Par PEGLER HEIDI / WEDGWOOD P.. Have you always wanted to be able to sing? Then this book is for you - because it's never too late! This all-in-one tutor book covers approximately two years of singing lessons, and includes essential music theory and technical skills for beginners. The learning process is broken down into bite-sized, manageable chunks with two CDs containing a wealth of music from classical and folk to pop and jazz to sing along to. Additional piano accompaniments to the songs are downloadable from this website. Packed with information, teaching advice and top tips from the experts, this beginner singer's method is perfect for those keen to begin singing, but aren't sure where to start! / Niveau : Facile / Méthode / Voix

A superb collection of classical songs by great composers including Mozart, Schubert and Mendelssohn ideal for auditions or just for the sheer pleasure o singing some of the finest classical pieces ever written. With 2 sections comprising songs scored specifically for male and female singers with Piano accompaniment, the collection comes complete with 2 CDs of backing tracks to sing along to. A song collection to be treasured for life! / Voix Et Piano

Vocal strength is essential to producing a good sound and singing with control and confidence. A weak voice is one that tires easily, one that is inconsistent in sound quality and/or pitch and dynamics, and one that gives out many years before the singer is ready to stop singing.Vocal strength is not all about singing loudly, it's about singing well. The exercises and musical selections in Vocal Exercises For Building Strength, Endurance And Facility are designed to help singers hone and refine their skills to develop the kind of control and consistency professional singers need to compete and find work.But mastering these skills is not just a task for professional singers - amateur singers who work on the exercises in this book will find singing easier and more fun with each new level of control they achieve.The CD contains demos for listening, and separate backing tracks so you can sing along. In addition to vocal exercises, several songs are included for practice, including Danny Boy, The House of the Rising Sun, Look for the Silver Lining, Sometimes I Feel like a Motherless Child and more. / Voix

Whether you're a karaoke singer or preparing for an audition, the Pro Vocal series is for you. The book contains the lyrics, melody, and chord symbols for eight hit songs. The CD contains demos for listening and separate backing tracks so you can sing along. The CD is playable on any CD, but it is also enhanced for PC and Mac computer users so you 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. This pack includes 8 songs: But Beautiful - Glad to Be Unhappy - I Thought About You - I'll Walk Alone - In a Sentimental Mood - Little White Lies - (I'm Afraid) The Masquerade Is Over - Prelude to a Kiss. / Voix

20 of the best Grades 4-5 Songs selected by the major Examination Boards. Par PEGLER HEIDI. The Best Of Singing Grades 4-5 (High Voice) celebrates the wealth of exciting repertoire featured on the current ABRSM and Trinity College London singing syllabuses. As well as carefully selected range of classical, contemporary and folk songs, these books bring together some of the greatest jazz standards and Broadway hits ever written, all edited to the highest standard and complete with accompanying CD. / Niveau : Assez Facile / Recueil / Chant

Rockschool is about singing the songs you love. Your Vocals Grade 7 book contains six of the biggest tracks from the past six decades arranged for you to sing for your Grade 7 exam. This book also includes examples of all the supporting tests found in the Rockschool Grade 7 exam.This book for male vocalists contains the songs:La la la - Naughty Boy ft. Sam SmithShe Said - Plan BI Guess That's Why They Call It Blues - Elton JohnLover, You Should've Come Over - Jeff BuckleyI Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself - White StripesCome What May - Moulin RougeOther features include:Fact Files: band and artists background information with recommended listening.Backing tracks: high quality recordings to sing along to in Rockschool exams.Downloadable audio: use your download card for easy access to your audio.Vocal scores: easy-to-follow separate Vocals scores.Piano and Guitar parts: Piano notation and Guitar chords included to help with practice. / Voix

A Beginner\'s Guide, Featuring Step-By-Step Lessons with Audio, Video, and Popular Songs!. Par SCHMIDT ELAINE. The First 15 Lessons series provides a step-by-step lesson plan for the absolute beginner, complete with audio tracks, video lessons, and real songs! Designed for self-teaching or for use with an instructor, you\'ll build a solid foundation as you work through each lesson, learning the basics of the instrument and music reading while practicing the many exercises, concepts and song excerpts within. Must-know instruction so you can start playing right away, with a free online tuner and metronome! The acoustic guitar book features lessons on: guitar fundamentals, music reading, chords, strumming, arpeggios, time signatures, syncopation, hammer-ons and pull-offs, double stops, harmonics, fingerpicking, alternate picking, and scales and basic theory. / Pédagogie / Méthode / Voix

