Singing In American Samoa

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Growing up in American Samoa, singing was everything. You sing in church choir, Sunday school, at home in the shower, family evening prayer, in school, and mostly everywhere. Music is all about rhythm, and I’ve learned that you can always create your own music rather by rap, beat box, or in groups as well. It was a must for me and any other kid in American Samoa to be in the church choir or the Sunday school choir as an alto. We never get to choose but to be seated in the front row and be ready to sing. Back in American Samoa, family function or family celebration is a really big thing, whether a birthday party or a get together it also contains singing. Before everything, it is a tradition for us Samoans to always start anything/everything with a prayer and ends with a prayer. But before saying a prayer, we always have to sing a gospel song, and at …show more content…

It was more like an upgrade of music techniques and styles. I was able to sing and perform with different people, it was a different environment and good experience. So my experience in this particular group, every morning before singing, we always have to do the warm up technique. Which there are six steps, and every step has a warm that helps you prepare to sing and clears out your throat especially your facial movements. These six steps at first, it was kind of funny but then, at the end it really helped me as an alto singer. In our swing choir room, we have mirrors that surrounds the room. The mirrors helps us see how we sing, and gets that nervous feeling away. We sing in front of the mirrors, to help us be confident in ourselves. Everything I learned about singing all came from experience, and I am glad that I learned singing as a child till today. I don’t expect much from this class, but enjoying this class and getting my vocals back. Music is all about having fun and be the

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