Weeks 11-12: a cappella & repertoire · meta
Self-diagnosis of miss type
When something goes wrong, name what went wrong: pitch / timing / onset / vowel / breath / memory.
Why this matters
Per the metacognitive endpoint of the source curriculum, naming your own error is the precondition for fixing it. Without a label (pitch / timing / onset / vowel / breath / memory), a learner re-runs the same broken loop.
What you should be able to do
Correctly tags miss type in 8/10 guided examples.
Estimated focus time: 0.75h
How to practice this with your voice today
- Record yourself singing an 8-bar phrase you know.
- Listen back twice; pick ONE category your error fits best: pitch, timing, onset, vowel, breath, or memory.
- If pitch: was it flat, sharp, or wandering? If timing: early, late, or drift?
- Write the diagnosis as a one-line sentence: 'I went flat by ~30¢ on the high note in bar 3.'
- That sentence is what S60 (rescue-drill-selection) will use to choose a fix.
Interactive coming soon
The auto-quiz format (system plays tagged-error recordings, you pick the type) requires a small tagged corpus of recordings we haven't built yet. The skill is mostly metacognitive — practicing it manually with your own recordings is more accurate than a multiple-choice quiz anyway.