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Monday and Tuesday I have been working a lot on Liebst du um Shoenheit.  Monday I ran through it twice and worked especially on measures 15-18.  I've been having a lot of trouble with my entrances.  Obviously I am doing a sloppy job of counting.  I also ran through Star Vicino just to refresh my memory.  On that particular song I ran through measures 34-37.  There is always that one interval that trips me up.  So I played it again and again so that I'd remember it.  When I felt like I had it, I sang the song all the way through.  Today I wrote out all the counting for my music and worked on conducting it to myself.  It was kinda hard to do because I've got my nose stuck in the book a lot and I quit doing it because I was focusing so much on my hand movements I wasn't giving my technique enough attention.  I have problems trying to do two things at once, lol.  I sang through Star Vicino and it went very well.  Yippy!! No interval problems today!! Also sang through Liebst du um Shoenheit.  Today I mainly worked on my entrances and rhythms.  I did a lot of speaking the words in rhythm.  When I felt comfortable with it, I decided to try singing it all together.  Not so successful.  After adding the notes, I was able to sing it, but not confidently.