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Group Instructional Videos
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Ysaye Barnwell
Instructional
There is an awesome power in the human voice, and when uncommon voices are blended for a shared goal (for example: children at play or marchers singing at demonstrations) we become a community of individuals absorbed in a shared communal experience. Technology is changing some fundamental aspects of how, when, where and why we communicate as humans beings, but our voices - blended in song - articulate shared goals, causes, ideologies passions, beliefs, faiths, work, rituals, and tell our collective stories. Our blended voices are the core of our humanity.
John Rutter
John Rutter discusses the power of choral singing
John Rutter talks about what he thinks makes choral singing unique and its power to bring people together. Y
John Rutter
Advice for Emerging Composers
In this short film John Rutter reflects on his 50 or so years of composing some of the world’s most loved choral music, and offers some advice for emerging composers.
Sam Black
How to build a vocal arrangement
DK Music Academy, vocalist Sam Black recently made an acappella rendition of Stay With Me by Sam Smith.
Deke Sharon
Mastering Microphone Technique: 10 Tips
Never used mics before? Used them but still haven't mastered good microphone technique? No problem: These ten tips will help.
Deke Sharon
Creative Vocal Arranging in 4 Steps
Spice up your arrangements and make them more creative with these 4 steps!
Christine Bass
Vocal Transformation
Christine Bass' Vocal Transformation DVD features techniques for getting better vocal production in secondary school choirs.
Michelle Weir
Lucid Listening: Vocal Groups 2
Lucid Listening is a method for ACTIVE listening to recorded music in a way that is more meaningful and educational than casual listening. Through repeated, full-focus listening and the noticing of musical detail (such as the intensity level, emotions conveyed, degree of conversationalism, musical feel, use of vibrato, tone color, instrumentation, groove, and much more,) you and/or your students will be on the path to becoming a more sophisticated and insprirational musical artist!
Deke Sharon
The Value of Vocal Music in Education
School music programs are being cut, and education priorities focused on STEM. Is there any real value to a vocal music education?
Deke Sharon
Directors of Choral/Vocal/A Cappella Groups: Listen Up!
You may be doing something in rehearsal that you think is helping but is in fact undermining your ability to create great music.
Deke Sharon
How To Arrange for Any Group
It's not hard to arrange for groups you know well... but how can you arrange a song that sounds good when sung by a variety of different groups that you've never met?
Deke Sharon
Arranging for Women's Voices
5 key pointers to help you create great arrangements for women's a cappella groups
Deke Sharon
Modifying Arrangements for the Studio
Are you about to record your live arrangements, but want them to be more than just what you do live? Here are 7 tips to help make your studio versions shine
Deke Sharon
Why Vocal Harmony Matters
For most of human history everyone sang... but that changed. Why did that happen, why is it a problem, and what can be done?
Deke Sharon
Arranging Tips
We're kicking off our latest segment full of aca-tips, tricks and advice with the one and only Deke Sharon - we were lucky enough to quiz Deke on a few topics while he was recently down under.
Kim Nazarian & Darmon Meader
New York Voices on teaching jazz & vocal music
Nazarian and Meader talk about their experiences as jazz and music educators. In addition to their various teaching posts, the members of the New York Voices host a vocal jazz camp every summer at Bowling Green University, where Nazarian is an artist-in-residence.
Anna-Maria Hefele
Polyphonic Overtone Singing
overtone singing is a voice technique where it seems like one person sings two notes at the same time. You can sing the overtone scale on one fundamental. Another fundamental has its own overtone scale, so in order to have more overtones to sing nice melodies, you can use different fundamentals and change them while singing. this video is live, and every human being is capable of learning overtone singing ;)
Aj Czeresko
How to sing overtones
Short tutorial on how to sing and control overtones. Leave a comment and give me your thoughts!
Russell Robinson
Quick-Start Choral Warm-Ups
Quick-Start Choral Warm-ups, a comprehensive collection of outstanding choral warm-ups to ready your choir to sing and to improve sight-reading skills.
Joe Quick
How To Write HUGE Harmonies
Curious how to get huge vocal harmonies? Arranging is everything. In this video I break down how to get started writing everything from two part all the way to a five part arrangement.
Knut's Music
How to create rich and resonant choral chords
Having trouble making the chords in your vocal arrangements sound rich and resonant? There's a few guidelines you can follow to make each chord ring out strongly! So, in this episode, we explain the "harmonic series", the physical property of sound that makes this happen, and look at how to structure the notes in the chords so that each part will strengthen the overall sound.
eHow
How to Arrange Vocal Harmonies
How to Arrange Vocal Harmonies. Part of the series: Vocal Tips. Vocal harmonies need to be arranged in a very unique way. Learn how to arrange vocal harmonies with help from a professional singer and musician in this free video clip.
Knut's Music
How to write good counter melodies
A good counter melody, or counterpoint, can be as important to a song as the melody and lyrics! But how do we approach creating one for our choral arrangements? In this video we look at some tips for making counter melodies that are effective, memorable and support the main tune!
Knut's Music
Different approaches to making an arrangement
There's more than one way to work when you're arranging for voices, and each has advantages and disadvantages! We'll look at the different approaches in this episode, and also how you should arrange an accompanied choral arrangement compared to an unaccompanied.
Saher Galt
How to Write Harmonies
How to write beautiful vocal harmony parts using a modernized and refined version of a technique from the 1500s.
Knut's Music
Writing effective choral ostinatos and riffs
Ostinatos and riffs/vamps are incredibly important in pop music, and learning how they work can greatly improve your arranging skills! So, in this episode we look at different kinds of ostinatos and how you can go about implementing them in your songs.
Knut's Music
Deciding who sings what in a song arrangement
We're ready to start deciding what each vocal part is going to sing in each section of the choral arrangement! We'll look at how to distribute the melody and bass lines, and what sort of things you should think about when deciding on which voices should be singing what!
Idea of North
Choral warm ups
This video demonstrates warm up activities that can be used at the start of a vocal ensemble or choir rehearsal. They focus on developing the singers acapella singing skills. The filming for this video took place at the teacher’s workshop for In Concert and was led by renowned vocal ensemble The Idea Of North.