How To Blitz! Sight Singing is the perfect training for your eyes and ears - a fantastic start for vocalists who are learning to read and sing at the same time. Featuring listening and singing activities athorough introduction to pitch and rhythm notation as well as other resources this book is great for all choirs conductors music teachers and vocalists. Blitz! Sight Singing alsoincludes rounds and short two-part pieces composition and improvisation exercises activities based on pitch and rhythm and all presented in a wonderfully clear and logical order. Vocalists will move through rhythm and notevalues to melodies and scales before combining the two with tunes. Written by renowned educator and author Samantha Coates the BlitzBooks series has brought fun and laughter tomusic theory technique and sight reading making them more accessible and enjoyable for all. As the most popular range of theory and sight reading books in Australia this series is finally available in the UK perfectlysupporting students learning with the main exam boards.

Teach your students to sight-sing with confidence!Set 2 of this popular series expands sight-singing skills to the Keys of D and G with a step-by-step approach through six lessons in each key signature that culminate with a special song students will be able to sight-sing!Helpful Teacher Tips focus on the music concepts being presented provide a suggested teaching sequence to use when presenting each exercise and give keys to sight-singing success. Two student reproducible pages filled with sight-reading exercises are provided for each lesson.After students have perfected the exercises a cappella on their own they can reinforce the learningprocess by performing with the rhythm accompaniment tracks on the enclosed CD. The enhanced CD also offers performance/accompaniment tracks for the 2 songs included plus PDFs of all the sight-singing exercises for projection options. For teachers who are new to this series this material starts at the beginning and assumes no previous sight-singing knowledge.You can start right now!Also available: Sight-Sing a Song: Set 1 (HL09971136) that covers the Keys of C and F.

Jay Althouse has compiled an outstanding collection of eleven spirituals arranged for solo voice and piano by some of Alfred's finest composers and arrangers. Perfect for recitals, concerts and contests, this compilation includes songs such as 'Ezekial's Wheel,' 'Kum Ba Yah,' and more! / Voix

Based on years of teaching and research this book/CD pack by acclaimed vocal coach Dena Murray provides insightful methods and exercises for attaining vocal mastery.Perfect for all singers - beginners to pros - who want more power in their voice better pitch control and a bigger singing range. With her prior two books this volume forms a complete set of exercises to bring the voice to its full potential.

Sing! is a complete programme of effective and efficient Vocal Warm-ups suitable for all styles of singing. Also featuring a download card that gives you access to online audio and spokeninstructions so that your voice will be in the best shape possible for any performance.   Written by an accomplished world-class vocal coach with around 30 years experience working with singers in amultitude of genres and styles Sing! Vocal Warm-ups will explain the science behind the intricacies of the human voice while providing you with 39 exercises to help you warm up your voice as effectively aspossible reducing the risk of frustrating strain or injury.    Whether you're a smooth jazz singer a powerful rock belter or a folk crooner this book will allow you to refine various vocaltechniques encouraging you to learn how to protect your voice and prepare it for making the best possible performance. The convenient book will take you through different regimes getting you to sing well low supported long freely and clearly with each one focusing on a different aspect of your voice and your singing technique. You can use the exercises to plan your own warm-up routine or just work your way though.   Using the audio examples provided on the practical and useful download card you will be encouraged to participate as you might in a live warm-up session. The spoken instructions will guide you through while you'll be ableto sing along to the music or just familiarise yourself with each exercise before you try it out for yourself. The logical layout and authoritative exercises make Sing! an essential tool for singers of anystyle to learn how to properly warm-up.   Written by author Paul Knight who has been a vocal coach for over thirty years each exercise has been expertly-crafted to be a perfect way to warm-up your

Step inside the door of Log Cabin Pioneers as Wayne Erbsen takes you on a personal journey of finding and restoring an historic log cabin. By the magic of a crackling fire he'll introduce you to authentic pioneers who will singyou ancient songs spin yarns about Davy Crockett Daniel Boone and Thomas Jefferson and tell spell-binding tales of bear hunting with moonshine or give you advice on how to buy a mule. Join other settlers in a house raising hewlogs for a cabin shop in an old-time general store eat ash cake and dance your socks off at an old-fashioned barn dance. Includes remedies superstitions romantic advice 143 vintage photos words & music to 19 songs. 6' x 9' 184 pages perfect bound glossy full color cover. The perfect companion to the recording 'Log Cabin Songs.'

