Thursday’s lesson
Free the jaw and tongue; relax into it, then add rhythm, then speed
reh·cord
Record your singing lessons. Read back what your teacher said.
reh·cord (n.) /ˈrɛk.ɔːd/ — a record of a rehearsal.
Breath, placement, the vowel, the phrase you just sang: keep your teacher’s advice alongside the sound. reh·cord records the whole lesson, singing included, and writes down what was said. Read it back afterwards, and go straight to the moment you need.
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Letting go
Free the jaw and tongue; relax into it, then add rhythm, then speed.
Make sure you’re not clamping the jaw.
We think about breath, of course we think about the vowel — but we forget the clamp here, the jaw and the tongue.
We have to make sure we’re not compressing everything. That will slow you down, for sure.
Even if you can sing it at tempo, it will feel laboured. It will be tiring.
Let’s try it without the push on each note. Slowly — two breaths.
Yes — yes, that’s good.
Here, just make sure you hold it to the end of the phrase.
Same thing: do it with the breath, not with force. You don’t need strength for this.
Much better. Get comfortable with this.
Relax into this, then add rhythms, then speed.
Marker — “relax, then rhythms, then speed”
It’s no use going straight from this to performing — we’ll just get tight.
Let’s do the next one.
That’s excellent. And this one: think light.
The verse before is big, it’s forte — maybe the biggest.
So the one in between should be light, fleeting, not forceful.
You can sing it even lighter, and maybe a touch faster.
Not that fast — but not with strength.
So let’s go to the next one.
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Relax into this, then add rhythms, then speed.
Marker — “relax, then rhythms, then speed”
It’s no use going straight from this to performing — we’ll just get tight.
Keep singing.
Leave a beat of quiet and say “Marker” — with a note if you like: “Marker, that was the placement.” reh·cord hears it on the device, and the mark lands where you said it, without a tap.
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Questions
The usual questions
Does it record the music, or only the talking?
The whole lesson. reh·cord keeps every minute, playing included, and writes down what was said. On the page, each stretch of playing has a line of its own, so you can tap it and hear it again.
What kind of lessons is it for?
Individual singing and instrument lessons — piano, violin, guitar, brass, woodwind — and just as well a masterclass, a coaching or your own rehearsal. More on recording music lessons.
Is it private?
Yes. The recording, the transcript and the summaries are all made on your device. There is no account, and nothing is sent to reh·cord. Sync is your own iCloud, or nothing at all.
Does it need an internet connection?
No. The transcribing happens on the device itself, so a lesson in a practice room with no signal is written down just the same.
Which languages does it understand?
Choose your lessons’ language in the app. If one recording was held in another language, transcribe it again in that one.
Can I add recordings I already have?
Yes. Import an audio recording, or a video of a lesson, and reh·cord writes it down like one of its own.
Do I need Apple Intelligence?
Only for the summaries. Recording, transcripts, markers, notebooks and search all work without it.
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