Most of us know only our speaking and untrained singing Voices. This book will help you discover your 3rd powerful trained singing Voice through exercises that can be applied to any Vocal style. The author presents acomplete guide for discovering your Vocal range and developing breath control resonance and vibrato. You Can Teach Yourself To Sing includes chapters on the voice as an instrument including care of theVoice the relationship between one speaking and singing Voice and the cultivation of correct singing posture. You'll learn how to articulate and use the Voice effectively in different styles of singing as well as how to singwith a microphone. A great number of Vocal exercises and complete songs in various styles are presented making this book an enjoyable learning experience as well as an effective tool for Voice development. Includesaccess to online audio.

Here you’ll find everything you need to know about developing your voice and a perfect breathing technique. All the exercises are divided into beginner intermediate and pro level so you can study according to your own level of abilities. This book will support you when having problems with your voice get you working on interpretation techniques and deepen your musical understanding in general. Furthermore you’ll get lots of tips and tricks starting with warming up and continuing up to working in the recording studio. The author – renowned singer university teacher and studio-voicecoacher – shows you the techniques and tricks of the pros in aclear and easy-to-understand way complemented with lots of graphics and anatomical drawings. Whether you’re self-taught a music student or just using this book along with your regular studies – Voicecoaching will be a competent companion for every musical level.

17 Choruses for mixed voices from Handel's sacred works. Selected with introductory notes by Brian Kay. Rarely brought together, these diverse choruses demonstrate the enduring vitality of Handel's writing. / Chant Et Piano

Jamaican Voiceworks is an outstanding collection of fun and appealing Jamaican songs presented in the practical Voiceworks format. Including little-known gems and traditional favourites alongside classic pop hits these arrangements cover a wide range of Jamaican styles and genres. With practical teaching and rehearsal notes and 2 CDs containing performances and backings Jamaican Voiceworks is a fantastic resource for singing groups of all ages.23 appealing songs in a variety of scoringsIdeal for youth and community choirs school groups (KS2 upwards) and choral groups of all ages and experienceA complete lesson or rehearsal plan for eachsong2 CDs with performances and backingsAccessible Piano accompaniments and chord symbols for Guitar accompanimentsPhotocopiable pagesSongs in an array of Jamaican styles including reggae mento Revival ska and RastafarianNote: the Banana Boat Song in the songlist is named by its traditional name in the book Day Da Light.

The Vocal Library High Voice-Concert arrangements for voice and piano in an art song style of 35 great folksongs from the American heritage. These interesting and expressive settings are appropriate for collegiate recitals or advanced high school singers ascontest solos. The songs range from comic to sad from rowdy to inspirational and there are selections appropriate for women and men singers. The collection is primarily comprised of secular folksongs with a few sacred Americanfolk tunes. The same songs appear transposed in the editions for High Voice and Low Voice. There are three bonus duets. Includes fresh arrangements of ?Amazing Grace ? ?Black Is the Color of My True Love'sHair ? ?The Cruel War Is Raging ? ?How Can I Keep from Singing? ? ?I Gave My Love a Cherry ? ?Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier ? ?Shenandoah ? ?Soldier Soldier Will You Marry Me ? ?The Streets of Laredo ? ?Wayfaring Stranger ? ?Wondrous Love? and more.

Jocelyn Pook’s Hearing Voices was commissioned by BBC3 for the BBC Concert Orchestra who gave the first performance at the Queen Elizabeth Hall London on 3 December 2012 with Melanie Pappenheim mezzosoprano conducted by Charles Hazlewood.The text for Hearing Voices was written by Emma Bernard. It also uses the words of artists Bobby Baker and Julie McNamara Jocelyn's relatives PhyllisWilliams and Mary Pook and the seamstress Agnes Richter inmate in a German asylum in the 1890s who covered her straightjacket with densely embroidered text. Instrumentation:2 Flutes (I/Alto II/Piccolo)2 Oboes (II/Cor Anglais)2 Clarinets (II/Bass Clarinet)2 Bassoons (II/Contrabassoon)4 Horns2 Trumpets3 TrombonesTubaTimpaniPercussion (2 players):Hi-Hat Cymbals Splash Cymbal Sleigh Bells Side Drum Bass Drum Temple Blocks Crotales Glockenspiel Vibraphone Xylophone Tubular BellsHarpSampler (recorded voices)StringsSolo mezzo-sopranoDuration: circa 35 minutes

Oratorio in three acts-Composed in 1748 Handel?s oratorio on the wise and righteous King Solomon is one of the most lavish works he created in this genre.He attached special importance to the choir: rarely does Handel?s music have such extended choral numbers ranging from homophonic settings to choruses of jubilation in eight contrapuntal parts.This Urtext Edition Vocal Score is based on the ?Halle Handel Edition? volume BA 10709 and features a bilingual foreword (Ger/Eng).

