Vocal Warm-Ups for Singers

Ariella Vaccarino : Voice Lessons To Go for Kids

Review: This CD is designed for young elementary school aged singers to learn how to warm up their voice in a healthy fun way. The volume begins with advice on healthy singing, including words on posture, breathing, and diction. Vocal warm ups follow in patterns broken up into three separate vocalizes: Singing numbers, Singing syllables and Singing solfege. Musical terms such as major scales, chords, octaves, staccato and legato are sung through and explained. The goal of Voice Lessons To Go for Kids is to develop good healthy confident voices as well as to develop children's theoretical knowledge about music, creating good singers on the road to being young musicians.

Songlist: Never Push, You will improve, Your Vocal Assessment, Posture, Diction, Breathing, Confidence, Vocal Warm-Ups

Gary Walth : Jazz Warm-ups and Vocalises

Review: Here's a perfect set of warm-ups for the vocal jazz 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 that build styles such as Swing, Latin and Rock using solfege and scat syllables as well as tone and blend in ballad style. Each exercise includes a notated keyboard accompaniment with multiple modulations and professional recordings of a rhythm section and singers performing each drill on the enclosed CD.

Songlist: Swing with Scat Syllables, Latin feel with solfrege, Moderate swing with scat, Rock style, Chordial ballad, Moderate swing, Samba with with solfrege syllables, Warm-up exercises

Review: Contains more than 200 vocal exercises under the following headings: mental readiness, physical readiness, posture alignment, breath management, tone production, vowels, articulation, range and register, intonation and balance/volume relations. This is an excellent resource for all singers of any style and along with the exercises and text are some excellent diagrams and photos that really does cover all the bases to insure getting the most from your voice in an effective and safe manner. Highly recommended.

Songlist: Mental Readiness, Physical Readiness, Posture / Allignment, Breath Management, Tone Production, Vowels, Dipthongs and Triphthongs, Articulation, Range and Register, Intonation, Balance / Volume Relationships, On To The Rehearsal

Review: Here is a collection of vocal exercises written my the master himself. The Solfeggi are to be sung on all vowels with and without the supporting consonants. The execution should be legato throughout except when they are staccato dots. The editor has added breath marks and slurs which are to be taken to indicate the breathing. Challenging but highly rewarding and effective.

Songlist: Solfeggio 1, Solfeggio 2, Solfeggio 3, Solfeggio (Fragment), Esercisio per il Canto

Style: Classical

Review: The Daily Workout exercises are designed to help singers develop a free warm tone, to sing with ease and to increase range. They are clustered info five dynamic groupings, which are significantly sequenced. The concepts focused upon in each group progressively build upon another and the five groups combine to comprehensively cover the most important principals of good vocal production. After you have become familiar with all sixteen exercises you can customize your daily workout to fit your specific needs. Charlotte Adams has taught music since 1974 and holds a choral conducting degree from Indiana University.

Songlist: Resonance:, -Tho-Ay-Ah, -Buzzing Lips, -Bee-Bee-Bee, -Nee-Yah-relaxation, Breath Support:, -Ee-Oh, -Yee-Wah-Thoh, -Blah-Blah-Blah-relaxation, Lifted Soft Palate:, -Thih-Thah, -Lah-Beh-Dah-Meh-Nee-Poh-Too-Lah-Beh, -Double Bubble-relaxation, Range:, -Ay-Ah, -Vah-Vah-Vah, -Oo-Ah, -Bum-Biddly-relaxation, Agility:, -I-Love-To-Sing, -FAH March, FAH (Inner Clown-Smile) - relaxation

Review: 'The Singer's Workout' DVD is the original best selling How to Sing Video on the market for the past 16 years. The Singer's Workout will take you step by step teaching you how to sing with complete exercises previously only taught to professional singers. It will help you obtain that big voice you always wanted and thought you never had! Buddy Mix is a NAACP Award winner and has been a vocal consultant in the LA area for many years.

Songlist: Understanding Your Voice, Vocal Exercises, Performance Tips, Constanants Versus Vowels, Phrasing, Picking A Spot

Review: These two wonderful vocal coaches that have helped many singers realize their full potential. With the help of some of their most successful student, they can now coach you too! This video workshop will systematically teach you how to use good posture, breath control, warm-up techniques and more for your singing and speaking voice.

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Review: Sing with more power and passion under the guidance of Donna McElroy, Berklee professor, Grammy nominee, Dove Award winner, and vocalist on multiple gold and platinum records. In this Master Class, McElroy shows you how to use the whole body to become the best singer you can be. See her work with a vocal student one-on-one, demonstrating how to use different muscle groups to increase vocal strength and endurance. She also provides lifestyle tips and simple everyday exercises to help you cultivate and protect the source of your vocal power - and sing with more freedom, force and stamina. 51 minutes.

Songlist: Lessons include:, Practice Routines, Breathing Techniques, Warm-up Exercises, Vocal Control, Vocal Health Tips

Review: World-renowned music educator Julie Lyonn Lieberman has created a practice system for singers that focuses on muscular facility. This system can help develop a vibrating palette that communicates spirit, emotion, and viewpoint - all riding effortlessly on the breath. It is supported by science yet connected to individuality. By guiding the exercises in silence first, this approach can prevent the tension and misuse that often occur when the main impetus for the creation of musical sound is fueled by a brew of yearning and fear mixed with a fixation on the end product. Topics covered include: strengthening and 'aerobicizing' the muscles of the tongue, lips, mouth, and breath support; balancing the non-dominant side of the mouth; as well as posture, vocal health, and the use of visualization.

