Instructional materials for Bass, Baritone and Low Voices

A bass (or basso in Italian) is a singer who sings in the deepest vocal range of the human voice. According to Grove Music Online, a bass has a range extending from around the F below low C to the E above middle C (i.e., F2–E4). The Harvard Dictionary of Music defines the range as being from the E below low C to middle C (i.e. E2–C4).[2] According to Singing for Dummies, bass range is normally F2 to E4 but can be as wide as Eb2 to F4. According to its author, Pamelia S. Phillips, the bass changes from chest voice into middle voice around A3 or Ab3 below middle C and changes into head voice around D4 or C#4 above Middle C. Phillips states that the bass's low voice is his strength, and the bass's high voice is his weakness. Phillips also states that the bass's voice is the deepest, darkest, and heaviest of the male voices.[3]. It is also common for men who are classified as "basses" (and have a full bass choral range) to have a speaking voice which may sound much higher than would be expected. Most seasoned basses also can train a very versatile falsetto, making their usefulness in a choral arrangement even greater.

Estelle Liebling: Vocal Course for Baritone, Bass Baritone and Bass Singers

PART I
The Breath System
The Phonating System
The Resonating System
The Articulating System
General Remarks
PART II
Fundamental Exercises
The Mezzo and Contralto Registers
Agility Studies
The Turn
Trill Studies
Messa Di Voce
Style
Special Problems
PART III
English
Foreign Language Diction
Italian
French
German
Spanish
Glossary of Musical Terms
Songs for Sopranos
Recordings of Great Singers

A method that has long been highly regarded among teachers and students alike. Each of these books consists of 3 parts: Part I describes the vocal mechanism and its function briefly and in simple, non-technical language. Part II consists of basic, fundamental vocalises carefully selected to develop the specific voices for which the book is written. Part III presents the important elements of diction in the 5 languages most commonly used in singing: English, Italian, French, German and Spanish.

6208 BOOK $9.95

Richard Miller: Securing Baritone Bass-Baritone And Bass Voices

Who is Baritone?
The Onset
Managing the Breath
Vowel Definition and the Chiaroscuro
Vowel Modification
Moving into Middle Voice
Agility Factor
Further Consideration
More on Positioning of the Larynx
Pedagogic Uses of Falsetto for Baritone
The Phenomenon of Vibrato
Establishing Technical Security
Developing an Individual Tonal Concept
Dynamic Control
Voice Viruses
Contributing to Performance Effectiveness
Performance Preparation and Enhancement
Early Repertoire Suggestions
Choosing Audition Material

Perhaps the most renowned writer in the field of vocal pedagogy, Richard Miller has delivered a new and outstanding contribution to the study of vocal technique in Securing Baritone, Bass-Baritone, and Bass Voices . The first thorough and comprehensive treatment of low male voices, this book draws on techniques and practical advice from Miller's years of professional experience as a performer and pedagogue. With a unique focus on "securing" the technical stability of the male voice, the book offers practical advice to students, their teachers, and professional performers, through numerous practical exercises and repertoire suggestions appropriate to various stages of development. Miller synthesizes historic vocal pedagogy with the latest research on the singing voice, always emphasizing the special nature of the male voice and the proper physiological functioning for vocal proficiency. An indispensable guide to male low voices, this book is an essential text for performers, aspiring performers, and instructors alike.

6457 BOOK $23.95

Nicola Vaccaj: Practical Vocal Method for Baritone

Vaccaj's masterly Method won increasing popularity with time, and was eventually used in conservatories all over the world. Even today it is often used by singing teachers, who consider it a collection of attractive Ariettas, each serving a particular funtion. And it is quite easy material, perfect for the beginning student.

6490b BOOK $19.95

Ferdinand Sieber: Thirty-Six Eight-Measure Vocalises for Basses

Thirty-Six Eight-Measure vocalises for Basses, complete with solfege.

6211 BOOK $4.95

Ferdinand Sieber: Thirty-Six Eight-Measure Vocalises for Baritones

Thirty-Six Eight Measure Vocalises comes complete with instructions on producing the tone and provides you with the solfege for each note

6484b BOOK $4.95

Mathilde Marchesi: Twenty Elementary and Progressive Vocalises - Low Voice

Mathilde Marchesi was a mezzo-soprano, teacher of singing, and exponent of the bel canto technique. She was an advocate of a naturalistic style of singing: she called for a fairly instinctive method of breathing and was particularly concerned with vocal registration, calling it "the Alpha and Omega of the formation and development of the female voice, the touchstone of all singing methods". These 20 vocalises are perfect for your daily vocal practice and having been used by some of the great singers of the past 100 years.

