Teach Yourself to Sing: Everything You Need to Know to Start Singing Now

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Pub. Date: 1995-10-01
Publisher(s): Alfred Pub Co
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Summary

Learn at your own pace with this proven course for beginners. Learn proper breathing, posture, and warm-up techniques that will keep you singing for a lifetime with confidence and in a variety of styles. Includes practice exercises, demonstrations by professional singers and motivating accompaniments to sing along with.

Table of Contents

PART I GETTING STARTED
The Singer Within
2(1)
Who Should Use This Book
2(1)
Equipment
2(1)
Practicing
3(1)
Vocal Health
3(1)
Acknowledgments
3(1)
About the Recording
3(1)
How to Read Music
4(2)
The Symbols for Rhythm
6(2)
Mini Music Lesson: Note Reading Exercises
7(1)
PART II THE BASICS OF SINGING
Breathing
8(1)
Physical Exercises
9(1)
Vocalizing
10(1)
Warming Up the Voice
10(1)
Vowels
11(4)
Oh, How Lovely is the Evening
13(1)
All Through the Night
13(1)
Singing Posture
14(1)
The Tongue
15(3)
Mini Music Lesson: D.C. al Fine
16(1)
All Night, All Day
16(1)
Mini Music Lesson: Incomplete Measures
17(1)
Home On the Range
17(1)
The Jaw
18(4)
Mini Music Lesson: Repeat Signs
19(3)
Aura Lee
19(1)
Kum Bah Yah
19(1)
Singing Vowels and Consonants
20(1)
Greensleeves
21(1)
Long Time Ago
21(1)
Matching Pitches
22(5)
Merrily We Roll Along
23(1)
Go, Tell It On the Mountain
23(1)
Mini Music Lesson: The Fermata
24(2)
Flow Gently, Sweet Afton
24(1)
Are You Lonesome Tonight?
25(1)
Mini Music Lesson: Cut Time
26(1)
This Land is Your Land
26(1)
PART III MORE BASICS OF SINGING
Vocal Space
27(3)
The Water is Wide
28(1)
The Riddle Song
29(1)
Energy
30(2)
Mini Music Lesson: Ritardando, Poco rit., A tempo
31(1)
Simple Gifts
31(1)
Scarborough Fair
31(1)
More Breathing Strategies
32(2)
Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes
33(1)
The Band Played on
33(1)
Vocal Resonance
34(2)
Careless Love
35(1)
Get On Board
35(1)
Fear of Flying---or---Approaching ``Higher'' Pitches
36(4)
Amazing Grace
38(1)
Auld Lang Syne
39(1)
Singing for Joy
40(2)
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
41(1)
Water Come-A Me Eye
41(1)
Choosing New Music
42(1)
Learning Songs
42(4)
PART IV INTERPRETING VOCAL MUSIC
Give My Regards to Broadway
44(1)
The Ash Grove
45(1)
Musical Expression
46(1)
Phrasing
46(2)
Red River Valley
46(1)
You Made Me Love You
47(1)
Dynamics
48(2)
Bye `m Bye
49(1)
Shenandoah
49(1)
Legato and Staccato
50(2)
Down in the Valley
51(1)
Deck the Halls
51(1)
Interpretive Exercises
52(1)
Musical Styles
53(1)
Popular Music
53(1)
Jazz
53(1)
Musical Theater
53(1)
Classical Style
53(1)
Putting It Together
53(1)
PART V PERFORMING MUSIC
Taking the Stage
54(1)
Using a Microphone
55(1)
Karaoke
55(1)
A Few Last Words
55(9)
Turn! Turn! Turn!
56(2)
Those Were the Days
58(1)
For All We Know
59(1)
Fly Me to the Moon
60(1)
Dream A Little Dream of Me
61(1)
Where Is Love?
62(1)
Now is the Month of Maying
63(1)
Chord and Scale Charts
64

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