Learn to sing and open up a brand new world of musical knowledge with this exciting method from Alfred Music. Beginning with the fundamentals, you will learn about equipment used by singers, vocal health, and getting acquainted with reading music. You will then move right along to breathing, vocalizing, proper warm-ups, and singing songs, lesson by lesson, all while continuing to increase your knowledge of reading and understanding music. You will learn to sing an array of musical styles including pop, jazz, classical, and musical theater. Near the end of the book, you will be introduced to the idea of individual interpretation, which will help you color your songs with your own unique style. The book features a chord and scale chart for reference during and after your lessons. The DVD includes instructional video and TNT 2 software with audio accompaniments that let you adjust the audio levels, transpose accompaniments to any key, and adjust playback tempo. The video lessons, audio accompaniments, and software are also available to stream online. * For beginners with no prior musical training. * Learn to sing with a live band or group in any style. * Discover your own natural sound. * Covers breathing, posture, warming up, and more. * An easy and comprehensive approach to reading music. * Pop, jazz, classical, and musical theater styles covered. * Includes tips on performing like how to overcome nervousness and mind/body connections to singing. / Voix

Par HARRIS PAUL. Firmly rooted in Paul Harris' Simultaneous Learning approach, this new edition of Improve your sight-singing! Grades 1-3 is designed to help overcome all the stumbling blocks to successful sight-singing. Step by step, you will build up a complete picture of each piece, firstly through over 150 rhythmic, melodic and technical exercises, then by studying prepared pieces and making connections to your wider music making, and finally 'going solo' with a series of meticulously graded sight-singing pieces. These new editions of the best-selling Improve your sight-singing! series have been simplified into two (mid-range) volumes, making them suitable for instrumentalists who wish to improve their singing as well as for singers preparing for sight-singing in vocal exams. The books feature completely new music throughout and have been brought up to date to match the latest ABRSM sight-singing criteria. / Niveau : 1 à 3 / Etude / Voix

Par ALLEN JEFFREY. The Female Edition of Secrets of Singing is unique as it was designed with complete vocal instructions and singing exercices specifically tailored for the female singing range. Secrets of Singing is an indispensable guidebook for serious vocalists of all ability levels and styles of music. Whether you're singing for pleasure or for profit, it will give you the know-how to practice, audition, perform, and record professionally. The book includes: Two complete CDs with a series of thirty-three fully explained, state-of-the-art exercises (with vocal examples). The first CD contains explanations and exercises for the female low voice. Thesecond CD contains explanations and exercises for the female high voice. A ten-step power vocal work-out Trouble-shooting guides Endurance exercise groups Voice maintenance and hygiene tips Numerous quick reference charts Four simplified, easy-to-understand sections describing the inner workings of the vocal instrument / Méthode en anglais / Date parution : 1905-06-16/ Méthode / Voix

How to make your school sing. A Singing School is a place not just where singing happens regularly, but where singing is right at the heart of school life. It is a school where all children are involved in singing, every day, as a normal part of school life. It is a place where the whole school community knows and can describe what difference singing makes to their school. The Singing School Handbook is a how-to guide to help teachers and singing leaders working within school settings take appropriate steps towards making their school a Singing School. With universally transferable principles, suggestions and strategies, this book provides a framework that applies to any educational setting or school structurefrom the ages of 4-11, and beyond. A Singing School is a place not just where singing happens regularly, but where singing is right at the heart of school life. It is a school where all children are involved in singing, every day, as a normal part of school life. It is a place where the whole school community knows and can describe what difference singing makes to their school. The Singing School Handbook is a how-to guide to help teachers and singing leaders working within school settings take appropriate steps towards making their school a Singing School. With universally transferable principles, suggestions and strategies, this book provides a framework that applies to any educational setting orschool structure from the ages of 4-11, and beyond. / Education musicale / Livre / Voix

Rockschool is about singing the songs you love. Your Vocals Grade 6 book contains six of the biggest tracks from the past six decades arranged for you to sing for your Grade 6 exam. This book also includes examples of all the supporting tests found in the Rockschool Grade 6 exam.This book for male vocalists contains the songs:Jealousy - Will YoungSex On Fire - Kings of LeonCounting Stars - One RepublicThe Man In The Mirror - Michael JacksonI Can't Quit You Baby - Led ZeppelinAin't No Sunshine - Bill WithersOther features include:Fact Files: band and artists background information with recommended listening.Backing tracks: high quality recordings to sing along to in Rockschool exams.Downloadable audio: use your download card for easy access to your audio.Vocal scores: easy-to-follow separate Vocals scores.Piano and Guitar parts: Piano notation and Guitar chords included to help with practice. / Voix

