VIDEO LINKS:
Like Someone In Love:
Magnolia:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIA_VgryTn4Want You Back:
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The most important thing to work on right now is group blend and intonation. Some sections are fairly precise, clean, and in tune, and other sections are way off. In order to accomplish a better group blend we need to do the following:
- Work on a better "choral" sound...use the microphones DONT BELT,
- NO VIBRATO! Be careful not to let higher pitches sink, energize your air and tone, Full warm open resonant straight tone sound
- Basses, Tenors, and Alto 1, you need to continue to work on your half steps vs whole steps and getting your parts REALLY accurate. Particularly bad spots include: Coda of Like Someone In Love, Ending buildup chords in Magnolia, Chorus part of Want You Back (Letter H), and the intro chords of Want You Back
- Remember to breathe together, finish all your releases, REMEMBER to use good vocal technique--breath support and vowels!!
Key Spots To Address:
Like Someone In Love: Hold "Lately" a little longer and fuller sounding
Ending Coda--build up chords at the end, use more open vowels, Don't jump to the "M" of "Someone" to soon...think of and open full sound, Like the Hamilton recording!!
Magnolia: Smoother connected lines on the Verses (Letter C & I)
Don't rush the "power chorus" sections, LAY BACK! (Letter B, D, K)
Don't rush the "power chorus" sections, LAY BACK! (Letter B, D, K)
TUNING of the chords at Letter J, and backgrounds at L -- NEEDS work!
All the build up chords from Letter P to the end -- Need to be SUPER precise with pitch
Want You Back: Review the Chorus parts at Letter H and N, Accuracy!!
Tuning of the Chords from m.26-30 and 163-167...careful Sopranos on the high notes
Chord Tuning on the CODA
Reference Videos:
Listen to the these videos again, we want to try to get this level of accuracy in pitch
Listen to their group blend and releases, and open vowels and warm tone!
The middle voice parts (Tenors/Altos) are particularly full and resonant
Open Vowels on the CODA and straight full tone
Hamilton: Like Someone in Love
CSULB: Want You Back
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