STEP #01 Listen to the music on the master recording while you close your eyes. (This will familiarize you with notes, timing and general flavor of the song.)
STEP #02 Watch the notes on your music while you listen to the recording. DO NOT SING YET!
STEP #03 Again, watch the notes on your music while you listen to the recording. DO NOT SING YET!
STEP #04 Watch the words on your music while you listen to the recording. Pleaseno singing yet!
STEP #05 On a separate piece of paper, write down all the lyrics to the new song. (you can refer to your music if you need to. Now, watch your own paper while you listen to the recording. No, not yetdont sing, please!
STEP #06 Watch the notes again while you listen to the recording. Rememberno singing!
STEP #07 Watch the words on your music while you listen to the recording. Be carefulnot a sound!
STEP #08 Try to write down all the words again on a piece of paper without looking at your printed music. If you have trouble, listen to the recording again while you watch the words. Then try writing it again without looking. Stay on this step until you have all the right words written without looking back at the printed music. Now proceed to Step #09.
STEP #09 Hurray! Finally, you can add YOUR voice! Now watch the notes on your music while you hum along with the recording. HumHumSINGING IS NEXT!
STEP #10 Watch the words on your music while you SING along with the recording. CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS? YOU ARE REALLY GOING TO SING THIS SONG FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME! However, if you have any difficulty, circle the spot on your music as you go all the way through. Then, go back and listen (dont sing) those parts again. Happy singing!
STEP #11 Put your own practice media (tape, etc) in your player. Now, on your own media, SING the new part all the way through WITHOUT looking at your music. Bet you can hardly wait to hear this step!
STEP #12 THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT STEP YOU ARE ABOUT TO GRADUATE! Watch your music and listen to your own recording and see if you are correct. You should be WONDERFUL! But, should you have any doubt, go back and check your part again on the master recording. Concentrate on LISTENING to the parts you circled earlier to be sure you have made the corrections.
CONGRATULATIONS!
With a little bit of luck plus all your hard work, YOU are now the proud possessor of one more selection of music made beautiful by your addition of all the correct notes, words and timing!
Composed in 1986 by Carolyn Sexton
234 West Martin Street
Martinsburg, WV 25401
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2005
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