I wanted to do this run through to see which parts I was and which parts I wasn't confident in, and it turns out the only part I wasn't overly confident in was dearly beloved; this is because I am still having troubles with the strumming patterns and singing at the same time because the rhythm of the strumming pattern is very syncopated and the first and last beat/note really meet. So after the rehearsal, I practiced dearly beloved very slowly, and I counted the double strums on the G#5 individually and there is 4 all together before it moves to the three single on beat strums on the F#5 to C#5 to G#5, so that I can count them when singing so I know when to change (see video log entitled Dearly Beloved). I had a few issues with the solo part, because it uses octaves which play the previous vocal melody, but it is written as octaves on the D and B string but that gives a very thin sound, whereas the original recording sounds much thicker as if it the octaves were played on the A and the G, like normal octaves are played, so I learnt it both ways and I will decide which one to use later on.
During the run through, I noticed that I lose my breath a lot because how fast some bits are with the vocals and guitar part, and also because it is such a long song I am obviously playing and singing constantly with few breaks throughout, so it is quite demanding in musical stamina. To overcome this, it is just a case of practicing it very frequently and using the correct singing techniques at all times. So from this, I can draw that I need to work on my breath control - to work on this I will do diaphragm exercises which test my vocal stamina.
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