6466 BOOK $7.95

Giuseppe Concone: Fifty Lessons - Low Voice

The sterling value and great usefulness of Concone's lessons have been so long recognized, that their extensive adoption caused the issue of numerous editions in almost every country where the study of the Art of Singing is cultivated. No edition, however, is as thorough and complete as his 'Fifty Lessons' series. The purpose of these lessons, in the author's own words, are 'to place and fix the voice accurately,' and 'to develop taste while singing broad, elegant and rhythmical melodies.' This is a vocal training series not to be missed!

6467 BOOK $7.95

Giuseppe Concone: 40 Lessons, Op. 17 - Low Voice

The sterling value and great usefulness of Concone's lessons have been so long recognized, that their extensive adoption caused the issue of numerous editions in almost every country where the study of the Art of Singing is cultivated. No edition, however, is as thorough and complete as his 'Fifty Lessons' series. The purpose of these lessons, in the author's own words, are 'to place and fix the voice accurately,' and 'to develop taste while singing broad, elegant and rhythmical melodies.' This is a vocal training series not to be missed!

6479 BOOK $19.95

B. Lutgen: Vocalises Vol. 1 for Low Voices

The aim of these Vocalises is to render the Voice sufficiently flexible and mellow to execute easily and elegantly the colorature and embellishments found in the works of our great composers. The results obtained with this method, and how well it has been received by the highest musical authorities help prove this book to be a worthwhile purchase.

6492 BOOK $4.95

Chris and Carole Beatty: Daily Workout for Medium & Low Voice

Hum-Chew
Mum Mum
Nee Ah
Ha/Ma/Na/Nah/Hah
Yoo Ee Yoo
Mini Mini
Mum Mum
Wee Ah Wee Ah
Lah Lah Lah
Hah
Mum Mum
Yah Hah Hah
Hee Ah Hee Ah
Bee Ah Mee May Mah Moh Moo
Mee Yah Mee Yah Mee Yah Mee
Tee Oh
Hum-Chew
Lee Lay Lee Lah
Mah Nah
Zah Nah Pah
Yah Yah
Thee Ah Thee Ah
Yah Yah Yah
Mum Mum
Lee Yah
Mah Bah
Flah Ning
Mee Ay Ah
Nay Nay Nay
Preh Nee
Nee Ay Ah

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! Daily Workout will help you: Warm-Up, Work Out and Cool Down Your Voice for Maximum Performance - Build Strength and Stamina Throughout Your Range - Enjoy Exercising Your Voice With Fun and Interesting Exercises. Also includes a chart of exercise patterns and difficulty rating.

6196 CD $16.95

Susan Anders: The No Scales, Just Songs Vocal Workout Vol. 1

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 

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.

6428 Book & 2CDs $24.95
ALTOS AND BASSES

Susan Anders: The No Scales, Just Songs Vocal Workout Vol. 2

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

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.

6428 Book & 2CDs $24.95
ALTOS AND BASSES

Leonard Van Camp: Songs For Bass in a Comfortable Range

All Through The Night
Beautiful Dreamer
Bread of the Angels
Hark, Hark! The Lark!
I Attempt form Love's Sickness to Fly
I Will Sing New Songs of Gladness
Let Me Fly
My Lovely Celia
Now Comrades Be Jolly
Now Shines the Fullest Glory of Heaven
Streets of New York, The
Turtle Dove, The
Two Songs from Judas Maccabaeus

This hard-to-find collection is a wonderful resource for bass singers and features 13 songs along with a piano accompaniment CD. Expansive performance notes and history for each song makes this a great addition for your repertoire. Leonard W. Van Camp was known in the United Sates and Europe for his activities related to choral music. He was Professor Emeritus of Music at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE). He joined SIUE music faculty in 1963 and endeared himself to singers and audiences while at the university, with his trade mark lecture-concerts and his fierce enthusiasm for the music he conducted. As director of choral activities at SIUE, he served for 30 years and conducted the SIUE Concert Chorale, whose name has become synonymous throughout the world with award-winning performance.