Songlist: Introduction, Creating a Cathedral, Breath Anatomy, Aerobicizing The Toungue, Mobilizing the Lips, Dominance, Imaging, Posture, Warming Up, Vocal Health, Vocal Exrecises

Review: 'Breathing to Sing' is an entertaining and educational video. Breathing to a singer is the basis for the singing sound and Lori Lyford (the excellent director of the Scottsdale Chorus and well known to Sweet Adeline singers and directors) demonstrates the physical mechanics and the proper use of the diaphragm to increase and expand breath capacity. This is a 'must have' instructional DVD.

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Review: Every instrument requires maintenance - including the voice! Presented by Mark Baxter, a renown vocal therapist with an international roster of clients, The Singer's Toolbox is jam-packed with essential information, exercises and tips for any style singer. No prior training's needed. Just slip this in your DVD player and learn: how your voice works - with clear examples and demos; four steps to keep your voice strong; performance tips; and how to repair vocal damage.

Songlist: How Your Voice Works, Clear Examples and Demonstrations, Four Steps to Keep Your Voice Strong, Easy and Effective Warm-Up Routines (with no piano), Discover the Two Biggest Enemies of Your Voice, Importance of Warming Down, Performance Tips, What to Do if Your On Stage and in Trouble, Simple Adjustments for Pitch Problems, Singing With A Cold, How To Repair Vocal Damage, Sing Seven Days A Week Without Losing Your Voice, Revive Your Blown Voice for Tonight's Gig!

Review: First released on video, this programme was the first of its kind to have been produced in the UK, and is still a 'best seller' in music stores and mail order companies in the UK, and Europe. The programme begins by explaining the principles of voice production, and graphics are used to illustrate certain points. Sam West, with the aid of two singers, Candi McKenzie, and Bridget Lynch-Blosse, explains and demonstrates various singing techniques, i.e. Breath Control, Range, Resonance, Vibrato, Aural (ear) training, plus more. In the 'workout' section, ten different exercises are presented, each going through various keys - thus accommodating both low and also high voiced singers. Each of the ten exercises are intended for specific areas of vocal technique. The DVD has proved even more popular than the video version: taking advantage of this new format, viewers can select different parts of the programme quickly - thus varying their practice routines. The written musical accompaniment to the exercises can also be viewed on-screen via the DVD menu.

Songlist: Introduction, How Vocal Sound Is Produced, Breath Control, Tone Control and Projection, Vibrato, Range, Exercises - Slow Glides, Legato (smooth singing), Octaves, Fast Scales, Increasing Intervals, Staccato Scales, Technical Study, Octave Leaps & Agility Exercises, Chromatic Scales

Review: All four of the 'Voice Lessons to Go Series' in one affordable Package.

Songlist: Vocalize and Breath, Do Re Mi Ear and Pitch Training, Pure Vowels, Stamina

Review: It is always important of course to take care of your voice and vocal exercises are a great way to keep your instrument in top form. This is even more important as we age and it is possible to sing with a strong and vibrant voice into our most senior years. These exercises by these acclaimed Sweet Adeline directors, coaches and performers are specially designed for the more mature voice and will help you to keep singing in fine fettle for years to come.

Songlist: Welcome, Breathing, Vibrato, Resonance, Passaggio, Flexibility, Sign Off, Lady Luvs, Ark Angels & Tiffanys

Review: Take private lessons with the highly respected Jay Clayton. There are two Exercise Workouts on this CD. Both sequences of exercises have been designed for warming up, improving breath control, widening your range, and improving accuracy and intonation. Developing a good daily routine of working with the CD will help you develop control, strength, delicacy and flexibility. Your goal is to sing anything you feel and hear with ease.

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Review: Vamps are one or more chords repeated over and over again. Since the harmony doesn't change much, you have time to hear ideas and develop a solo as well as find new ways to articulate and build your personal vocabulary. There are eight piano vamps on this practice CD. Each one has a different feel and character and chord progression.

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Review: This wonderful book contains 50 fun filled wacky warm-ups to improve pronunciation, vocal range, and technique. Perfect for teachers and kids, this fun sing-a-long book contains singing tongue twisters of variable difficulty levels, read-a-long worksheets, and a 50 track sing-a-long CD. Singing Tongue Twisters is an excellent warm-up tool for choral groups and a fun practice workbook for individual singers.

