6. Teach intervals.
Begin to work on major/perfect intervals beginning with seconds and progressing to octaves. Always use solfege syllables.

7. Begin working on vowels. Make sure the child sings each vowel with the proper mouth shape. Make sure they open their mouths enough for Ah and Oh and round enough for Oh and Oo.

8. Work on focused tone and open throat.
Instruct them to "sing through a yawn" but with their tongue flat behind their bottom teeth. Work on tone by asking them to focus the vibration on the roof of their mouth. This is especially effective by having them hum and asking them to maximize the vibration on the roof of their mouth. Tones in the upper register will feel like they vibrate above the roof of the mouth, in the head and even above the head when high enough.

9.Begin learning songs. Practice sight reading by first singing in solfege while watching the contour of the notes. Begin teaching children to read music this way. Then move on to holding the vowel sounds out to the length of the notes (rather than closing them off quickly as in normal speech) and singing with pure vowels.

10. Give performance opportunities. Learning to successfully perform is one of the indispensable experiences in voice lessons. Frequently conduct informal performances where the child will sing an entire song, facing you. Encourage students to sing for their parents and even friends, if they are comfortable with it. Finally, hold a recital every 6 months or so for which they can prepare 1-3 songs to perform.

Remember that children, especially younger children, always learn much better from doing than being told how to do something. A good model to follow when teaching them something new is to first demonstrate it, then show them how to do it (in smaller steps, if it is more complicated), then allow them to try until they get it right, then let them do it over and over as many times as they like.

Then, when they tire of it, move to something else and return to new activity a little later. Remember, children learn best by lots of repetition so give them lots of opportunity to practice their new skills.

Children do not have long attention spans. Keep activities fun and short, with good transitions to the next one to keep them interested.

1. Begin each lesson with some simple stretches and posture exercises.
Not only is this important to teach the child to sing with good posture, but it actually teaches them how to properly participate in a voice lesson by giving them simple, achievable tasks to succeed. Children are very kinesthetic and love to do physical activities.

2. Work on simple breathing technique.
when breathing in, the stomach should bulge. When breathing out, the stomach should tighten. The shoulders and chest should never raise or drop. You can work on this standing, or lying with a book on their stomach. Then practice hissing, buzzing, humming and eventually singing "Ah" by preparing with a good deep breath and steadily supporting with the stomach. Focus on getting good, even sounds while exhaling that do not sputter or die off.

3. Introduce the registers.
Practice long glissando "sirens," lifting up into the upper register (sometimes called falsetto or head voice) for high notes, rather than "belting" or straining in the speaking voice. Their high voice will probably be weak at first but insist on its use and it will grow stronger over time. Children should learn to recognize the sensation of vibration in their mouth and chest for low notes and in their head for high notes.

4. Begin ear-training.
Teach them to match pitch and then to sing steps going higher and lower. Begin by having them sing "ah" and match their pitch with the piano. Then explore a couple steps up and down. Since many children do not immediately understand the concept of raising and lowering pitch, it can be demonstrated by the raising and lowering of your hand. Be patient if they don't get it right away, they usually do soon.

5. Teach scales.
Begin to practice 3 and 5 note major scales, using the solfege syllables Do Re Mi Fa Sol. Transpose the starting note up and down by half-steps as far as they can hold the pitch. Once they make good progress, try the whole scale (Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Si Do).

Other tips will continue in the coming post.

6. Ghani kuhusu mazingira yalikozunguka, hii ni njia nzuri zaidi ya kuonyesha kuwa wewe unafanya mtindo huru.
Inavutia kumsikia mtu akighani kuhusu vyote vinavyoonekana mahali ulipo wakati wa kughani.

7. Jumuisha lugha ya maumbo katika mistari unayoghani.
Lugha ya maumbo huongeza ubunifu na hutia nguvu katika mistari ya kughani.

8. Rejea matukio yaliyotokea karibuni.
Moja ya njia za kuongeza ubunifu katika kughani mtindo huru ni kujumuisha mistari inayorejea matukio muhimu ya karibuni yaliyotokea.
Kwa mfano unaweza ghani "mi sio zana za kilimo nikatae posho, mi ni mr politician kama wa nakaya nagombea kuongezwa posho"

Katika mfano huo juu utaona kuwa nimetumia lugha ya maumbo, yani Zana Za Kilimo nikimaanisha ZZK natumaini kifupi hiki kinaeleweka nimemgusia nani. Halafu Mr. Politician wa Nakaya anawakilisha wanasiasa wenye tamaa kama nyimbo yake ilivyokuwa inajieleza, mwisho nikarejea suala la posho ambalo ni tukio linalozungumzwa zaidi kwa sasa.

9. Anzia pale mwenzako alipoishia.
Ubora na umakini katika kughani mtindo huru, huonekana dhahiri pale unapoweza kuendeleza ama kujibu mwenzako alichokighani bila kuanzisha ghani za jambo tofauti, hivyo ili kufanya vizuri mtindo huru ni lazima kujifunza kusikiliza kwa makini na kufikiri kichwani muendelezo wa ghani kama nilivyoelezea katika andiko lililopita.