5207 SONGBOOK $21.95

Joan Frey Boytim: The First Book of Broadway Solos - Baritone/Bass

Comedy Tonight - A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum
Edelweiss - The Sound Of Music
Get Me To The Church On Time - My Fair Lady
The Girl That I Marry - Annie Get Your Gun
Gonna Be ANother Hot Day - 110 In The Shade
How To Handle A Woman - Camelot
I Talk To Trees - Paint Your Wagon
I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face - My Fair Lady
If I Ever Would Leave You - Camelot
The Impossible Dream - Man Of La Mancha
Oklahoma - Oklahoma
Some Enchanted Evening - South Pacific
Soon It's Gonna Rain - The Fantasticks
The Surrey With The Fringe On Top - Oklahoma
There Is Nothin' Like A Dame - South Pacific
They Call The Wind Maria - Paint Your Wagon
This Nearly Was Mine - South Pacific
Try To Remember - The Fantasticks
Wunderbar - Kiss Me, Kate

This is the perfect first collection for many voice students, whether they are teens or college singers or adults. Joan Boytim has selected songs appropriate for each voice type, and has chosen keys that suit the vocal needs of novice singers studying in traditional, generally classical lyric singing. The editions of the songs in these collections are short and straight-forward. Teachers have found these books invaluable. To make the collections even more useful, each volume is offered in a book/companion CD edition with piano accompaniments recorded by pianist Laura Ward.

9183 SONGBOOK & 2CDs $24.95

Joan Frey Boytim: Easy Songs For The Beginning Baritone/Bass

Ura Lee
Beautiful Dreamer
The Erie Canal
Foolish Questions
Funiculi, Funicula
Go Down, Moses
I Wish I Was Single Again
If You Were The Only Girl In The World
The Jolly Miller
Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho
The Lark In The Morn
The Lost Chord
The Minstrel Boy
Mrs. Murphy's Chowder
Out Of My Soul's Great Sadness
Request
Simple Gifts
Smick, Smack, Smuck
Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
The Story Of A Tact
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Where Did You Get That Hat?
While Strolling Through The Park One Day
You'll Miss Lots Of Fun When You're Married

This series was designed to supplement traditional vocal instruction. Each piece is in English and has a limited vocal range as well as a piano accompaniment that is playable by a student pianist. The pieces include art songs, folksongs, humorous songs, and suitable vintage popular songs and are all appropriate for contest solos. The accompanying CD includes professionally-recorded accompaniments.

9185 SONGBOOK & CD $16.95

Joan Frey Boytim: The First Book of Baritone/Bass Solos

Across The Western Ocean
The Bells Of Cleremont Town
The Blind Ploughman
Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Road
Blow High, Blow Low
Create In Me A Clean Heart
Encantadora Maria
False Phillis
The Friar Of Orders Gray
Hor Ich Das Liedchen Klingen
Intermezzo
The Jolly Roger
The King Of Love My Shepard Is
Leave Me Loathsome Light
Let Us Break Bread Together
Lord, I Want To Be A Christian
Next, Winter Comes Slowly
O Mistress Mine
On The Road To Mandalay
The Rovin' Gambler
The Sea
Shenandoah
Tally-Ho!
There Was A Mighty Monarch

This is among the most widely used teaching repertoire for singers in the U.S. Over 30 songs in each book with 2 accompaning CDs, including American and British art songs, folk song arrangements, sacred songs and a sampling of beginning songs in German, Italian, Spanish and French. There is a completely different song selection for each voice type..

9184 SONGBOOK & 2CDs $24.95

Various Arrangers: Singer's Library of Musical Theatre - Baritone / Bass

Lullaby of Broadway - 42nd Street
At Night She Comes Home To Me - Baby
Easier To Love - Baby
This Can't Be Love - The Boys From Syracuse
You Have Cast Your Shadow on the Sea - The Boys From Syracuse
Camelot - Camelot
How To Handle a Woman - Camelot
If Ever I Would Leave You - Camelot
Come Along With Me - Can-Can
It's All Right With Me - Can-Can
Razzle Dazzle - Chicago
Closer Than Ever - Closer Than Ever
If I Can't Love Her - Beauty and the Beast
Talk to the Animals - Doctor Dolittle
Try To Remember - The Fantasticks
Comedy Tonight - A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Thank Heaven for Little Girls - Gigi
Just One of Those Things - High Society
Too Darn Hot - Kiss Me, Kate
Where Is The Life That Late I Led? - Kiss Me, Kate
In Praise of Women - A Little Night Music
If I Had My Drothers - Li'l Abner
Get me To The Church On Time - My Fair Lady
I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face - My Fair Lady
Eating Myself Up Alive - A New Brain
On A Clear Day - On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Clap Yo' Hands - Oh, Kay!
They Call The Wind Maria - Paint Your Wagon
You Mustn't Kick It Around - Pal Joey
I Could Write a Book - Pal Joey
A Woman Is A Sometime Thing - Porgy and Bess
I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' - Porgy and Bess
- Stephen Flaherty Make Them Hear You
Where's The Girl - The Scarley Pimpernel
How Lucky You Are - Seussical

Alfred's Singer's Library of Musical Theatre features a treasury of the finest musical theatre songs. Presented in their original keys and authentically transcribed from the original vocal scores, the songs were selected for each voice type with careful attention to the vocal range of the song, as well as the voice of the character from the original Broadway cast. Each volume includes a variety of shows, spanning every important decade of musical theatre. This authoritative series features historical and contextual commentary, audition tips, and 16-bar cut suggestions for each song, making it the most useful and relevant collection of its kind. This is the Baritone / Bass Edition.

