Lahninja Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 and i have to do something musical infront of the class so ive decided to do a paramore song. What song shall i sing?? Sugestions please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jorgi Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 Oh bloody hell, I'm suprised you don't already regret taking GCSE music. For a GCSE performance they're looking for technical perfection, basically- If you can sing every note perfectly how and where it's written, do that. If you can play the guitar parts flawlessly, then go for that; although be careful with electric guitars- they're very, very picky about tabs as there isn't any written notation about how it's supposed to be played: how fast, rhythm etc. If you haven't got the sheet music and you plan on playing guitar, try and get it as tabs can lose you marks that don't need to be lost. I personally wouldn't recommend singing and playing the guitar, you don't earn any extra points just because you're doing 2 things at the same time and it adds complications and again, marks can be lost that really don't need to be. Seriously, GCSE Music is hell. Sorry to be so pessimistic. However, i do wish you all the best ;D and good luck ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lahninja Posted September 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 Oh bloody hell, I'm suprised you don't already regret taking GCSE music.For a GCSE performance they're looking for technical perfection, basically- If you can sing every note perfectly how and where it's written, do that. If you can play the guitar parts flawlessly, then go for that; although be careful with electric guitars- they're very, very picky about tabs as there isn't any written notation about how it's supposed to be played: how fast, rhythm etc. If you haven't got the sheet music and you plan on playing guitar, try and get it as tabs can lose you marks that don't need to be lost. I personally wouldn't recommend singing and playing the guitar, you don't earn any extra points just because you're doing 2 things at the same time and it adds complications and again, marks can be lost that really don't need to be. Seriously, GCSE Music is hell. Sorry to be so pessimistic. However, i do wish you all the best ;D and good luck ! hahaha im only 14! :S and ive only been doing it.. less than a month? xD hahah so.. yeah, thanks for giving me a uplift on my choices, lmao! Its just a practise one, its not the actual GCSE course thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jorgi Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 I'm in my second year of doing this GCSE. I loathe it. Don't get me wrong, i absolutely love music in every way, shape or form- but the SUBJECT. I can't stand it. I don't mean to set you against this subject before you've barely begun, but i hope with all my heart that your experience with this course is better than mine And okay, fair enough, for the practise do whatever you feel like doing i assume you'll get the same mark scheme, though, and this will give you an idea on what's expected of you. If i had a mark sheet with me i'd type out the criteria for you as a heads up, but unfortunatly i don't. Man, it's awkward. It might as well have a big tick box saying "IF THIS PERSON IS NOT PERFECT IN EVERY SINGLE WAY, FAIL THEM IMMEDIATLY". I sound like such a grumpy git on this, but i cannot express how difficult i have found and am continuing to find this bloody course, and i'm a pretty competent musician Again, good luck haha ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lahninja Posted September 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 Thanks haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy_Misery Posted September 28, 2007 Report Share Posted September 28, 2007 I took GCSE music and got a B/C for my perfomance thingy (I can't really remember...) Anyways, I played drums to 'Unwanted' by Avril Lavigne. I DIDN'T get the sheet music or anything, I just listened to the song and played along with it, haha. It seemed to me that my teacher was maybe a bit too nice with me, 'cause I didn't really do the exact beat that was in the song, I just did my own thing. Thing is... at GCSE, you don't know what teachers want these days. My music teacher hated me with a passion, the whelk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lahninja Posted September 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2007 haha, awwww like Jorgi said, it'd be hard to sing and play guitar, so im just gonna stick to singing. Well i just dont know what song from paramore to do though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
out_of_the_blue Posted September 28, 2007 Report Share Posted September 28, 2007 We Are Broken is pretty easy, or Pressure. Franklin's a good choice. Here We Go Again could work, as well. Or Emergency. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperJess Posted September 28, 2007 Report Share Posted September 28, 2007 ^Yeah I'd say those are all pretty good choices. I'd say We Are Broken or Franklin would be my top picks to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessnesss Posted September 28, 2007 Report Share Posted September 28, 2007 Im on my second year of gcse music too, at my school you have to perform vocal's to instrumental backing tracks or else you cant get higher than a C. Yeah the examiners are picky with playing the exact notation for me too. Which tbh i think is aload of crap especially if youre playing drums. So the way i just got around that was performed one of my grade 8 songs that i did for my grade 8 exam last year and chose a song that had alot of improv bars =] Good luck with the singing though, the girls in my class cant sing in the right key its so funny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lahninja Posted September 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2007 Haha, thanks guys Yeah, im singing to the instrumental songs i found on PF boards So thats alright, yeah? I'll probably sing either pressure or Here We Go Again but idk, lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrrrr x matey Posted September 29, 2007 Report Share Posted September 29, 2007 i'd go with pressure out of those 2. ....whats a GCSE? