Singing BTEC - Rina Yefet

Surprisingly, it was very difficult to choose a song the whole group liked. We sort of chose the song You will be found from the musical Dear Evan Hansen. We all like the pop song Love me like you by Little Mix. We thought it would be nice to do one Musical Theatre song and one pop song.

Ayisha showed us a breathing exercise where you inhale for four beats, hold, then exhale with a hiss for beats. We did this a number of times changing the number of beats you inhale and exhale. So, inhale:exhale 4:4, 6:10, 6:12, 2:12 Angel did the scale exercise from Sister Act Leah did a range exercise where we sung oo ee ah Saffron  also did a range exercise where we did a lip trill Rosely did a warm up exercise where we sung b b b, m m m, n n n and then baaa. She then did another funny exercise where we sing oo oh or in legato Malik also did a warm up exercise where we sat on the edge of our seat to help use our diaphragm and we hummed a scale CDEFG C. This exercise expands our vocal chords Alex did a warm up exercise singing minnie minnie mah x3 then mah mah x4 Then I did a scales exercise which was good as it was staccato, legato and glissando. My exercise helps technique - this means control These exercises are useful for working on your voice. I had a few favourit...

Pure Imagination from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory the Musical (2:51), Musical Theatre style sung with a backing track Seventeen by Marina and the Diamonds (2:54), pop style sung with a backing track Superstition by Stevie Wonder (4:48) perhaps shortened, soul funk style sung with a backing track Almost There from Princess and the Frog (2:28), Musical Theatre style sung acapella I'm trying to decide between Come Alive (3:52) and From Now On (5:56) both Musical Theatre style from The Greatest Showman sung with a backing track with backing vocals I asked Charlie if I have to sing contrasting songs because it might make a very odd not smooth performance. He said we don't have to, just not to sing very similar songs as the examiner will want to hear how your voice sounds in a range of ways.

Pure Imagination from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2:51) Almost there from Princess and the Frog (2:28) Seventeen by Marina and the Diamonds (2:54) Fix a Heart by Demi Lovato (3:10) Daydreamin' by Ariana Grande (3:30) Come Alive from The Greatest Showman (3:46) Altogether this is 18 minutes 39 seconds which I think is a good amount of time as there should be some time for introducing my songs.