Songlist: Apes Ate, Betty Better Batter, The Big Black Bug, The Blue Bluebird, Busy Bees, Chester Cheetah, Chop Shops, Crisp Crusts, Daddy Draws, Eddie Eat, Fat Frogs, Freshly Fried, Friendly Frank, Gertie's Grandma, Girl Gargoyle, Give Papa, Harrison Held, Inch Worms Inching, Jolly Jesters, Kindly Kittens, Lesser Leather, Local Yokel, Lovely Lemon Liniment, Misses Smith's, Mommy Made Me, 999 Indiana Nuns, Noisy Noise, Old Oily Ollie, Peggy Babcock, Please Pay, Quirky Kings, Really Weird, Rubber Baby, She Sees Cheese, Sly Sam, I Thought, Three Free Throws, Toy Boat, Truly Rural, Twelve Twins, 222 Train, Unique New York, Vincent Vowed, Which Witch, Which Wrist Watches, Extra Extra, Yellow Yo-Yo, Zany Zebras

Review: A must for every vocalist who longs to study like the masters...Celine Dion, Barbara Streisand, Justin Timberlake. Every singer begins with these basic fundamental vocal exercises which will test your strength, as well as commitment. Included in this CD are 10 daily exercises including cadenzas, crescendos, legato and more. CD is recorded in four vocal key ranges so is adaptable for medium and low voices. Booklet includes printed sheet music, instruction, and a training practice log to help stay focused! These time-honored exercises have been modified from the original Lutgen version for this unique program. The CD consists of ten exercises that are excellent for training the voice and developing vocal range (total of 40 exercises). Singers of all levels may improve their vocal skills by using this easy-to-follow program.

Songlist: About The Author, Ackjknowledgements, Exercise Listing And Practice Tips, Lutgen Exercises 1-10 Vol 1 For High Voice, Practice Log, Theory 1, Theory 2, Contact Info And Products Page

Voicing: High
Style: Classical

Review: A continuation of Volume 1, this set includes exercises 11-20 with trills, andante, allegretto and more. Ten exercises in four vocal key ranges specifically for high voice (total 40 exercises). The CD and Booklet set have been revised from the original Lutgen exercises for this specific training program. Ten exercises in four vocal key ranges for high voice (total 40 exercises). Strengthen the voice and develop the lower ranges at the same time. All exercises used in Maestro David Kyle's vocal training program.

Songlist: About The Author, Exercise Listening And Practice Tips, Lutgen Excercises 11, Practice Log, Theory 1, Theory 2, Contact Info And Products Page

Voicing: High
Style: Classical

Review: A continuation of Volume 1, this set includes exercises 11-20 with trills, andante, allegretto and more. Ten exercises in four vocal key ranges specifically for Medium Low (total 40 exercises). The CD and Booklet set have been revised from the original Lutgen exercises for this specific training program. Ten exercises in four vocal key ranges for high voice (total 40 exercises). Strengthen the voice and develop the lower ranges at the same time. All exercises used in Maestro David Kyle's vocal training program.

Songlist: About The Author, Exercise Listing And Practice Tips, Lutgen Excercises, Practice Log, Theory 1, Theory 2, Contact Info And Products Page

Voicing: Medium Low

Review: A must for every vocalist who longs to study like the masters...Celine Dion, Barbara Streisand, Justin Timberlake. Every singer begins with these basic fundamental vocal exercises which will test your strength, as well as commitment. Included in this CD are 10 daily exercises including cadenzas, crescendos, legato and more. CD is recorded in four vocal key ranges so is adaptable for medium and low voices. Booklet includes printed sheet music, instruction, and a training practice log to help stay focused! These time-honored exercises have been modified from the original Lutgen version for this unique program. The CD consists of ten exercises that are excellent for training the voice and developing vocal range (total of 40 exercises). Singers of all levels may improve their vocal skills by using this easy-to-follow program.

Songlist: Exercise listing and practice tips, Lutgen exercises 1-10, Theory 1, Theory 2, Practice log, Contact info/products page

Voicing: Medium Low

Review: Vocalize! is the transcribed compilation of the popular Voice Lessons To Go CD series. Four full singing lessons by Ariella Vaccarino put into sheet music form. Her vocal exercises range from simple to difficult with much variety within. Ms. Vaccarino has written words of instruction preceding each particular exercise which will further your success in singing and mastering them. As a plus, the vocalizes are broken down for the piano player to understand in the beginning pages of the book. Vocalize! is perfect for voice teachers to resource, and singers to train from.

Songlist: Piano Fingering And Warm-ups, Voice Lessons To Go v.1 Vocalize And Breath, Voice Lessons To Go v. 2 Do Re Mi Ear and Pitch, Voice Lessons To Go v. 3 Pure Vowels, Voice Lessons To Go v. 4 Stamina

Review: There is a lot more to rock singing than just going out on stage, picking up a mic and howling like a banshee. What about tone? What about inflection or sustaining a note? How can you train yourself to hit those high notes? Roger Kain's book, Basic Vocal Workout, will show you how. Adapted from a syllabus originally developed for the Brighton institute of Modern Music, this book is a guide to training the voice to perform in both live and studio conditions. Packed with exercises for both male and female performers, as well as detailed 'guidance notes' to help you perform the exercises properly, it's the perfect guide for anyone looking to develop their skills as a vocalist.