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lahninja Posted September 29, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2007 haha, god. erm.. its basically.. WIKIPEDIA IT, lmao too complicated to explain xD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrrrr x matey Posted September 29, 2007 Report Share Posted September 29, 2007 haha ok. edit:i just checked wikipedia, so basically its the same thing as the american GED. i have no idea what that stands for though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lahninja Posted September 30, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2007 ^ hahah yeah well, im english, so im not all with the american stuff xD sozzaz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annmarie Posted September 30, 2007 Report Share Posted September 30, 2007 haha ok. edit:i just checked wikipedia, so basically its the same thing as the american GED. i have no idea what that stands for though... Gerneral Certificate *of* Secondary Education I think O.o Seriously I love Music, and I love playing music. I just really really hate the subject because I was forced when I was in primary school to play instruments infront of people. Reason why I dumped it first thing and went with French and Geography ^^ If your a slow soft singer i'd pick my heart, franklin, we are broken. If your the opposite i'd do something like emergency, pressure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thegreenmansaid Posted September 30, 2007 Report Share Posted September 30, 2007 Hahaha. My friend took GCSE music last year. She hated it. Especially the performance bit. But she ended up doing really well, and apparently last year's exam was the hardest in history, so for those of you taking it this year, you should be glad. Lol. Since I'm not a great musicianist I'm not sure how to aid you, but all I can say is, perform something safe. Not something you can sometimes hit the right notes on. But thats all I can really say. Haha. =) Good luck! I'm sure you'll do great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lahninja Posted September 30, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2007 thanks =D im not the slow soft voice, ive got quite the opposite haha i was debating on emergency and pressure actually hmm... now which one.. =] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annmarie Posted September 30, 2007 Report Share Posted September 30, 2007 thanks =D im not the slow soft voice, ive got quite the opposite haha i was debating on emergency and pressure actually hmm... now which one.. =] Epp hard choice :S I would go with emergency . But then again thats cause my voice is too high for pressure. plus I love emergency live. ^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrrrr x matey Posted September 30, 2007 Report Share Posted September 30, 2007 then i'd say go with emergency! everyone loves that song, and if they dont then they should. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lahninja Posted October 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 sweet =] thanks i'll play pressure though, cos the guitar is easier to do whilst singing but thanks guys 2 tuesdays timeeee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
my.heart. Posted October 16, 2007 Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 i'm singing hallelujah for my music GCSE :] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Arya Posted October 16, 2007 Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 Nice you guys! I hope it goes well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
my.heart. Posted October 16, 2007 Report Share Posted October 16, 2007 I took GCSE music and got a B/C for my perfomance thingy (I can't really remember...) Anyways, I played drums to 'Unwanted' by Avril Lavigne. I DIDN'T get the sheet music or anything, I just listened to the song and played along with it, haha. It seemed to me that my teacher was maybe a bit too nice with me, 'cause I didn't really do the exact beat that was in the song, I just did my own thing. Thing is... at GCSE, you don't know what teachers want these days. My music teacher hated me with a passion, the whelk. i totally know what you mean. one of my teachers hates that i'm not classically trained and sing in a very high, powerful chest voice (she used to constantly try and get me to sing things that didn't suit my voice); the other told me that my voice is one of the most beautiful he's heard from a student for years. GCSE music is brutal, but if you can get through the performance you're through the worst of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lahninja Posted October 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2007 ^ Haha, yeah ive got a week and 6 days to practise more in mine, but for now, ive got the brett manning Singing Success CD's. nan bought them for me well happy like! so im using that to build up my strength in singing My old music teacher was abolutely rubbish! i was like, psshhh! screw you dude! tried to make me sing classical, and thats just not my thing. so i quit. as you do, lol pssh. me + classical = Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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