We continue to sing with masks on, socially distanced and ask that everyone takes a lateral flow test before the rehearsal.

After a vocal warm up, we looked at the following pieces:

1. A Song for You

• The focus was on singing the syncopated rhythm which occurs throughout the piece eg in Bars 38/39 – ‘you’ comes on the last quaver of Bar 39 BEFORE the first beat of Bar 40.

2. Jubilate Deo

• We sang through Bars 72 – 89 revising what we learned last week.
• We learned a new section Bars 38-58 – the notes, rhythms and how the four parts fit together particularly in Bars 53 -58.
• Note the rhythm of the triplets in Bars 48-50
• At Bar 38, sing very quietly pp, but not more slowly.

3. We threw it all away

• Look back to detailed notes from previous week
• Note which part has the accompaniment (‘Doo do doo’) and which part has the tune and words.

4. Keep me

• At A mark up – first time sing mp, second time sing mf.
• Crescendo through Bars 3 and 4 (and Bars 7 and 8), Diminuendo through Bars 5 and 6 (and Bar 9). Crescendo in Bar 10 ready to return to A or go to B.
• At Bar 9 sing through the minim.
• At B mark up – first time sing f, second time sing mp.
• In Bars 17 – 18, Crescendo and emphasise‘Shield Me’