Voice for Non-Majors

by Mancusi, Roberto

• ISBN13: 9780132319669
• ISBN10: 0132319667
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-03-19
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

A complete course in singing for everyone who has ever dreamed of appearing on American Idol! Full instructions help students develop better singing voices and avoid injury. A complete anthology of popular songs, hymns, and old favorites is included. An optional 5 CD set (0132319691) gives piano accompaniments for all of the songs in a variety of ranges.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Welcome to singing

The Beginning

The Basics

Posture Listening to yourself

Learning a Song: The ABC s of Do Re Mi

Learning the music

Learning the words

Putting it all together

Breath Support: Fueling the voice

The Respiratory System

The Diaphragm

The Intercostal Muscles

The Abdominal Muscles

The Process of Breathing

Breath Support

More Than Anatomy: The ins and outs of how we sing

The Parts of the Larynx

The Vocal Folds

The Arytenoids

The Cricoid Cartilage

The Thyroid Cartilage

The Hyoid Bone

The Epiglottis Resonance

The Pharynx Regsiters

Vocalizing: It s not just a fancy word

Basic Exercises

Advanced Exercises

Practicing: A good habit to get into What should you do when you practice?

Where should you practice?

How should you practice?

How long should you practice?

Vocal Technique: How We Use

What We Know Identifying a Good Technique

Refining the Song: Putting Everything Together

Score mapping Memorization

Performing a Song: More than notes on a page

The Painter s palette and vocal colors

Expressing the text

The eyes & face: The true gateway to our souls

Gestures: Making them effective

Living With Your Voice: Vocal Do s and Don ts Vocal Don ts Vocal Do s Song Anthology

Introduction to the Song Anthology

The Songs

Bibliography

Glossary

About the Author

About the Pianist

Song Anthology

List Sacred Music

Amazing Grace (John Newton)

Angels Through the Night (arr. Philip Kern)

Ave Maria (High) (Franz Schubert)

Ave Maria (Low) (Franz Schubert)

I Walked Today Where Jesus Walked (Geoffery O Hara)

The Old Rugged Cross (George Bennard)

Star of the East (Amanda Kennedy)

When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (Lowell Mason)

Oldies but Goodies Beautiful Dreamer (Stephen Foster)

Because (Gui d Hardelot)

Dixie (Dan Emmett)

Dreamy Hawaii (F. W. Vandersloot)

Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair (Stephen Foster)

The John Brown Song (Traditional)

Leave Me with a Smile (Chas. Koehler & Earl Burtnett)

M-O-T-H-E-R: A Word That Means the World to Me (Theodore Morse)

Over There (George M. Cohan)

Smilin Through (Arthur A. Penn)

Tenting on the Old Camp Ground (Walter Kittredge)

The Yankee Doodle Boy (George M. Cohan)

You re a Grand Old Flag (George M. Cohan)

Popular Music Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman (Michael Camen)

How Do I Live (Diane Warren) Minnie the Moocher (Cab Calloway and Irving Mills)

My Heart Will Go On (James Horner)

R-E-S-P-E-C-T (Otis Redding)

What a Wonderful World (George Wheiss and Bob Thiele)

You Are So Beautiful (Billy Preston and Bruce Fisher)

You Raise Me Up (Brendan Graham and Ralph Loveland)

Popular Stage Music Bring Him Home from Les Miserables (Claude-Michelle Sch nberg)

Goodnight, My Someone from The Music Man (Meredith Wilson)

If I Were a Rich Man from Fiddler on the Roof (Jerry Bach)

The Impossible Dream from Man of La Mancha (Mitch Leigh)

Johanna from Sweeney Todd (Stephen Sondheim)

Memory from Cats (Andrew Lloyd Webber)

My Funny Valentine from Babes In Arms (Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart)

On My Own from Les Miserables (Claude-Michelle Sch nberg)

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