Songlist: The Range, Opening Up The Voice, The Chest Voice, The Power Muscles And The Chest Voice, Bringing The Chest Voice Up To The High Notes, Magical Sounds In The Male Mixed Head Voice, The Female Mixed Voice, Joining Up The Loud Voices

Review: Sing Your Best is a breakthrough voice training method built on the principles of athletic training and over 50 years of voice research and education. The Vocal Workout, which consists of seven essential exercises, takes only 20 minutes a day. These exercises will strengthen the muscles and ligaments in your singing voice, so you can sing easily and effortlessly with power and control. They will extend your pitch range, improve your pitch accuracy, eliminate register breaks and increase the fullness and richness of your tone. This book is for beginners to professionals-in all styles-who want a proven method of voice-building that will also preserve and prolong vocal health.

Songlist: Understanding Your Voice, The Smolover Method, The Exercises, Singing different Styles, Vocal Health

Review: Rock singing is an art. It's a simple job to go onstage, pick up a mic and howl like a banshee until your and the audiences heads are spinning, but what about tone? Inflection? Sustain? How to hit those really high notes? These days, the requirements of a singer are so demanding and far-reaching that more and more would-be Plant and Mercury's are seeking guidance from fully trained professionals. The Complete Vocal Workout is exactly this. Adapted from a syllabus originally developed for the Brighton Institute of Modern Music, here at last is a thorough guide to training the voice to perform under the duress of modern live and studio conditions. With a full spread of exercises fro both male and female voices, and with two accompanying demonstration CD's, The Complete Vocal Workout is the perfect guide for all those Pop Idol wannabes who wish to train without paying a fortune.

Songlist: The Range, Making A Start On High Notes, Learning To Control Breath, An Easy Way To Open Up The Low Notes, Improving Tone, Crying and Screaming, Smoothing Over the Joins in the Female Voice, Joining Up The Male Voices, Coordinating The Power Muscles On The High Notes, The Chest Voice, The Power Muscles and the Chest Voice, Bringing The Chest Voice Up To The High Notes, Magical Sounds In The Male Mixed Head Voice, The Female Mixed Voice, The Extreme Mixed Voice, Joining Up The Loud Voices, Ultra-Low Sounds, Solving Problems, Exercises In Minor Keys (Male & Female), Using The Major Modes To Enhance The Male Mixed Head Voice, Using The Major Modes To Enhance The Female Mixed Voice

Review: This innovative method uses 17 fully produced songs and instructional tracks to teach singers how to develop and maintain good vocal technique. Detailed voice instruction is combined with pop, rock and jazz songs that gradually increase in difficulty. Singers can learn the essentials of contemporary singing technique OR use the song sequence with or without the recommended warm up sounds as a complete vocal warm up. Ideas and examples for song stylizing are also included. The CDs can be used with or without the guidebook. This book is tailored specifically for Altos and Basses.

Songlist: Breathing & Posture: Angel From Montgomery, Tone Placement, Resonance & Loosening Face and Throat: Centerpiece, Approaching Higher Notes: Sweet Dreams, Strengthening Low Notes: Wade in the Water, Understanding Singer's Diction: I'll Stand By You, Understanding Singer's Diction Part 2: Unchained Melody, Looping, Consonants, Vibrato Development: Can't Help Falling in Love, Register Navigation and Range Expansion: Willow Weep for Me, Developing the "Mix" Register: How Sweet it Is, Opening High Notes, the Inner Smile: Since I Fell for You, Building Sustenance & Volume: Dark End of the Street, Pitch Work, Step-wise Movement: Walk Away Renee, Pitch Work, Chromatic Movement: All of Me, Increasing Tonal Richness, Articulation: Save the Best for Last, Working with Larger Melodic Leaps: Sunny Came Home, Putting it All Together: Young at Heart, Belting: Crazy Baby

Voicing: Alto Bass

Review: This innovative method uses 17 fully produced songs and instructional tracks to teach singers how to develop and maintain good vocal technique. Detailed voice instruction is combined with pop, rock and jazz songs that gradually increase in difficulty. Singers can learn the essentials of contemporary singing technique OR use the song sequence with or without the recommended warm up sounds as a complete vocal warm up. Ideas and examples for song stylizing are also included. The CDs can be used with or without the guidebook. This book is tailored specifically for Sopranos and Baritones.

Songlist: Breathing & Posture: Angel From Montgomery, Tone Placement, Resonance & Loosening Face and Throat: Centerpiece, Approaching Higher Notes: Sweet Dreams, Strengthening Low Notes: Wade in the Water, Understanding Singer's Diction: I'll Stand By You, Understanding Singer's Diction Part 2: Unchained Melody, Looping, Consonants, Vibrato Development: Can't Help Falling in Love, Register Navigation and Range Expansion: Willow Weep for Me, Developing the "Mix" Register: How Sweet it Is, Opening High Notes, the Inner Smile: Since I Fell for You, Building Sustenance & Volume: Dark End of the Street, Pitch Work, Step-wise Movement: Walk Away Renee, Pitch Work, Chromatic Movement: All of Me, Increasing Tonal Richness, Articulation: Save the Best for Last, Working with Larger Melodic Leaps: Sunny Came Home, Putting it All Together: Young at Heart, Belting: Crazy Baby

Voicing: Baritone Soprano

Review: This follow-up to Volume One of Susan Anders' Vocal Workout includes 18 fully-produced pop, rock and jazz songs and instructional tracks, and is the same level of difficulty (so using Volume One is not a prerequisite). Beginning singers can learn how to sing correctly and develop their voices by singing through the workout at their own pace, with or without the guidebook. Experienced singers can skip the audio singing lessons and use the workout to warm up and maintain their vocal technique and strength. Song stylizing concepts are included, as well as chapters on staying healthy on tour and how to keep aging vocal cords strong.This book is tailored specifically for Sopranos and Baritones.