10. Kujifunza kwa kusikiliza vilinge vya mitindo huru.
Unapopata muda wa kusikiliza watu wakighani katika vilinge vya mitindo huru unajifunza namna ya kucheza na maneno, matukio, mazingira na hata mionekano ya wahusika mbalimbali.
Pia inakupa fursa ya kutanua wigo wa kamusi yako kichwani ya misemo na nahau za mtaani.

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Ni rahisi kujifunza jinsi ya kufanya mtindo huru katika kughani.
Mitindo huru ni aina ya kughani inayotumika katika
vilinge au ukiwa peke yako, aina hii ya kughani hubebwa na mashairi ya papo kwa hapo.

Kuna njia kuu 10 za kujifunza kughani mitindo huru.
Leo tutazungumzia aina 5.

1. Anza taratibu, hakuna haja ya kughani kwa vina au kwa mpangilio wakati unaanza kujifunza mitindo huru. Tumia maneno rahisi yanayokujia kichwani.

2. Endelea kughani bila kusita, wakati wa kughani utafanya makosa, utashindwa kuoanisha maneno na hata kughani maneno yasiyo na mantiki. Lakini usisimame kughani.

3. Kubuni maneno ya kuziba mapungufu katika kughani, huu ni mwendelezo wa njia niliyoielezea hapo juu, pindi unaposhindwa kuoanisha maneno, au kukosea utamkaji, au kusita katika kughani basi unatakiwa kuwa na maneno rahisi ambayo unaweza kuyatumia kama viunganishi au mchepuko wa kuendeleza mtindo huru.

4. Ghani katika akili kabla ya mstari kuisha, hii ni njia ambayo wasanii bora katika mitindo huru huitumia, hii hukuwezesha kuwa na mwendelezo mzuri katika mtindo huru.

5. Andika vina, unapoandika ghani zako mbali mbali hukuwezesha kuwa na mistari au vina vichache ambavyo unaweza kuvitumia pindi unapofanya mtindo huru.
Katika mtindo huru hutakiwi kughani mashairi uliyoyaandika lakini kuna baadhi ya vina au mstari unaweza kuujumuisha ukioanisha na maneno uliyobuni toka kichwani papo kwa hapo.
Kuandika mashairi mara kwa mara kunakuwezesha kupata wigo mpana wa vina, mistari mifupi yenye ujazo wa kuteka hisia, kuchekesha ama tambo za kimashairi.

Uandishi wa nyimbo/tungo zenye kuvuta hisia hauji kwa bahati.
Mara zote tungo nzuri hutegemea zaidi mguso wa tenzi toka moyoni mwa mwandishi.
Lakini ni kipi kinacho chochea usanifu wa tungo nzuri zenye kuteka hisia?
Mara zote watunzi bora wa nyimbo hutanabaisha kuwa mazingira tulivu ndio kichocheo kikubwa cha ufanikishaji wa tungo bora.
Ni muhimu sana kwa muandishi yoyote mbali na kuwa na maono, ubunifu na mguso katika tungo fulani, ni lazima awepo katika mazingira  tulivu ambayo hayawezi kumuondolea umakini au kumchepua katika wazo lake la msingi lilobeba maudhui ya tungo yake.
Wapo wale wanaoweza kutengeneza tungo papo kwa hapo bila kujali mazingira aliyopo, lakini uzoefu wa wanatungo bora unaonyesha kuwa nyimbo ambazo zinaishi nyakati zote mara zote si tungo za papo kwa hapo.

From the many rappers that I have
met, the best ones have shared one
thing in common.  That commonality
is having the right success mindset.

I will cover some of the tips in this post.

One tip to become a better rap song
writer is to have a rap journal.

It is VERY important to have a rap
journal for many reasons.

The main reason is that it has been
said that people who write down their
goals, dreams, and progress achieve
success much faster than people who
just talk about it.

So get yourself a journal.

You want to use this journal JUST
for your progress in rapping.

In your rap journal, you want to
write down your goals, dreams, actions,
progress, and so forth.

Writing it down on a consistent will
help you to make your dreams seem
much more actual than just talking
about it.

There are many talented rappers who
give up their dreams because they
only talk and think about it.

But the guys who actually write down
their goals actualize their dreams
because they are programming their
minds to believe that their goal
is achievable.

So when you stop thinking about it
and start to write about your dreams,
your dreams become actual goals
that you will start to really believe
is achievable.

This is NOT talked about by other
rappers because most rappers don't
know the power of success programming.

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Take a second, and read over these questions. Is there one specific question that you now realize, “This is what I got to work on”?.

·         Do you just add instruments in and take them out?

·         Do you use transitions/SFX to paint a picture for your listeners by letting them know something’s changing in the beat?

·         Do you add in all your instruments to make one big chorus?

·         Does a sound play in your chorus only, and not anywhere else in the song?

·         Do you try to make your chorus’ chord progression different from the verses or bridge?

As you can read from the questions above, they can really make one think!

Arrangement is all about painting that picture for your listeners. If you can get them ready for the change, you’ve done a great job. However, there’s times where there can be a big build up, but at the end, there’s nothing.