We started off singing it along with Kim playing the melody on the piano. At first we had to decide which octave I would sing it at because I am more comfortable singing lower although we decided that the song would better sung in a higher octave. After running it through a few times with the piano and working intonation and breathing especially, we then sang along to the CD with the vocals on it. This helped because hearing somebody sing it correctly meant that I was more and more aware of what the right notes were. When I was singing along with the CD I realised that another problem that I was having was the timing of the speech and singing at the end of the song. I made notes on my music of how long I need to count so that when I practise on my own I can make sure I get the right timing. We then moved on to sining it with just the backing track. It took me a few attempts at hitting the first note at the right pitch but eventually I got it. After writing in how long I need to wait at the end, I managed to get the timing right although I did struggle to hit the note at the 'and goodbye' part of the song because it is after dialogue but I worked on it and got it in the end.
Agony
We started off with playing the melody on the piano with us singing along so that we knew the tune properly before singing along with the CD. We then had the dilemma of wether I would sing it in a lower octave or higher octave. We decided that I would sing the higher octave when I am singing by myself but when I sing with Ashley I will drop it down an octave so that there is a contrast between the two voices. We then sang it along with the CD with vocals so we were gradually getting more confident with the song and then we sang it without the vocals and just the backing track. There are points in the song which I find quite hard, the main bit is the first 'agony'. I find this hard because it is higher than I am used to, but the more I am practising the easier it is getting because I am improving my range.
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