8593 SONGBOOK $19.95

Various Composers: Arias for Bass Vol. 1

La calunnia e un venticello - Rossini - l barbiere di Siviglia
O tu, Palermo - Verdi - Vespri siciliani
Infelice!... e tuo credevi - Verdi - Ernani
Vecchia zimarra - Puccini - La boheme
Madamina il catalogo e questo - Mozart - Don Giovanni
Ella giammai m'amo - Verdi - Don Carlo
Vi ravviso, o luoghi ameni - Bellini - La sonnambula
Come dal ciel precipita - Verdi - Macbeth

Cantolopera is a series that proposes a totally new way to approach the great opera repertoire: versions for voice and piano of the most famous arias, accompanied by a compact disc containing the corresponding orchestral bases, recorded with a 130-piece orchestra, to allow the professional, the student and the opera fan to practice, as well as a version sung by an established artist for reference. Each volume contains the lyrics of the arias plus a short summary and background information on the 'Compagnia d'Opera Italiana' Orchestra and the performers.Cantolopera is a series that proposes a totally new way to approach the great opera repertoire: versions for voice and piano of the most famous arias, accompanied by a compact disc containing the corresponding orchestral bases, recorded with a 130-piece orchestra, to allow the professional, the student and the opera fan to practice, as well as a version sung by an established artist for reference. Each volume contains the lyrics of the arias plus a short summary and background information on the 'Compagnia d'Opera Italiana' Orchestra and the performers.

8572 SONGBOOK & CD $24.95

Various Composers: Cantolopera - Arias for Baritono

Resta immobile - Rossini - Guglielmo Tell
Eri tu che macchiavi quell'anima - Verdi - Un ballo in maschera
Pieta, rispetto, amore - Verdi - Macbeth
Cruda, funesta smania Donizetti Lucia di Lammermoor
Bella siccome un angelo - Donizetti - Don Pasquale
Dio di Giuda - Verdi - Nabucco
Credo in un Dio crudel - Verdi - Otello
O Carlo ascolta... lo morro - Verdi - Don Carlo

This is among the most widely used teaching repertoire for singers in the U.S. Over 30 songs in each book with 2 accompaning CDs, including American and British art songs, folk song arrangements, sacred songs and a sampling of beginning songs in German, Italian, Spanish and French. There is a completely different song selection for each voice type..

8569 SONGBOOK & CD $24.95

Richard Greene: Low? Bottom? Me?

Too Cool To Care!
Nobody's Perfect
Searching for Poetry
Let's Go Wild
Growing Roses
Helter Skelter
The Waters of March
Tricotism
Everything Happens for a Reason
Doin' the New Low-Down

"Low? Bottom? Me?" (Lobotomy, get it?) is "super-bass" Richard Bob Greene's first solo CD." Richard is, of course a founder and driving force behind nu-wave a cappella pioneers The Bobs, and he's a songwriter, composer, arranger and humorist extraordinaire. Included on the 10 songs are 5 Greene originals, "Too Cool to Care," "Nobody's Perfect," Searchin' for Poetry," "Growing Roses" and "Let's Go Wild." The others are a manic remake of the Bob's cover of Lennon/McCartney's "Helter Skelter," Antonio Carlos Jobim's Salsa-flavored "The Waters of March," Oscar Pettiford's "Tricotism," and the Mills Brothers' "Doin' the New Low Down." Most of the songs on "Low?" are accompanied, but the emphasis is on the lyrics and on Greene's powerful vocals; the solid rich bass that has anchored the Bobs for so many years. "Too Cool to Care" is a stream of consciousness beatnik coffee-house poem with cool jazz clarinet, bass and drums, as is "Let's Go Wild" but the words are sung rather than spoken. "Nobody's Perfect" is a bluesy, jazzy observation. There's some wonderful vocal horns on "Doin' the New Low Down." "Low?" is a smoky, Leonard Cohen-esque, surprising, poetic new direction for Greene's music, which will please present fans and surely earn him new ones!

2301 CD $14.98

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