Songlist: Facial Resonance (Placement): I Can See Clearly Now, Breathing & Posture: Dear Prudence, Combining Correct Breathing and Placement: Why Don't You Do Right?, Approaching Higher Notes: You Gotta Be, Strengthening Low Notes: Summertime, Understanding Singer's Diction: One of Us, Understanding Singer's Diction Part 2: Get Here, Diphthongs, Looping, & "R" & "L": I'm Beginning To See the Light, Range Expansion & Vibrato Work: Don't Know Why, Developing the "Mix" Register: Sunday Kind of Love, Opening High Notes with the Inner Smile: Thank You, Pitch Work, Step-wise Movement: You're Still the One, Building Sustenance & Volume: Tracks of My Tears, Pitch Work, Chromatic Movement: Ms. Celie's Blues (Sister), Increasing Tonal Richness, Articulation: Alison, Ending Phrases on High Notes: I Hope You Dance, Putting it All Together: Bridge Over Troubled Water, Belting: Cry

Voicing: Baritone Soprano

Review: This follow-up to Volume One of Susan Anders' Vocal Workout includes 18 fully-produced pop, rock and jazz songs and instructional tracks, and is the same level of difficulty (so using Volume One is not a prerequisite). Beginning singers can learn how to sing correctly and develop their voices by singing through the workout at their own pace, with or without the guidebook. Experienced singers can skip the audio singing lessons and use the workout to warm up and maintain their vocal technique and strength. Song stylizing concepts are included, as well as chapters on staying healthy on tour and how to keep aging vocal cords strong. This book is tailored specifically for Altos and Basses.

Songlist: Facial Resonance (Placement): I Can See Clearly Now, Breathing & Posture: Dear Prudence, Combining Correct Breathing and Placement: Why Don't You Do Right?, Approaching Higher Notes: You Gotta Be, Strengthening Low Notes: Summertime, Understanding Singer's Diction: One of Us, Understanding Singer's Diction Part 2: Get Here, Diphthongs, Looping, & "R" & "L": I'm Beginning To See the Light, Range Expansion & Vibrato Work: Don't Know Why, Developing the "Mix" Register: Sunday Kind of Love, Opening High Notes with the Inner Smile: Thank You, Pitch Work, Step-wise Movement: You're Still the One, Building Sustenance & Volume: Tracks of My Tears, Pitch Work, Chromatic Movement: Ms. Celie's Blues (Sister), Increasing Tonal Richness, Articulation: Alison, Ending Phrases on High Notes: I Hope You Dance, Putting it All Together: Bridge Over Troubled Water, Belting: Cry

Voicing: Alto Bass

Review: This book of exercises contains everything singers need to know for their daily training. Furthermore, it offers help with vocal problems, acquisition of song interpretation and conveys tips and tricks ranging from warm-up to studio work. The author has summarized long years of experience and conveys the technique of professionals, in a simple way. Many illustrations illustrate the theory for easier understanding. It's been written for self-instruction, as well as a teachers guide or as complementary resource for vocal studies.

Songlist: Basics, Exercises, Style And Interpretation In Pop Music, Tips And Tricks, Anatomy Of The Vocal Mechanism

Review: Essential vocal instruction for the pop singer, with a terrific companion CD of a dozen warm-up exercises specific to men and women. Each exercise begins with a sung example, then the piano plays the exercise for you to sing. The exercises address: warming up your lower and upper voice, connecting the two voices, loosening the throat, placing the sound forward, relaxing the tongue, breath and volume control, increasing your range, pitch accuracy, stabilizing the tone, and more. The book shows the practical objectives of each exercise and gives helpful pointers for success. Ideal for singers who aspire to American Idol!

Songlist: Warming Up Your Lower Voice, Warming Up Your Upper Voice, Connecting the Two Voices, Connecting in Both Directions, Pitch, Flexibility, Stabilizing the Tone, Loosening the Throat, Placing the Sound Forward, Loosening the Throat, Relaxing the Tongue, Octaves: Pitch and Flexibility, Flexibility, Pitch, Flexibility, Pitch, Vocal Freedom, Range, Connection, Breath Control & Volume Control

Review: Following up from her best-selling book, comes the much-anticipated book of vocal workouts based on the book's highly-effective vocal method. Grounded in traditional vocal technique and updated singers of rock, r&b, hip-hop, and other contemporary styles, this book will expand your vocal technique, power, stamina, range, and expressive breadth. Warm-ups get you ready to sing. Workouts build your vocal strength and all aspects of your technique. The accompanying sing-along CD will be your constant workout accompanist making vocal exercises and practice accessible.This book is the practical companion to Anne Peckham's best-selling 'The Contemporary Singer,' which has become the preeminent book on vocal technique for contemporary singers, used in music and choral programs all over the world.

