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1.1 Introduction
Based on Caro Mio Ben, it is an Italian song. This is one of the most
beautiful song because of its solid dynamic. At first, I have difficult times with the
articulation which is pronouncing the Italian words and also phrasing technique for
this song was poor. What I can describe about this song, briefly it was played with a
common time which means four crotchet beats in a bar. Also, the composition
From what I can observe from this piece, we need to sing this piece very carefully
and accurately because we need to be aware of the tricky tempo and the rhythm.
1.2 Breathing
So, the most important thing to produce a good singing is the breathing by
doing vocals warm up before singing so that we could increase the air capacity in our
legs to form a “V-shape”. After that, I do some warm ups. The first warm ups is I
start with taking a deep breath and exhale with a ‘hiss’ sound. I repeated this step 3
times and then I proceeded to my vocal warm ups. I started with singing “do re mi fa
so la ti do” from low octave to the highest octave then I sing it again in opposite
ways. I then proceeded to consonant warm ups which are labial consonant which is
‘Ma me mu me mo’, dental consonant which is ‘Ta te tu te to’, proceed with sibilant
consonant which is ‘Wa we wu we wo’ and lastly palatal consonant which is ‘Na ne
nu ne no’. At the end of each warm ups I always end it with inhale a deep breath and
exhale with a ‘hiss’ sound. This warm up must do at least 3 till 5 minutes.
1.3 Pitch control
Pitch control is rate of vibrations of vocal folds and the sound of the voice
changes as the rate of vibrations varies. The pitch depends on air pressure, the
stretching of vocal chords ,the vocal muscles stiffness and the joining strength of
vocal chords. To do pitch control while singing Caro Mio Ben while singing the
highest note for example like in bar twelfth and thirteen which contains low notes
important. For me, I didn’t quite having so much difficulty in pronouncing those
words, the difficulty was quite average. There’s only some slight words I wasn’t able
to pronounce it correctly for example like the words “Presso almorir” and
“Ancorche”.The vowels and consonant of the words of this songs was quite alright for
me but I still need to polish my pronunciation on some of the words because the right
articulation for this song was crucial. The most important I still have trouble in
phrasing.
About the breathing technique of this song, overall it was quite challenging
for me because I have a short breath. I was still unable to control my breathing
through my when it come to a higher note for example like in bars eleventh
and twelfth. I realized that my breath ends on every two bars and I have to take a new
breath on the every next third bar which along the way I have trouble in my phrasing.
However, I was able to control my breath with my diaphragm which act as a support
while singing a higher note. I was very aware of to not singing this song using the
chest because it is very difficult to control the breathing also it will unable us to sing
However, I was able to sing the song in Adiago which is in a slow tempo
but unfortunately I found it quite tricky when it comes to sing each of every words on
the exact note due to the rest and sing it in quaver for example in bar eleventh, twelfth
beginning till the end of the song. I found it that it would be a lot easier for me to sing
this song in a standing posture with my legs opened up in ‘V-shape’ look instead of
sitting. Also, when singing there’s should be a slight distance between the opening of
the legs to support my body weight this is to ensure stability of the body besides, it
makes me look more confident. With the right posture also ,I was able to sing with
the pitch, the notes , the voice and control the breathing better.
At the end of the lesson, every time I sing this song I realized that I need to
practice more on my breathing technique so that I can hit the right note precisely. To
achieve my objective, I must do more singing exercises with my diaphragm which act
doing more lips and mouth warm ups before singing. I realized it is also singing this
song while standing with a correct body posture. I hope by doing all these exercises
and practices consistently will help me improve my singing so that I will be able to
1.8 References
In conclusion, for the accurate meanings of all the Italian words I have done
watch its video from the ‘youtube’ for several times. From that useful sources, I was
able to learn how to sing the song correctly with correct pronunciation and melody. I
also have watched several videos on ‘youtube’ on how to improve my phrasing ,so
hopefully with more practice I will improve myself from time to time. Also i have
gone through some Italian dictionaries at the library which translate all the words to
English words .One of the dictionary that I have gone through was entitled “Oxford
Essential Dictionary Italian” there was more but I only managed to go through a few.
Doing some researches of the actual meanings of the words was crucial so that we