Singing requires putting the rest of your busy life aside and focusing on both the physical and creative components of making art through sound. Just like athletes, musicians must warm up to be limber, relaxed and ready to perform, and to prevent strain or injury. These 25 warm-ups are designed to take your voice and body from their everyday habits and routines and to focus and prepare them to sing well. The exercises begin with broad, large-muscle relaxation techniques and breathing work, and move on to a gradual, relaxed warm-up of your voice and strengthening of your vocal skills. The audio tracks contain demos for listening and separate backing tracks so you can sing along. Three songs are also included for practice.
Audio is accessed online using the unique code inside the book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
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The Absolute Beginners approach has been designed to make learning to sing easier than ever before! Suitable for both male and female beginners, this step-by-step guide takes you through the basics, from how to stand and breathe correctly, to singing your first song. In one great book you'll find: a look-and-learn course that uses clear pictures and photos to illustrate every step of learning; practical advice and tips covering everything you need to know about posture, breathing, and performing; daily exercises that promote breath control, good tone, resonance and, most importantly, safe singing; an easy explanation on how to read basic music notation; audio tracks to let you hear how things should sound; full-length accompaniment tracks to sing along with; PLUS! audio tracks that you can TRANSPOSE allowing you to sing the songs in the key that suits your voice!
Audio is accessed online using the unique code inside the book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
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Take your singing to the next level! This collection of contemporary-style vocal etudes and exercises will help you to develop valuable vocal skills for performing contemporary commercial music styles. These original studies will keep your practice routine fresh and challenging, while targeting specific technical goals to develop and maintain vocal skills. Online audio has demonstrations of the studies and allows you to sing along with accompaniment tracks. Listening recommendations and study songs in a variety of styles demonstrate how these techniques are used in contemporary singing.
You will learn to: Expand your range, improve your pitch control, and level up your vocal agility and stamina; Develop your tone, range, vocal strength, and agility; Improve your posture and strength with focused physical stretches; Master contemporary vocal articulations, as well as melodic riffing and embellishment; Sing with authentic artistic expression and incorporate storytelling skills; Practice holistic strategies for expressive, healthy singing.
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A method that has long been highly regarded among teachers and students alike. Each of these books consists of 3 parts: Part I describes the vocal mechanism and its function briefly and in simple, non-technical language. Part II consists of basic, fundamental vocalises carefully selected to develop the specific voices for which the book is written. Part III presents the important elements of diction in the 5 languages most commonly used in singing: English, Italian, French, German and Spanish.
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These famous methods are now available with access to online recordings of piano accompaniments for streaming or download.
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Singing for Kids is written to guide young singers as they discover their voice. Each song includes a short lesson and singing or music fundamentals. The audio includes a professional demonstration track as well as an accompaniment track for performance. Step-by-step video instruction is also included for each topic. Covers: beats, rhythms, scales and pitches, posture, breath, building your voice, and much more! And kids get to learn by singing 13 great songs, including: Baby Shark • Christmas Time Is Here • Don't Stop Believin' • Dynamite • Happy • Lean on Me • Let It Go • A Million Dreams • Under the Sea • and more!
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The Singing Kids' Songbook series is a curriculum for solo or group lessons designed to lay a foundation in singing technique while ensuring fun in the process! Designed for specific ages and stages, the Level 1 songbook is a discovery point for early and beginning singers. Each song is accompanied by integrated activity pages for singers to explore fundamental singing and performing strategies, as well as a vocal lead sheet, piano/vocal score, and lyrics. Recorded performances and accompaniments are also provided online for download or streaming.
CONTENTS: I Am a Robot • Bingo • Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star • Umbrellas • I Like to Sing My ABCs • Lavender's Blue • Growl and Howl • Do-Re-Mi • My Country, 'Tis of Thee • Sleep Gently, Tiny Child • Come On Get Happy • Tell Me Your Story • Cleaning! • Catch a Falling Star • A Step in the Right Direction
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Italian composer Nicola Vaccai (1790-1848) was known for his operas in his day, but today is remembered as a master voice teacher. Vaccai composed these exercises for training the classical voice, extending range and increasing agility, breath support, and all other technical issues of singing. The art of singing reached a zenith in Italy in 1800-1840. Vaccai's “Practical Method” has been used by millions of singers since its first publication in Europe in the 19th century. Schirmer released the first American edition in the early 20th century, and it remains a classic for voice study. The method comes in various editions for different voice types, including this one for mezzo-soprano, alto or baritone.
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