| Introduction |
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Conventions Used in This Book |
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How This Book Is Organized |
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Part 1 Preparing Your Body for Practicing |
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Part 2 Making Your Music Magical with Variety |
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Part 3 Working Out Your Range |
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Part 4 Advancing Your Singing Technique |
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PART 1 PREPARING YOUR BODY FOR PRACTICING |
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Chapter 1 Warming Up for Singing |
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Preparing Your Instrument: Stretching Out from Head to Toe |
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Opening and Positioning the Lower Body |
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Connecting your feet to the floor |
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Balancing on the ankles and knees |
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Distributing weight in the legs and hips |
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Positioning the Upper Body for Easy Movement |
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Balancing the head and neck |
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Managing the arms and hands |
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Putting It All Together with a Vocal Warm-Up |
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Chapter 2 Practicing Breathing Exercises |
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Moving the Breathing Muscles for Singing |
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Take It In: Shaping Inhalation |
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Controlling the movement of your ribs |
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Adding suspension to develop coordination |
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Opening the torso for quick inhalation |
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Let It Out: Controlling Exhalation |
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Developing muscle coordination |
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Isolating muscles for extra-long phrases |
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Singing Practice Exercises with Long and Short Phrases |
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Practicing longer phrases |
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Testing your breath control |
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Songs for Extending Breath Control |
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Chapter 3 Shaping the Tongue and Lips for Vowels |
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Coordinating the Tongue and Lips for Back Vowels |
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Shifting the arch around for ooh and ah |
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Altering your lip shape for oh and ah |
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Tackling the tricky vowels aw and OOh |
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Singing through the five back vowels |
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Positioning the Tongue for Front Vowels |
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Dropping the arch between ee and ih |
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Distinguishing between ee and eh |
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Singing through the five front vowels |
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Alternating between Front and Back Vowels |
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Presenting the Middle Vowel, Uh |
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Singing Combination Vowels |
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Songs for Singing Vowels Precisely |
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Chapter 4 Articulating Consonants Accurately |
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Touching on the Tip Consonants |
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Exploring the voiced consonants L, N, and D |
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Distinguishing between voiced D and unvoiced T |
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Sounding out the voiced R |
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Singing unvoiced S and voiced Z |
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Moving the tip of the tongue to the teeth for TH |
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Singing through the consonants L, N, D, T, S, Z, and TH |
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Arching Back for Soft Palate Consonants |
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Practicing voiced G, unvoiced K, and voiced NG |
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Singing through the consonants K, G, and NG |
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Working on Lip Consonants |
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Practicing voiced consonants W and M |
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Alternating between voiced B and unvoiced P |
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Moving only the bottom lip for F and V |
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Singing through W, M, P, B, F, and V |
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Consonant Combos: Moving the Lips and Tongue |
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Puckering for voiced J and unvoiced CH |
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Moving air through SH and ZH |
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Singing through the consonants J, CH, SH, and ZH |
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Songs for Singing Various Consonants |
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PART 2 MAKING YOUR MUSIC MAGICAL WITH VARIETY |
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Chapter 5 Singing Precise Intervals for Musical Accuracy |
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Recognizing the Most Common Intervals |
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66 | (1) |
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Hearing the Small Intervals |
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Minor and major seconds: m2 and M2 |
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Minor and major thirds: m3 and M3 |
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Seconds and thirds in action |
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Finding Perfect Intervals |
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Identifying perfect intervals: P4 and P5 |
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Singing perfect intervals |
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Comparing the Larger Intervals |
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Minor and major sixths: m6 and M6 |
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Minor and major sevenths: m7 and M7 |
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Singing sixths and sevenths |
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Raising the pitch with sharps |
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Lowering the pitch with flats |
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Building scales with triads |
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79 | (1) |
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81 | (2) |
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Practice Piece: "Singing All the Intervals" |
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Songs for Practicing Large Intervals |
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Chapter 6 You've Got Rhythm: Conquering Rhythmic Notation and Tempo |
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Rhythm Basics: Notes and Rests |
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Practice piece: `The Rhythm Song' |
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Exploring Advanced Rhythms |
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Joining notes together with triplets |
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Adding more notes with dotted rhythms |
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Emphasizing the weaker beats with syncopation |
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Practice piece: "Checking Out Rhythm" |
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Managing Rhythm at Any Tempo |
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Songs for Working on Rhythm |
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Chapter 7 Adding Diversity with Dynamics, Articulation Marks, and More |
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99 | (4) |
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Making a smooth crescendo |
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Gradually singing softer with a decrescendo |
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Mastering dynamic contrast |
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102 | (1) |
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Articulating What's Written |
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103 | (2) |
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104 | (1) |
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Making a note short and sweet |
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104 | (1) |
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105 | (1) |