Songlist: Vocal Essentials, Getting Ready To Sing, Breathing, The Four P's: Essential Building Blocks For Vocal Training, Vibrato, Vocal Registers, and Belting, Essential Vocal Care, Auditioning, Complete Vocal Workouts, Warm-ups For All Voices, Workout 1. Basic Workout, Workout 2. Advanced Workout, Singing Harmony: Two- and Three-Part Exercises, What Next?

Review: The Vocal Warm UP CD is a great way to improve your singing skills and ear training abilities! The CD has seventeen vocal exercises designed to give you the mamimum warm up for your voice range. The CD's are divided into Male and Female low and high voice versions with an ear training section that follows. There is a book that explains all of the exercises and each exercise is demonstrated by a singer on the CD so it is easy to use. Once you hear the exercise you will be accompanied by piano to sing along with the CD. The CD was compiled by Ellen Johnson, a professional singer of many musical generes who has been teaching for over twenty years. She holds a Masters degree in Vocal Performance and has been a Professor of Voice at universities and colleges as well as teaching for the Old Globe Theater's M.F.A. program. She currently resides in the Los Angeles area where she has her own private studio and gives workshops and classes. 'Use of this warm up tape done correctly over a period of time will result in better vocal production, strength, and coordination of muscles. Many of my professional students use this tape prior to their performances. The ear training part of the CD is to help you develop better pitch and recognition of notes and patterns. You will find that your musicianship skills will increase over time by listening to the exercises and identifying what you are singing.'

Songlist: Warm up - High, Ear Training - High, Warm up - Low, Eartraining - Low

Review: The Vocal Warm UP CD is a great way to improve your singing skills and ear training abilities! The CD has seventeen vocal exercises designed to give you the mamimum warm up for your voice range. The CD's are divided into Male and Female low and high voice versions with an ear training section that follows. There is a book that explains all of the exercises and each exercise is demonstrated by a singer on the CD so it is easy to use. Once you hear the exercise you will be accompanied by piano to sing along with the CD. The CD was compiled by Ellen Johnson, a professional singer of many musical generes who has been teaching for over twenty years. She holds a Masters degree in Vocal Performance and has been a Professor of Voice at universities and colleges as well as teaching for the Old Globe Theater's M.F.A. program. She currently resides in the Los Angeles area where she has her own private studio and gives workshops and classes. 'Use of this warm up tape done correctly over a period of time will result in better vocal production, strength, and coordination of muscles. Many of my professional students use this tape prior to their performances. The ear training part of the CD is to help you develop better pitch and recognition of notes and patterns. You will find that your musicianship skills will increase over time by listening to the exercises and identifying what you are singing.'

Songlist: Warm up - -High, Warm up - Low, Eartraining - High , Eartraining - Low

Voicing: Low

Review: Potent and empowering voice exercises by the master teachers who devised them! One of the constants that any actor, director or theatre teacher needs is a strong vocal warmup. This valuable, first-of-its-kind resource contains 75 exercises for both solo and group work, contributed by some of the best professionals in the world. There is a brief description of the history and purpose of each exercise followed by the exercise itself. The Voice & Speech Workout comes with a training CD that will be especially helpful to the student or theatre professional working alone. Here master teachers run through each exercise in real time (leaving enough time for response). Among the contributors are such important voice teachers as: Frankie Armstrong, Mary Corrigan, Marian Hampton and Dorothy Runk Mennen. Editor Janet Rodgers is past president of the Voice and Speech Trainers Association and an associate professor of theatre at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Songlist: Introduction, Getting To Know Your Voice, Stretching, Centering, Releasing, And Aligning, Breathing And Supporting, Resonating, Articulating, Exploring Pitch, Projecting And Calling, Integrating Voice, Breath, And TextIntegrating Voice And Movement, Exploring Character Voices And Dialects

Review: This set is a complete training guide for improving pitch. Booklet includes printed music and a practice log that will keep you focused on your training and 'on top of your game.' All of the exercises in this set were a part of Maestro David Kyle's training program during his 50+ years of teaching.

Songlist: Soprano - Higher range / Tenor higher range, Soprano - mid-range / Tenor mid-range, Mezzo Soprano / Baritone, Contralto / low baritone / high bass, Bass / low Alto

Review: Approximately 50 pages, this book includes a CD of each ear training exercise - making practicing easy! The book consists of printed music to match each track of exercises on the CD. The CD consists of thirteen intonation exercises that have been recorded in six musical keys, to allow for various vocal ranges. (total of 78 exercises). Most of the exercises were developed and used by the late Maestro David Kyle in his vocal training program. Volume II is similar to Volume I but has additional exercises, more vocal key ranges and is at a faster tempo. Vocalists will find this a very convenient and thorough training tool for developing pitch and also for expanding vocal range. The book includes a training log to track daily practice.

Songlist: Pitch Exercises, Key of F, Pitch Exercises, Key of E, Pitch Exercises, Key of D, Pitch Exercises, Key of C, Pitch Exercises, Key of B(flat), Pitch Exercises, Key of A(Flat)

Review: This book and CD package consists of 12 vocal exercises that help train the voice using various intervals, octaves, syncopation, appoggiatura, mordent, gruppetto and more. Expand your vocal experience as well as your musical vocabulary. The 24-page booklet includes printed sheet music and a training practice log to help the artist/student stay focused. A total of 48 exercises are included on the CD (12 exercises recorded in 4 vocal ranges). All these exercises were used by the late Maestro David Kyle in his vocal training regimen. Maestro Kyle has trained thousands of artists, many who are nationally famous. All of the exercises in this set have been adapted from the original versions to be in a more usable format for this training program, and also in an effort to accommodate various singing levels. The set consists of English words only, not the Italian version. All vocalists can benefit greatly from these exercises, no matter what their experience or training level!

