Learn the art of jazz vocal improvisation! This book will help you hear, understand and apply jazz theory so that you can solo as a complete musician?in the same way that instrumentalists do. Each lesson offers a core musical concept related to harmony, melody, and rhythm, integrating skills such as conducting and analysis. All concepts are reinforced with practical exercises. The accompanying audio tracks demonstrate techniques and let you practice improvising along with a piano accompaniment.
You will learn to:
Develop your sense of timing and swing
Understand jazz harmony, such as tensions and non-diatonic chords, as well as chord progressions such as II V and cycle V progressions, and use harmony as your basis for creating expressive solos
Navigate song forms, such as AABA, blues forms, turnarounds, and other common jazz structures
Improve your ear for jazz harmony through studying intervals and chord progressions, and by memorizing emblematic jazz melodic patterns
Create expressive vocal lines that work well over jazz chords and integrate well within the context of a jazz ensemble
?Mili Bermejo?s Vocal Jazz Improvisation is the most comprehensive vocal book I have ever seen on improvisation. Her years of research and her wisdom and artistry leave no stones unturned. I would recommend this book to instrumentalists as well, to develop their ears and breadth of expression.?
?Jerry Bergonzi, Jazz Saxophonist, Composer, Author, Educator

?I have been a huge fan of Mili as an artist for many years now, and have admired her impeccable skills as a teacher for just as long. Seeing Mili perform in duo with Dan Greenspan is one of the great wonders of the world. They make voice and bass seem like an orchestra, harmonically rich and complete, and emotionally compelling. How lucky for us that Mili has written a book on improvisation from her own assured and gracious vantage point. Her approach is accessible, organic, personal, and best of all, inspiring! She takes the fear factor out and provides tools to make improvisation a truly creative and joyful experience.?
?Peter Eldridge, Jazz Singer, Pianist, Composer (New York Voices)

?Creating awareness is at the core of this beautiful material that was very much needed in the vocal jazz field. Here is a book with clever, effectively organized information for all vocalists to develop a practical framework that covers the foundation to find confidence, strength and ultimately freedom as a vocal improviser.
Mili?s music speaks to the heart, overflowing with humanity, joy, and compassion, and this book does the same. Mili traces a clear path, guiding us step by step along the way. She draws on her own experience, which I must say reflects all vocalists? experience, as we walk this fascinating journey of jazz singing.?
?Magos Herrera, GRAMMY-nominated Jazz Singer

?How lucky for all of us that Mili Bermejo put her decades of experience and skill as both performer and teacher into this book. What a gift! Thank you, Mili.?
?Tierney Sutton, Multi-GRAMMY Nominated Jazz Singer
/ Méthodes et pédagogie / Chant / / BERKLEE

Par ARCH GWYN / PARRY BEN. Après le succès du livre Faber Carol pour voix SA(B) cette nouvelle édition du livre Carol Faber organise les chants populaires pour SATB. Définir les chants de quarante mêmes comme le premier livre idiomatiques et nouveaux arrangements pour choeur mixte de voix. Comprend des pièces originales de Lin Marsh, Howard Goodall, peter Gritton, Errollyn Wallen Mike Brewer Ben Parry et Gwyn Arch. Ce pack de dix livres offre une réduction considérable sur le coût individuel du livre, prévoyant un choeur plus économique/ Répertoire / Voix

Gudserkendelsen-In Deo (Gudserkendelsen). Instrumentation: Voice and organ (or mixed choir a cappella). BVN406

Mater Ora Filium is an Irish folk song arranged as a carol to anonymous 15th-century words by Charles Wood. This version has been re-arranged for treble voices (two-part with optional solo) and organ by Harrison Oxley.

CHANGING VOICES CHRISTMAS is an exciting collection of Christmas carols and popular songs specifically arranged for changing or ‘cambiata’ male voices. These arrangements are intended to be sung by boys aged approximately 11 years and upwards; precisely the time when many boys give up singing as their changing voices cease to fit comfortably within traditional vocal ranges. Progressive in difficulty and ranging from classic carols to more contemporary Christmas hits the pieces in this collection are suitable for performance in both sacred and secular settings. Together they provide a dynamic and festive selection of music for boys’choral groups of all abilities. As well as the printed score this book is supported by SoundWise: eBook: a digital edition of your music to read on any device. Audio: full demonstration recordings of each piece plus accompaniment-only solo-only and rehearsal backing tracks. 'The arrangements by Ian Crawford are freely imagined bot most distinctive and novel here is the desire to provide a repertoire for teenage boys.' - Geoffrey Webber of choirandorgan.com

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.

Strettamente collegato a un altro fondamentale manuale di arrangiamento, Arranging for Large Jazz Ensemble di Dick Lowell e dello stesso Ken Pullig, questo libro, come raccontato dagli autori nelle pagine introduttive, è maturato in tanti anni di attività d'insegnamento nell'ambito dei corsi del celeberrimo Berklee College of Music, e in particolare come appendice al corso denominato Chord Scale. In questo testo l'oggetto principale dell'indagine sono le tecniche di armonizzazione tradizionali e avanzate, moderne per l'appunto, per sezioni di fiati, da tre a sei. Il sottotitolo quindi (Arranging For Small And Medium Ensembles) è certamente più rivelatore sui contenuti del testo e sul progetto didattico che sta alla base di quest'opera. Gli autori ci guidano - con perizia, metodologia ed esperienza divulgativa, alle costruzioni dei voicing secondo la cosiddetta armonia terziale, ma introducono anche principi e tecniche per impossessarsi dell'armonia per quarte (voicing in fourth) e per seconde (cluster voicing), o del complesso lavoro sulle triadi estratte (upper structure triad): tutto questo ne fa un libro di armonia (in particolare sulla tecnica jazzistica di armonizzazione della melodia), oltre che di arrangiamento. Naturalmente il trattato non vuole e non può essere esaustivo di tutte le possibilità di scrittura per ensemble jazzistico: tuttavia, risultano una serie di interessanti suggerimenti che, ben applicati, possono far suonare un organico di medie dimensioni con la compiutezza di una compagine orchestrale. È un libro squisitamente tecnico, come progetto e come realizzazione che, da buon manuale, fornisce conoscenze tecniche, strumenti da mettere al servizio della propria creatività e personalità musicale, senza voler indirizzare esteticamente il lettore, pur mantenendosi in un sfera professionale e artistica di stampo tradizionale. Roberto Spadoni, curatore della traduzione italiana, ha poi voluto stilare un Piccolo Dizionario Tecnico dei principali termini in lingua inglese, un utilissimo strumento soprattutto per chi ha meno consuetudine con la materia.

A Manual about Beautiful Singing for Singers ...-This vocal pedagogy textbook breaks the mould. Making complex concepts easily understood has been the hallmark of Kathi Rundus' teaching career.Filled with anatomical drawings pictures graphs and valuable vocal exercises this book is wisely and attractively organised. Plus every chapter includes a section specifically for the choral director!