛Season 3.Episode 3. SING IN FRONT OF FRIENDS AND FAMILY📕🖍🎶 After practicing and learning new singing skills, you need to start singing in front of people. Start by singing in front of trusted friends and family members. Start with one person, then build slowly. This can help you get used to singing in front of people. ★Ask them to critique you when you sing. This can help you get better if you are making mistakes. For live lessons and interactive class join us on whatsapp via https://chat.whatsapp.com/9hF9sLLaQUVJVC0VUNkCol

Comfort level

📌🎤 HOW TO SING BETTER ✍📘 📝🎶 BUILDING CONFIDENCE 📜🎹 📋🔛Season 3.Episode 2. COMFORT LEVEL 📕🖍🎶 Step out of your comfort level. One of the ways you can build your confidence is to continuously step out of your comfort level. This can be many things. You may try singing in front of an audience. It may mean learning how to extend your range, or even singing in another genre. Developing your voice, trying new things, and learning everything you can will help build your confidence. For live lessons and interactive class join us on whatsapp via https://chat.whatsapp.com/9hF9sLLaQUVJVC0VUNkCol

Build your confidence

📌🎤 HOW TO SING BETTER ✍📘 📝🎶 BUILDING CONFIDENCE 📜🎹 📋🔛Season 3.Episode 1. BUILD YOUR CONFIDENCE 📕🖍🎶 One way to help you break through your nerves is to practice at home. When you practice, you need to take it even farther than usual. For example, sing louder and bolder, try different moves, or act crazy(please permit me). Gain confidence in yourself before trying to gain confidence in front of others. ◆As you practice in the mirror or on video, learn how to show your emotion and passion on stage. It may feel uncomfortable at first to be that honest and vulnerable on stage, but some of the best professional singers have the confidence to sing honestly and emotionally. For live lessons and interactive class join us on whatsapp via https://chat.whatsapp.com/9hF9sLLaQUVJVC0VUNkCol

Keep larynx steady

📌🎤 HOW TO SING BETTER ✍📘 📝🎶 EXERCISING YOUR VOICE 📜🎹 📋🔛Season 2.Episode 4.KEEP LARYNX STEADY📕🖍🎶 When you are trying to hit high notes, you want to keep your larynx steady instead of lifting it. This gives you better vocal control and helps avoid strain. To practice keeping the larynx steady, say "mum" over and over. Do this until you feel relaxed saying the word. ◆Lightly hold your thumbs under your chin. Swallow. You should feel your swallowing/throat muscles engaging. When you sing, you want these muscles to be relaxed. Sing scales while making the "mmm" sound with your mouth closed. Your throat muscles should remain relaxed. ◆You may end up making a funny face as you try to keep the sound in the top part of your face. That's okay. Exaggerate the facial movement and the sound if you have to. The important thing is to train your swallowing muscles to stay relaxed while going through the scales. For live lessons and interactive class join us on whatsapp via https://chat.whatsapp.com/9hF9sLLaQUVJVC0VUNkCol

Do thrills

📌🎤 HOW TO SING BETTER ✍📘 📝🎶 EXERCISING YOUR VOICE 📜🎹 📋🔛Season 2. Episode 3. DO TRILLS📕🖍🎶 A lip trill is when you blow air through your lips, causing them to flap and vibrate. It sounds like a br, like you are cold. If your lips are tense when you exhale air through them, they will not vibrate. Try to relax your lips, and if that doesn't work, push the corners of your mouth towards your nose while you do the exercise. ●Try doing tongue trills. This helps you relax your swallowing muscles so you keep them relaxed while you're singing. For live lessons and interactive class join us on whatsapp via https://chat.whatsapp.com/9hF9sLLaQUVJVC0VUNkCol

Practice Humming

📌🎤 HOW TO SING BETTER ✍📘 📝🎶 EXERCISING YOUR VOICE 📜🎹 📋🔛Season 2. Episode 2. PRACTICE HUMMING📕🖍🎶 Say, "Hmm?" Or say, "hmm" like you aren't sure you believe someone. Both of those noises should change in pitch. When practicing scales while humming, you want to feel a buzzing around your nose, eyes, and head, or down into your chest. ■Hum Doh-Mi-Sol on an ascending scale, then back down to Mi-Doh. While you are humming, work on the accuracy of your pitch. For live lessons and interactive class join us on whatsapp via https://chat.whatsapp.com/9hF9sLLaQUVJVC0VUNkCol