Songlist: Exercise listing and practice tips, Enunciation tips, Vaccai exercises 1-12, Theory 1, Theory 2, Practice log

Voicing: Medium
Style: Classical

Review: 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.

Songlist: Introduction, Freeing the diaphragm, Engaging the Vocal Cords, Your Speaking Voice, It's All About the Inhale, Practicing the New Way, Projecting a Resonant Tone, Mask Placement Throughout the Range, Self-Diagnosis, Strengthening the Diaphragm and Related Muscles, Getting the Diaphragm, Vocal Cords, and Mask Working Together, Vocal Cord Function, Isolation Exercises for Applied Technique, Bridging the Registers, Articulating a Difficult Consonant, Phonetically Modifying Words in Song, Scalifying Difficult Words and Song Selection

Review: The Vocal Gymnastics CD and Booklet Set consists of the majority of voice exercises that were taught by the late Maestro David Kyle of Seattle, WA. There are 5 CD's that contain the same exercises, each recorded in a different key to accommodate various voice ranges. The 30 page booklet includes the exercises in musical format, printed in the key of C, as a reference. Also included are tips on how to practice the exercises, information on how to properly care for the voice and much more. Vocalists will find this a very convenient and thorough vocal training tool. The booklet includes a training log to track daily practice.

Songlist: Breathing Exercises, Beginning Resonance Exercises, Intermediate Resonance Exercises, Vowels and Vowel Sound Study, Pitch Exercises, Beginning Vocal Gymnastic Exercises, Intermediate Vocal Gymnastic Exercises, Lutgen Exercises #1, Lutgen Exercises #2, Vaccai Exercises #1, Vaccai Exercises #2, Vaccai Exercises #3, Vaccai Exercises #4

Review: This book/CD pack by veteran vocal coach Lis Lewis (Steve Miller, Herbie Hancock, Bobby McFerrin, Gwen Stefani) will help singers of all styles of music: warm up their voices, increase their endurance and range, correct bad habits, and sing longer and better! It is divided into two sections: The Singer's Troubleshooting Guide covers vocal health, finding the right teacher, practice, auditions, rehearsing, recording and performing, and The Singer's Warm-Up CD features helpful exercises to prepare the voice for serious singing.

Songlist: What's In This Book, Why I Wrote This Book, Vocal Health, The Right Teacher, Practice, Auditions, Rehearsing Your Performance, Recording, Ready, Set, Perform, No Clones, CD: Why, When & How, CD: Breath Control, CD: The Exercises, About The Author

Review: This book/CD pack by veteran vocal coach Lis Lewis (Steve Miller, Herbie Hancock, Bobby McFerrin, Gwen Stefani) will help singers of all styles of music: warm up their voices, increase their endurance and range, correct bad habits, and sing longer and better! It is divided into two sections: The Singer's Troubleshooting Guide covers vocal health, finding the right teacher, practice, auditions, rehearsing, recording and performing, and The Singer's Warm-Up CD features helpful exercises to prepare the voice for serious singing.

Songlist: What's In This Book, Why I Wrote This Book, Vocal Health, The Right Teacher, Practice, Auditions, Rehearsing Your Performance, Recording, Ready, Set. Perform, No Clones, CD: Why, When & How, CD: Breath Control, CD: The Exercises, About The Author

Review: This book/CD pack by noted arranger and composer Steve Rawlins is both a warm-up collection and a manual for bebop phrasing. Its tasty and sophisticated exercises are designed for both vocalists and instrumentalists interested in further developing their proficiency with jazz interpretation. It concentrates on practice in all twelve keys - moving higher by half-step - to help develop dexterity and range. The companion CD includes all of the exercises in 12 keys.

Songlist: Major Scale Pattern in Thirds, Scale Pattern Ending with Sharp Ninth, Chromatics, Half Steps, Minor 7 Chord Arpeggios, Three Against Four, "Doubling Up", Circle of Fifths, Diminished Triads, Diminished Scales, Flat Nine Chords, Diminished Pattern, Diminished Scale Pattern, Minor I and IV Chords, Arpeggios- Minor 1 to Major IV, Blues Scale, Perfect 4ths, The Flat Fifth, Whole Tone Scale, Long to Short Notes, II-V7-I Progression

Review: This book is a valuable contribution to laryngeal knowledge and presents a concise profile of the anatomy of the larynx. Features exercises that will restructure the voice and teach the student a new way to handle the instrument.