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.

20 Purpose Driven Etudes to Develop Essential Choral Skills-Gary Walth's Warm-Up! contains a perfect set of warm-ups for the Choral ensemble that's designed to enhance and stimulate the growth of each member's Vocal and Choral ability. Thinking of the warm-up as a 'mini Voice lesson' you can reinforce concepts with consistent encouragement criticism problem-solving and praise. This practical volume will help the conductor provide purposeful leadership and develop artistry in each individual through exercises for breath support open tone flexibility vowel uniformity balance intonation and much more.Each exercise includes a notated Keyboard accompaniment with multiple modulations andprofessional recordings of a Rhythm section and singers performing each drill on the enclosed CD.

Pro Vocal Mixed Edition Volume 3-Sing eight hits from the show with a professional band. Whether you're a karaoke singer or preparing for an audition the Pro Vocal series is for you! The book contains the lyrics melody & chord symbols and the CD features demos for listening and separate backing tracks so you can sing along. The CD is playable on any CD player but also enhanced so PC & Mac users can adjust the recording to any pitch without changing the tempo! Perfect for home rehearsal parties auditions corporate events and gigs without a backup band. Suitable for male or female voice.

Rural Roots of Bluegrass is a songbook and history book that takes a deep at the roots of bluegrass music: ballads and fiddle tunes of Scots-Irish pioneers black spirituals plantation melodies blues murder ballads sentimental parlor songs from Tin Pan Alley North Carolina banjo styles and gospel songs. This book is richly illustrated with 107 vintage photos and includes history lyrics to 94 songs musical notation chords playing tips and historical sources for each song. Includes profiles on the Bill Clifton Bill Monroe the Blue Sky Boys Bradley Kincaid the Callahan Brothers Carolina Tar Heels the Carter Family Charlie Poole and the North CarolinaRamblers the Coon Creek Girls Earl Scruggs Eck Robertson Ernest V. 'Pop' Stoneman Fiddlin’ Arthur Smith Fiddlin’ John Carson G. B. Grayson & Henry Whitter Jimmie Rodgers Karl and Harty the Lilly Brothers MonroeBrothers the Morris Brothers Riley Puckett Samantha Bumgarner Vernon Dalhart Snuffy Jenkins and Wade & J. E. Mainer. 6' x 9' 180 pages. The perfect companion to the CD 'Rural Roots of Bluegrass.'

Les Citations by Henri Dutilleux is a diptych for Oboe Harpsichord Double Bass and Drums. Composed in 1985 for the Aldeburgh Festival this diptych is composed of two pieces: I. For Aldeburgh 85 and II. From Janequin to Jehan Alain. Very enigmatic this piece is very difficult to play and requires a very good level of theory. It is however perfect for concerts or recitals. The third section which was later added to this piece is not part of this book which only contains the scores for the first and second part for each instrument. Henri Dutilleux was internationally acclaimed for his workwinning prizes such as the Gold Medal of the Royal Philharmonic Society and the UNESCO's International Rostrum of Composers amongst many others. His work also includes a Piano sonata two symphonies the Cello concerto 'Tout un monde lointain' (A whole distant world) the Violin concerto 'L'arbre des songes' (The tree of dreams) and the string quartet 'Ainsi la nuit' (Thus the night).

Worship Band Playalong Volume 1-The Worship Band Play-Along series is a flexible tool for worship leaders and bands. Each volume offers five separate correlated book/CD packs: Guitar Keyboard Bass Drumset and Vocal. Bands can use the printed music and chord charts to play live together and members can rehearse at home with the CD tracks. Worship Leaders without a band can play/sing along with the CD for a fuller sound. The eight songs in each volume follow a similar theme for easy set selection and the straightforward arrangements are perfect for bands of any level.

Pro Vocal Women/Men Edition Volume 11-This volume from the Pro Vocal series features 15 songs from the film adaptation of the musical classic Les Misérables.Whether you're preparing for karaoke night or an audition the Pro Vocal series is for you. The book contains the lyrics melody and chord symbols for classic songs. The CD contains demos for listening and separate backing tracks so you can sing along. The CD is playable on any CD and it is also enhanced so Mac & PC users can adjust the recordings to any pitch without changing the tempo! Perfect for home rehearsal parties auditions corporate events and gigs without a backup band.