HOW TO PRACTICE YOUR PREP CHOIR MUSIC
HOW TO PRACTICE YOUR PREP CHOIR
MUSIC
Gather materials • Folder•Music• Pencil• Computer, tablet, smartphone
Log on the PCC
Website: pcchorus.org
Click on the “Members” tab (find it in the far upper right corner of the home page)Enter the password: pccSings (note upper case S)
Click the “My Choir” tab (along the top of
the page) and then select “Prep”. This will
take you to the Prep Choir page where you
can find important information such as:• Weekly practice assignments• Practice tracks (recordings of our songs to
listen to and sing along with)• Other timely information
Read the Weekly Practice Assignment and make note of what you are responsible to learn before the next rehearsal.
Click on the practice track (recording) of the first song
you are supposed to practice. Be sure to choose
the correct track (Mrs. Huyett’ side or Mrs.
Merrill’s side).
• LISTEN first! You must learn the melody by listening before you start to sing!
• FOLLOW along in your music. Read the words as you are listening. Find places in the music that seem difficult to you and listen to those places repeatedly.
• SING along with the recording while reading your music.
• Keep in mind as many of the things Mrs. Huyett talked about during rehearsal as you can. (Vowel shape, consonants, phrases – where to take a breath, etc.)
• Focus – just listening or just singing isn’t good practice. Good practice takes thinking!
• After several weeks – try to sing your parts without the practice tracks. Then go back and sing with them again.
• Eventually, you will be asked to memorize the music. This won’t be hard if you’ve been practicing regularly every week.
FINALLY – record your
practice time everyday and
be sure to turn your practice
record in to the key parents
as you arrive to rehearsal
each week!