Songlist: The Theory, What Is It?, The Sound-Producing Mechanism, The Sound-Supporting Mechanism, The Word-Producing Mechanism, How Does It Work?, What Are the Problems?, Separating Sound From Performance, What Is the Solution, A New Era for the Voice, The Basic Shape, The Practice, The Sound-Supporting Mechanism, Part One, Don't Use It, The Sound-Producing Mechanism, The Larynx, Positioning the Tip of the Tongue, The Pin-Ball Syndrome, The Jaw, The Outer Semi-Circle, The Tongue, The Passive Tongue, Desensitization, The Root of the Tongue, The Sides of the Root of the Tongue, The Upper Section of the Basic Shape, The Perfect and Constant HONH, Relaxing Deeper Constrictors, Activating the Anti-Constrictors, Strengthening the Anti-Constrictors, The Diagonal Tongue, Coordination and Vibrato, For Speakers Only, Sound on the Basic Shape, What Is Vocal Quality?, New Sensations in the Higher and Lower Tones, The Actions of the Vocal Cords, Measuring the Basic Shape, Long Tones On the Basic Shape, Verifying the Perfect and Constant HONH on Sound, The Sound-Supporting Mechanism, Part Two, Measuring Sound=Supporting Mechanism Tension, Crescendo / Decrescendo, Scales and Octaves, The Word-Producing Mechanism, Vowels, Consonants, Conclusion

Review: The Berklee in the Pocket Singer's Handbook is a must-have guide that sets a perfect 45- to 60-minute practice routine for you. Use it as your practice manual for a total vocal workout, from warm up to cool down. Covers: breathing exercises, tips for productive practice, mental practicing, breathing for relaxation, cool down techniques and more. Learn new tunes, clarify diction, and improve all aspects of your singing!

Songlist: Introduction to Practicing, Breath Management, Breathing Exercises, Practice Routine, Maintaining Your Vocal Health, Marking for Voice Conservation

Review: It's true. With this book in your hands, you can experience the end of worry, angst, fear and frustration about being the singer you wish you were, and start radiating the possibility of becoming that singer. Springboard to Artistry is intended for singers, teachers, and directors who long for the surest route to the Land of Good Singing, without traversing the often unintentionally circuitous paths of formless vocal experimentation. The 16 Weeks to Vocal Artistry incorporate proven principles of vocal freedom and pedagogy that the authors have used in the teaching of artistry to the singer. There are 16 weeks of planned vocal warm-ups providing opportunities to reinforce good vocal production habits.

Songlist: Dedication, Acknowledgements, Foreword, Preface, Pyramid, A Springboard To Artistry, Breath, Passagio, Light Mechanism, Heavy Mechanism, Forward Placement, Vibrato, Flexibility, Agility, Resonance, Vocal Warmups, Developing Vocal Skills, Vocal RX, The Maturing Voice, International Phonetic Alphabet, Singer's Tea

Review: From the author of Raise Your Voice and only documented singer in the world to shatter a glass by voice alone. This book provides a nine step breathing program designed to increase breath capacity, strengthen the breathing apparatus and enable you to hold out notes for over a minute. Contains 1 illustration and 10 audio examples. The Ultimate Breathing Workout Revised Edition is now 80 pages long with new cover and addition 'Breath Builders'.

Songlist: Foreword, The Basics, The Routine, The Secrets, The Chart, The End, Link to online audio files

Review: Do Re Mi Ear and Pitch Training is the second CD to Ariella Vaccarino's series of Voice Lessons To Go (Please read about Volume One- Ocalize and Breath). Do Re Mi trains the ear through vocal exercises. First, start simple with tone recognition. Next, the heart of the CD, Solfedge, (Do Re Mi...)- In that you will concentrate on forms of the major and chromatic scales graduating into chord recognition. Finally, Do Re Mi ends with, Hearing Your Note, showing you how to sing specific notes out of a group. This CD will be amazing in aiding you in your musicianship skills while continuing to strengthen your voice! Do Re Mi is perfect for all levels of singers. Whether you are just a beginner who is interested in developing as a musician, or an advanced singer wanting to refine your musicianship skills.

Songlist: Introduction, Solfedge Exercises, Chord Exercises, Hearing Your Note

Review: Vocalize and Breath is the first CD of the Voice Lessons To Go! series. It consists of a half hour of vocal warms ups, then fantastic breathing exercises, and finally excellent advice on posture and training. You will be guided through the exercises with vocal examples and piano accompaniment by Ariella Vaccarino an excellent experienced voice teacher and professional singer from Los Angeles. Ariella's explanations are clear and easy to follow.

Songlist: Vocal Exercises, Breathing Exercises

Review: Pure Vowels ist the third of four CDs in Ariella Vaccarino's Voice Lesson to Go series. This volume is a voice lesson compiled of vocal exercises concentrating on the different vowels we sing and their proper vocal production. The vocalizes are separated by the vowels: ah, ey, ee, oh, oo, and i. The first half of the CD is a walk through and explanation of each new exercise with examples. Part two is straight piano accompaniment to all the exercies to giving the singer complete independence.

Songlist: Introduction, Part 1: Vocal Exercises with Explanations and Examples, EE (as in READ): 4 tracks, EY (as in PRAY): 4 tracks, I (as in WIN): 2 tracks, AH (as in SAD): 5 tracks, OH (as in HOPE): 4 tracks, OO (as in COOL): 4 tracks, Ah Ee Ey Oh Oo: 3 tracks, Final Thoughts, Just Piano Accompaniment for All Above Vowel Practice Tracks