Holland Harmony

• HOOKED ON HARMONY

• April 16-17-18

• 2010

• WELCOME

Making anything better….

• “ We must have the courage to bet on our dreams, to take the calculated risk and leave behind forever the internal forces that hold us down.”– Byrd Baggett

Making Music Better

• Creative ways to get your chorus to sing better.

• Fun exercises that any chorus can do.

• Tools to use throughout the entire rehearsal.

Physical Warm UpsWithout Singing

• Slow Stretches

• Entire Body Involvement's

• Musical Movements

• Partner Moves

• Tempo Moves

• Smooth Moves

• Emotional Involvement

Physical Warm UpsWith Vocal Exercises

• Layering Techniques• Musical success first

– Vowel matching

– Tuning

– Placement in the cord

Layering Techniques

• Once Musical Excellence in achieved

• Begin the Physical Involvement's– Dynamics– Emotion– Attitude– Body Energy– Moves– Total Package

Layering Techniques

• Dynamics– Choice in structure

• 1-5 levels• 1-10 levels• Velvet and Spikes• Others

Layering Techniques

• Emotions– Positive and Negative

– Creative Words• unusual

• Stylish

– Grabbers - Gripping

– Authentic• real

• Informative

– Ballad Vs. Uptune

Layering - Moves

• Dance Steps• Arm Movements• Body Angles• Focal Points• Body Weight• Body Energy• SAMPLES

– Chuck

A change in habits will yield extraordinary results.

Layering - Emotions

• Positive– Examples

• Negative– Examples

Layering - Grabbers

• Words that get your attention– Appealing

– Distinguished

– Stimulating

• Adding the situation to the words– “my mom”

– Stories

Layering - Authentic

• Real Vs. Fake• Exercises to get to the

real– Face to Face

– Be a “Star”

– No sound reps

– Imaginering

– Others

Layering - Ballad

• Sample emotions for a “ballad”

• How to perform them.• Things to be aware

of…– Energy loss in sound

– Tuning - Flat

– Lack of depth

Layering - Attitude

• Beyond the emotion

• Special things - beyond the face

• Style

• Individual

• Inside the planned moves

• Exercises to make it happen

SCENARIOWHAT IS IT?

How do you come up with it?

Do they work?

Can everyone use it?

Quartets?

How do we get the chorus to do this?

Do what they did.MicrophonesThree on oneFour RotationSkitsRole playingOthers

GIMMICKS

Letters

Story Book

Guests

Road Trips

??????

Ultimate goal is to get everyone thinking about the story the same way

Reading vs. Telling

“My Mom”

Layering - Putting it all together!

• Foundation of SOUND

• MUSICAL excellence• Warm ups

• Discussion and successes

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