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Until the proper posture is second nature to you, you can practice singing while standing up against a wall. Keep your heels, calves, buttocks, shoulders, and head against the wall to ensure your entire body is aligned. This will help you keep your chest lifted, which can help improve the sound of your singing. Allowing air to more easily travel through your lungs can help you sing with your chest and mouth rather than through your nose. The shoulders should not be shoved back, just slightly back so you are not hunching forward. You can use a mirror to check that your chin isn’t raised or tucked in too far. Even if you’re nervous, it’s very important that you keep your knees loose. Locked knees can block some of the veins necessary to get blood to the heart. You could end up losing consciousness. Keep your neck muscles and shoulders loose. If you’ve had to correct your posture significantly, these new positions will feel uncomfortable for a little while. It may be difficult to relax and loosen up at first. However, keep practicing. A new posture should feel better over time as your body gets used to it. You want to make sure that you are engaging your core, but that you are not stiff. Channel your breath through your abdomen when you're singing. Try placing one hand on your abdomen. As you breathe, make sure that your abdomen is expanding when you breathe in. This means that it is relaxed.

summary: Practice singing while standing against a wall. Keep your back straight and shoulders down. Make sure your chin is parallel to the floor. Do not lock your knees. Stay relaxed. Engage your abdominal muscles.


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Because a digital piano plays back pre-recorded notes from an acoustic piano, you don’t have the same freedom of expression when playing notes. Electronic instruments lack the tone and touch of an acoustic piano, as well as the ability to convey subtle emotion and feeling. Choose an acoustic for increased ability to manipulate notes and expressions. If you’d like to add other instruments to your accompaniment, such as strings, woodwinds, and percussion, choose a digital piano. They come with different types of piano sounds, such as harpsichord and organ, as well as loads of other pre-recorded instrument sounds, like the violin, flute, and drums, that you can play around with. Acoustic pianos have far superior sound resonance due to the reverberations created when the hammer strikes the string after a key is pressed. Digital pianos replicate individual notes well, but lack the string resonance present in an acoustic harmony. Digital pianos produce a more artificial sound with less of the subtleties and overtones an acoustic instrument can create. Many digital pianos come with the option to record the music you are playing. This is a great option for songwriters, as you can plug a port from the piano into your computer to access the digital file recording. You can then work on your song using recording software that allows for further additions and manipulations. Some digital pianos have only four or five octaves, while acoustic options have six octaves, which is 88 keys. If the music you play has a wide range of notes, choose an acoustic piano rather than a digital one which is better suited to simple tunes.

summary: Select an acoustic for nuanced expression. Choose a digital if you want other instrumental sounds. Pick an acoustic for sound resonance. Get a digital if you want to easily record your music. Select an acoustic if you want more octaves.


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Puppies can be taught simple commands starting at seven to eight weeks of age. The key to training is to make each session fun and short. A minute or two for each month of age up to 6 months is a good ballpark figure. Trying to do more than that will not benefit you or the dog because his attention span can’t handle it. Reward-based training is one of the most positive and effective way to train your Rottweiler puppy. Positive reinforcement, such as a small piece of a tasty treat or lavish praise, should be given immediately when the puppy obeys the command. Keep a bag of small, tasty treats handy, such as tiny cubes of cheese or very small pieces of cooked chicken, to immediately reward your pup for any steps towards learning the new command or cue.  Once the puppy is consistently obeying your command, the treats can be given intermittently then gradually phased out, replaced with consistent praise. If you fail to reward immediately, the puppy will become confused as to what you expect from her or him. The commands used need to be short, one or at the most two words. Keep your voice friendly. Always praise your puppy for any attempt in the right direction, and absolutely never yell or hit your puppy. Your pup is obeying you because he wants to please you at this point, so remind him that he is pleasing you with his obedience. Each of these principles can be used for all the commands you use for training. The key to the reward system is to reward immediately, be consistent, and use simple command words. The best time to conduct a training session is when the puppy is relaxed and alert. Never train when the puppy is sleepy, wound up, or not feeling well. You want his mind completely on the training session and his attention on you. When you start training your dog, perform the commands for 10 to 15 minutes at a time. During this time period, spread out which commands you teach. Try five to 15 repetitions of one command, then move on to another one and do five to 15 repetitions of it. Once the time is over, reward your pet and praise him. You can do this up to three times a day with different commands. You should also start with shorter time periods he has to stay in each command as well. When you are first teaching him to sit, for example, try to make him sit for three seconds before rewarding him. As he learns, move the time up, increasing until he can stay for 30 seconds or longer.
summary: Start early and short. Reward your pet. Learn the right kinds of commands. Be consistent. Train for the right amount of time.