Current Assignment(s):Students should be working on the Extended Learning Assignment for March 23 (due Friday, 3/27). Details can be found in Google Classroom. | Updates: |
Practice Tips:As we focus on individual rehearsal this week, I will share out practice tips and suggestions. If you have any recommendations for your fellow singers, please share them in the comments! |  |
Don't just sing the song over and over ... and over ... and over ...
If you want to make improvements, break down the song and implement some specific practice strategies:
- Chunk it down: isolate the problem/area for improvement
- Chain it together: work on each section separately and out of order, then put them back together
- Whole-Part-Whole: isolate a challenging passage but then make sure you put it back into context
- Repetition: for permanence
- Variations: for adaptability
- Slow it down (for accuracy)
- Speed it up (for a challenge)
- Change the articulation (sing a legato passage staccato, sing a gentle passage accented, etc.)
If you want to make improvements, break down the song and implement some specific practice strategies:
- Chunk it down: isolate the problem/area for improvement
- Chain it together: work on each section separately and out of order, then put them back together
- Whole-Part-Whole: isolate a challenging passage but then make sure you put it back into context
- Repetition: for permanence
- Variations: for adaptability
- Slow it down (for accuracy)
- Speed it up (for a challenge)
- Change the articulation (sing a legato passage staccato, sing a gentle passage accented, etc.)
Creative Ways to Pass the Time:
 Go on a Virtual Disney ride | Challenge your family to a Chopped competition  |
Watch these videos of musicians eating spicy peppers and then playing:
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And then definitely DO NOT try this at home!
Missing the pet/plant pictures? Send them to me!
Email Ms. Simmonds with a picture of you and your pet (and their name!) so we can continue to feature Nipmuc singers and the pets keeping us sane during social distancing.
Don't have a pet? Send a picture of whatever else you may be doing these days that's helping you relieve stress and stay grounded!
Email Ms. Simmonds with a picture of you and your pet (and their name!) so we can continue to feature Nipmuc singers and the pets keeping us sane during social distancing.
Don't have a pet? Send a picture of whatever else you may be doing these days that's helping you relieve stress and stay grounded!
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