18 Vocal Exercises For Warm-up And Workout-When do you start teaching proper vocal technique to young voices? RIGHT NOW! Here are 18 fun and original exercises that will get your students' growing voices on the right track to producing a quality sound.Posture breathing flexibility range of voice and more are all addressed in these wonderful exercises for young voices. Sing along with the demonstration tracks that are included to download for quick learning or use the accompaniment-only tracks for ear training and assessment options.Get ready to workout to a better sounding choir! Available: Book/online audio. Suggested for grades 3-8.

Psalm 117 and Gloria Patri-An arrangement of Mozart's Laudate Dominum from Vesperae Solennes De Confessore K.339 for 2 Part Chorus of Treble Voices by Doreen Rao.

A fresh approach-This book sets out to build on the initial aspects of singing at sight in reading both the rhythm and pitch accurately as begun in Sight-Singing 1.Sight-Singing 2 is divided into two parts. Part 1 comprises 95 exercises in either single or 2-part form. These cover methods to secure the line of the pitch sequences singing a lower part ties awareness of chord structure canons chromatic movement modulations and tone rows. A section of 2-part exercises is also included using treble and bass clefs.Part 2 consists of 16 solo pieces which are presented in the treble clef and aim to develop the singer???s ability to pitch independently from their accompaniment. These shortpieces are based on chords intervals the Dorian mode pentatonic scales melodic minor scales chromatic movement and changing time signatures.The aim of this volume is to develop a secure sense of pitch providing a comprehensive range of styles and challenges which will be of value not just to singers but to all dedicated musicians. The skill of being able to ???vocalise??? a melody independently and accurately is a valuable asset for all musicians regardless of vocal ability or instrument played. The ability to ???hear??? a phrase before it is sung or played is especially useful.- 95 solo/2-part exercises- 16 accompanied solos- 1 wide range of challenging styles- valuable both to singers and instrumentalists

The idea here is to help coordinate the pickers so you all have solos to play and they can be played in the same key. What a concept - a 'Band in the Book'. Within these pages you will find solos for the entire band: leadguitar rhythm guitar banjo mandolin fiddle and bass. The mandolin and fiddle share the same tunings so their solos are just written once for both. If you are just starting out and you are having difficulty-finding solos foryour level - look no more. These solos are written for the beginner level student assuming you can already play a few simple solos or lead breaks. This series will help you to learn solos on multiple instruments help organizeensemble play help develop a steady sense of timing and give you hours of enjoyment as well.

24 More Vocal Exercises for Warm-Up and Workout-Choir Builders For Growing Voices: 2 features 24 Vocal Exercises for Warm-up

Tona de Brett is an internationally renowned singing teacher and presents her teaching material in this fantastic book which she has worked through with stars of rock jazz and musicals who seek help with their voices.Tona de Brett deals with the various aspects of voice-production through a wealth of exercises and examples. These exercises ? which include warming up breathing technique intonation interpretation and articulation - are notated in full with chord symbols and may also be sung with live instrumental accompaniment. All the vocal exercises are provided on an accompanying CD so you can sing along with Tona de Brett.TheStudio Work section has been written by by Tom West and will help singers prepare for the recording studio.Former pupils of Tona de Brett include: Adam Ant; Matt Bianco; Tears for Fears; Thompson Twins; Brett Anderson (Suede); Vince Clark (Depeche Mode); Paul Hardcastle; Tanita Tikaram; Linda McCartney; Bananarama; Skin (Skunk Anansie); Rick Astley; Andy Summers (Police); Johnny Rotten (Sex Pistols); and Seal.

40 Fun Warm-Ups Using Songs from Across the United States-Keeping singers in our ensembles excited and energized during the warm-up process is a consistent hurdle for educators across the nation. By using songs that are indigenous to different parts of our country teachers in choral classrooms can help students prepare their minds bodies and voices while sharing a bit of our culture and history from different areas of the United States. All of the songs can be used with both inexperienced beginners and advanced singers. The lesson suggestions introduced with each song are intended to be aspringboard for teachers to modify and adapt to their own students' needs and skill levels. Each melody includes strategies that are accessible for those who are just learning how to use their voices and also for those more sophisticated singers who enjoy a good challenge. Keeping singers in our ensembles excited and energized during the warm-up process is a consistent hurdle for educators across the nation. By using songs that are indigenous to different parts of our country teachers in choral classrooms can help students prepare their minds bodies and voices while sharing a bit of our culture and history from different areas of the United States. All of the songs can be used with both inexperienced beginners and advanced singers. The lesson suggestions introduced with each song are intended to be aspringboard for teachers to modify and adapt to their own students' needs and skill levels. Each melody includes strategies that are accessible for those who are just learning how to use their voices and also for those more sophisticated singers who enjoy a good challenge.