Par EILERS JOYCE / EMILY CROCKER. Teachers Edition. Don't read notes, read patterns of sound! This unique sight reading course for treble voices in elementary and early middle school does just that! PATTERNS OF SOUND uses excellent voice leading, careful sequencing and musically interesting exercises that can be combined to strengthen part singing, pitch relationships and to develop rhythmic independence. Volume 1 starts from square one, assuming no previous training, with exercises that are so carefully sequenced that the students are quickly singing four-measure phrases and eight measure songs in two parts and finding it easy! Students are introduced to notes, rests, meter, pitch and unison/2-part songs in Vol. 1, and continue in Vol. 2 with dotted rhythms & syncopation, keys & key changes and more 2-part songs. Use it every day and watch your students' confidence level grow! Available: Teacher's Edition (Vol. 1), Student Edition (Vol. 1), CD (Vol. 1), Teacher's Edition (Vol. 2), Student Edition (Vol. 2). Recommended for Grades 3-8. Teachers Edition. Don't read notes, read patterns of sound! This unique sight reading course for treble voices in elementary and early middle school does just that! PATTERNS OF SOUND uses excellent voice leading, careful sequencing and musically interesting exercises that can be combined to strengthen part singing, pitch relationships and to develop rhythmic independence. Volume 1 starts from square one, assuming no previous training, with exercises that are so carefully sequenced that the students are quickly singing four-measure phrases and eight measure songs in two parts and finding it easy! Students are introduced to notes, rests, meter, pitch and unison/2-partsongs in Vol. 1, and continue in Vol. 2 with dotted rhythms & syncopation, keys & key changes and more 2-part songs. Use it every day and watch your students' confidence level grow! Available: Teacher's Edition (Vol. 1), Student Edition (Vol. 1), CD (Vol. 1), Teacher's Edition (Vol. 2), Student Edition (Vol. 2). Recommended for Grades 3-8. / Pédagogie / Méthode / Voix

A Guide to Authentic and Adventurous Song Interpretation. Par ECKERT ROSANA. Great singing can inspire us, surprise us, make us laugh, or make us cry. It can draw the listener in, creating a shared experience of stories and emotions, communicating the singer's unique point of view. Singing with Expression presents a step-by-step guide to help vocalists of any style or genre find their voice and connect with their audience. This book has five sections: Timing, Tone, Melodic Alteration, Style and Other Factors, each with several chapters detailing various concepts and exercises. You'll find over 145 downloadable listening tracks with the author's demonstrations, as well as backing tracks in three different keys. Spontaneity exercises are featured inseveral chapters, aimed at helping singers sharpen their real-time-reaction reflexes in a performance situation. Included in the back of the book is a listening list of songs that specifically demonstrate a groove or approach discussed in th book. Great singing can inspire us, surprise us, make us laugh, or make us cry. It can draw the listener in, creating a shared experience of stories and emotions, communicating the singer's unique point of view. Singing with Expression presents a step-by-step guide to help vocalists of any style or genre find their voice and connect with their audience. This book has five sections: Timing, Tone, Melodic Alteration, Style and Other Factors, each with several chapters detailing various concepts and exercises. You'll find over 145 downloadable listening tracks with the author's demonstrations, as well as backing tracks in three different keys. Spontaneity exercises are featured in several chapters, aimed at helping singers sharpen their real-time-reaction reflexes in a performance situation. Included in the back of the book is a listening list of songs that specifically demonstrate a groove or approach discussed in th book. / Pédagogie / Etude / Voix

Par RATTRAY BRENDA. Brenda Rattray's The Joy of Singing is for children, young people and adults in primary schools, secondary schools, youth groups and churches who would like to build a singing community. Whether a musician or not, the twenty fun songs in this collection will bring variety and enjoyment - perfect for reinforcing confidence in any choir! A wealth of material in here... there are unison songs, simple part-singing, songs with four or more parts - arrangements of well-known spirituals including: Wade In The Water, Rocka My Soul, Kumbayah and Swing Low, Sweet Chariot - and original songs, including African and gospel styles and influences. Detailed teaching notes on each song are included, with discussion points and extension activity suggestions. Citizenship and PSHE themes are also incorporated, making the material ideal for Key Stage 2-3 (Scottish P3-S2 plus). The accompanying 2 CDs contain Audio backing and performance tracks, as well as a PDF of lyrics on the Enhanced CD for easy printing/projection./ Recueil / Chant