Weeks 11-12: a cappella & repertoire · meta
Independent rescue-drill selection
After a failed attempt, pick the right rescue drill — and improve.
Why this matters
The metacognitive apex of the curriculum: given a diagnosis from S59, pick the right rescue drill. This is what separates a beginner who survives a flubbed phrase from one who gets back on the horse with the right next exercise.
What you should be able to do
Chosen drill improves the next attempt by one band in 3/4 cases.
Estimated focus time: 0.75h
How to practice this with your voice today
- Take the diagnosis you wrote in S59.
- If the error was pitch (flat/sharp): rescue with single-note-match, three-note-siren, or hum-onset.
- If timing: pulse-clap, four-beat-entry, or staccato-in-tempo.
- If onset/release: coordinated-onset, smooth-release, or sovt-sustain.
- If vowel: five-pure-vowels, vowel-switching (once formant tracking ships).
- If breath: silent-breath-hiss, breath-grouping-phrase, verse-breath-plan.
- If memory: phrase-from-memory, two-phrase-memory, song-from-memory.
- Run the rescue drill for 5 minutes, then re-attempt the original phrase.
Interactive coming soon
The interactive picker (dropdown of rescue drills, simulated re-quiz to confirm improvement) is more useful once we have richer auto-diagnosis. For now the manual mapping above is the curriculum's apex skill — practicing that explicitly is the goal.