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Practice Piece: "I Sing Out!" |
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105 | (2) |
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Improvising to Give Songs Your Own Unique Stamp |
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107 | (1) |
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107 | (1) |
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107 | (1) |
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107 | (1) |
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108 | (1) |
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Songs for Improving Your Musical Diversity |
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108 | (1) |
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PART 3 WORKING OUT YOUR RANGE |
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109 | (2) |
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Chapter 8 Checking Out Chest Voice |
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Getting Familiar with Chest Voice |
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Exploring the sounds of chest voice |
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112 | (1) |
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Varying the heaviness in your chest voice |
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112 | (2) |
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Strengthening your chest voice |
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114 | (1) |
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Modifying vowels in chest voice |
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115 | (1) |
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Practice Piece: "Finding My Chest Voice" |
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116 | (2) |
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Songs That Work Out Your Chest Voice |
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118 | (1) |
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Chapter 9 Soaring into Head Voice and Falsetto |
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119 | (16) |
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119 | (4) |
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Working out your falsetto |
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120 | (1) |
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121 | (1) |
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Exploring various vowels in falsetto |
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122 | (1) |
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Songs for singing in falsetto |
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122 | (1) |
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Discovering Your Head Voice |
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123 | (3) |
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Getting a feel for head voice |
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123 | (1) |
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Exploring high resonance in head voice |
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124 | (1) |
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Singing through consonants in head voice |
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125 | (1) |
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Positioning Your Larynx for Fuller Head Voice Sounds |
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126 | (4) |
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126 | (2) |
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Monitoring your larynx while singing |
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128 | (1) |
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Managing many high phrases |
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129 | (1) |
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Developing Your Head Voice Range |
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130 | (4) |
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131 | (1) |
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Sustaining notes in your head voice |
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132 | (1) |
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Songs for broadening your head voice range |
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133 | (1) |
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Practice Piece: "A Bejeweled Love Song" |
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134 | (1) |
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Chapter 10 Mixing Up Your Sound with Middle Voice |
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Discovering Your Middle Voice |
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135 | (5) |
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Distinguishing male and female middle voice |
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136 | (1) |
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Getting to know your middle voice |
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Strengthening your middle voice |
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Finding clear vowels in middle voice |
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Songs that work out the middle voice |
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140 | (1) |
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Combining Registers with Mix |
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Knowing when to use a mix |
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141 | (1) |
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142 | (1) |
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Exploring Your Mix with a Few Practice Pieces |
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144 | (5) |
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144 | (2) |
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146 | (3) |
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Chapter 11 Coordinating Register Transitions |
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Moving Smoothly between Registers |
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149 | (4) |
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Dropping into chest voice |
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150 | (1) |
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Changing back and forth from chest voice to middle voice |
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151 | (1) |
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Climbing from middle voice to head voice |
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152 | (1) |
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Leaping to and from Falsetto |
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153 | (3) |
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Singing from falsetto into chest voice 153 |
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Changing from chest voice to falsetto |
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154 | (1) |
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Rolling back and forth from chest voice to falsetto |
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155 | (1) |
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Refining Your Smooth Transitions |
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156 | (2) |
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Shifting from middle voice to chest voice |
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156 | (1) |
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Shifting from middle voice to head voice |
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157 | (1) |
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Practice Piece: "Marching Forth" |
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158 | (1) |
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Songs That Require Register Transitions |
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159 | (2) |
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PART 4 ADVANCING YOUR SINGING TECHNIQUE |
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161 | (2) |
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Chapter 12 Developing Your Vocal Tone |
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163 | (1) |
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163 | (5) |
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Practicing the onset of tone |
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163 | (2) |
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Opening the space to change the tone |
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165 | (2) |
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Releasing tension to enhance tone |
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167 | (1) |
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Coordinating breath to improve tone |
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167 | (1) |
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Eliminating intonation issues |
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167 | (1) |
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Creating Echoing Tone with Resonance |
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168 | (3) |
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168 | (1) |
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Using vowels to explore resonance |
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169 | (1) |
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Varying where tone resonates in your body |
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170 | (1) |
