1.

1 Assess personal goals, in relation to

the effective rehearsal of a fifteen-
minute set.

A) Methods for effective preparation for

each rehearsal.
What will I do to prepare effectively for
each rehearsal?
• Know what song we will be rehearsing in
the lesson, or which sections of songs
we are working on.
• Don't keep going over the whole song if
there is only part of it that needs work.
• Making sure I breathe from my
diaphragm whilst singing.
Making sure my voice is warmed up.

B) Methods for ongoing refinement of

personal instrument and/or vocal
part(s) throughout the process
– Practicing whenever I can whilst at
home (Short but often)
– Making sure to drink whilst rehearsing,
to keep hydrated.
C) Refinement of own image as an
artist/performer
– As a singer, I could stand be stood up
at the front of the stage, as this would
make it easier for the audience to see
me and it would be easier for me to
make eye contact and connect with
the audience, as I am more visible to
them. From an audiences point of
view and including myself from when
I have been in an audience I find that
on high energy songs I would prefer
the performers/ singers to move
around the stage, and then maybe on
slower more intimate/ sad songs it
would be nice for them to just stand
and sway to and fro and smile as this
instantly creates a contrast in the
different kinds of songs.
D) Impact of consistent punctuality and
attendance

– If you are absent for/or turn up late for

rehearsals, it can cut down on the time
you have to rehearse.
– You won’t know your section very well.
– The group might not be able to do part
of/or a whole song due to your absence.
– The group might change something, and
due to you not being there, you will
miss it, and then you won’t know what
you’re doing.

E) Impact of active engagement with

other musicians or peers.

– Active Engagement is important to have

with other musicians or peers as if one
or a few members of a band are having
a bad day and don’t want to co-operate
with the other members of the band,
this has a huge impact/ knock off effect
on the rest of the band, as then this can
make then feel as though they can not
be bothered to rehearse due to one or
two members. I feel that it is important
 as a band/ musician to be able to
communicate and compromise with one
another, as arguments within the group
can cause tension during valuable
rehearsal time.

1.2 Describe the profile of the rehearsal

process for a specific performance of
fifteen minutes material, defining the
following:

A) The rationale for the rehearsal

process
The rehearsal process is very important as
you can’t expect to just go up on a stage
with people who you might’ve only just met
without rehearsing, as you might not know
the song, or the pace/ speed your going to
be playing/ singing at, or what key the song
is going to be played/ sung at. You need to
figure out whose going to come in first and
start off the song, and how you’re going to
end it and transition into the next song. You
need to figure out what songs your going to
be playing and the order you will play them
in.

B) Rationale for choosing repertoire for

rehearsal
Originally, the five songs that we picked
from the list were:
 Read All About It (Emeli Sandé)
 This Is Gospel (Panic At The Disco)
 I Wouldn’t Mind (He Is We)
 All Of Me (John Legend)
 Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
(Green Day)
However, we made a group decision to
change ‘All If Me’ to ‘Highway To Hell’
(AC/DC) as for us as musicians, ‘All Of Me’
was somewhat boring as most of the group
were just playing four chords over and over
repeatedly and it was quite slow, and
considering we already had two slow songs,
we wanted to speed it up a bit and have
some more energy into our performance.
Also ‘Highway To Hell’ has a guitar solo,
which enabled our guitarist Millie have her
own moment with everyone just focused on
her. When we ran this through, we were
over the fifteen-minute mark so we decided
against playing ‘I Wouldn’t Mind’ as this
was one of our more lengthy songs and we
much preferred to perform our other quite
lengthy song, ‘Read All About It’.