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Choosing the right resonance for a song |
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171 | (1) |
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Varying Tone with Vibrato |
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171 | (3) |
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172 | (1) |
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Changing between vibrato and straight tone |
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173 | (1) |
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Practice Piece: "Changing Tone" |
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174 | (2) |
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Songs for Developing Your Tone |
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176 | (1) |
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Chapter 13 Expanding Your Vocal Agility |
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177 | (16) |
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Exploring the Art of the Quick Breath 177 |
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Catching your breath quickly in fast songs |
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178 | (1) |
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178 | (1) |
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Howdy, Neighbor! Working on Stepwise Motion |
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179 | (5) |
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Giving up control to get a feeling for agility |
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180 | (1) |
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Turning around on the tonic |
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182 | (1) |
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Running to the top of the scale |
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183 | (1) |
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184 | (4) |
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Singing every other step of the scale |
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184 | (2) |
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186 | (2) |
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Taking Musical Leaps with Larger Intervals |
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188 | (2) |
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188 | (1) |
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Jumping up (or down) an octave |
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189 | (1) |
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Practice Piece: "A Joyful Noise" |
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190 | (1) |
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Songs for Flaunting Your Agility |
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191 | (2) |
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Chapter 14 Belting It Out with Exercises from Beginner to Advanced |
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Getting Started with Belting Basics |
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194 | (1) |
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Feeling belt transitions in the voice |
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194 | (1) |
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Making a plan to develop your belt |
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195 | (1) |
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Resonating All the Way to the Back Row |
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195 | (1) |
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196 | (1) |
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Buzzing your words on various pitches |
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197 | (1) |
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Speaking chatty sounds on specific pitches |
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197 | (1) |
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Working on your speaking range |
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198 | (1) |
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Using different phrases to expand your speaking range |
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199 | (1) |
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Developing Stamina for Belting |
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199 | (1) |
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200 | (2) |
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Changing from mix to belt on one note |
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201 | (1) |
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Songs that move from mix to belt |
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201 | (1) |
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202 | (3) |
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Applying your belt sounds to a tune |
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202 | (1) |
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Increasing your belt range |
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203 | (1) |
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204 | (1) |
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Testing Out Your Belt Sounds with Practice Pieces |
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205 | (3) |
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"Don't You Tell Me No Lie" |
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205 | (2) |
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207 | (1) |
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Cooling Down Your Voice after Belting |
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208 | (1) |
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Songs for Beginner Belters Looking to Try Out Their Technique |
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208 | (1) |
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Songs for Advanced Belters Looking for a Challenge |
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209 | (2) |
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211 | (2) |
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Chapter 15 Ten Tips for Practicing Like a Pro |
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213 | (1) |
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Set Aside Time to Focus on Singing |
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213 | (1) |
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214 | (1) |
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Use the Exercises in This Book |
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214 | (1) |
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Record Your Practice Sessions |
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215 | (1) |
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215 | (1) |
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Cool Down after Practicing |
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216 | (1) |
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216 | (1) |
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Get to Know Your Song and Your Story |
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217 | (1) |
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Prepare for the Performance |
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218 | (1) |
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Find Help from a Voice Teacher |
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218 | (1) |
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Chapter 16 Ten Questions Singers Ask Frequently |
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219 | (6) |
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What Style of Music Is Right for My Voice? |
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219 | (1) |
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When Is a Song out of My Range? |
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219 | (1) |
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Am I Tone Deaf or Just Singing Out of Tune? |
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220 | (1) |
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How Do I Blend with Other Singers? |
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221 | (1) |
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How Do I Blend My Voice with Instruments? |
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221 | (1) |
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What's the Best Way to Develop Vocal Endurance? |
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222 | (1) |
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How Can I Maintain Proper Singing Posture While Playing an Instrument? |
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222 | (1) |
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When (And What) Should I Eat before a Performance? |
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223 | (1) |
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How Do I Get Over Stage Fright? |
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223 | (1) |
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What Do I Have to Do to Keep My Voice Healthy? |
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224 | (1) |
| Appendix: About The Website |
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225 | (1) |
| Listening to the Audio Tracks |
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225 | (3) |
| Customer Care |
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