Singing For Dummies: 3rd Edition by Pamelia S. Phillips (English) Paperback Book

Description: Singing For Dummies by Pamelia S. Phillips Go from singing in the shower to taking your audiences breath away Whether you picture yourself as the next Ariana Grande or just feel like picking up a new hobby, Singing For Dummies walks you through the surprisingly straightforward steps youll need to take to develop your voice. Its a practical guide to every important aspect of singing, from vocal techniques to performance tips. Youll learn exercises and practice songs that gradually improve your craft and receive instruction on the latest technology and recording devices to capture and play back your songs. Singing For Dummies also shows you how to: Understand and use important singing techniques, improve your tone, upgrade your posture, and maximize your breathMaintain your voice with preventative self-care that keeps your vocal cords in tiptop shapeSing with instrumental accompaniment or with a partner in a duet Perfect for men, women, boys, and girls, Singing For Dummies is the most intuitive and accessible resource on the market for anyone who hopes to find their voice. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Back Cover Find your voice and share it with the world Is singing in the shower no longer scratching that performance itch? Do you dream about becoming the next virtuoso or diva to light up a stage? Or maybe youre just in the market for a fun and rewarding new hobby. Whatever your goals, this third edition of this book helps you discover how to refine your voice into a musical instrument that takes peoples breath away. Explore the tips and tricks of an experienced voice teacher as you fine tune singing techniques, expand your range, upgrade your posture, advance your breath coordination, and hone the skills you need to get your next song ready for performance. Inside... Identify your voice type Build better singing tone Polish your articulation Craft a practice routine Explore your head, chest, and middle voices Overcome performance anxiety Prepare for an audition Find tips for maintaining vocal health Flap Find your voice and share it with the world Is singing in the shower no longer scratching that performance itch? Do you dream about becoming the next virtuoso or diva to light up a stage? Or maybe youre just in the market for a fun and rewarding new hobby. Whatever your goals, this third edition of this book helps you discover how to refine your voice into a musical instrument that takes peoples breath away. Explore the tips and tricks of an experienced voice teacher as you fine tune singing techniques, expand your range, upgrade your posture, advance your breath coordination, and hone the skills you need to get your next song ready for performance. Inside... Identify your voice type Build better singing tone Polish your articulation Craft a practice routine Explore your head, chest, and middle voices Overcome performance anxiety Prepare for an audition Find tips for maintaining vocal health Author Biography Pamelia S. Phillips is a professional singer, voice teacher, and author. Her voice clients range from beginners to professionals, some of whom have gone on to win Grammy, Tony, and Academy awards. She also wrote all previous editions of Singing for Dummies and Singing Exercises for Dummies. Table of Contents Introduction 1 About This Book 1 Foolish Assumptions 3 Icons Used in This Book 3 Beyond This Book 4 Where to Go from Here 4 Part 1: Exploring Singing Basics 5 Chapter 1: Preparing to Sing 7 What You Want to Know Right from the Beginning 7 Determining your voice type 8 Locating the notes on the staff 8 Considering posture, breath, and tone 10 Developing Your Singing Voice 10 Working the Different Parts of Your Voice 11 Applying Your Technique 12 Having Fun 13 Chapter 2: Determining Your Voice Type 15 Sifting through the Ingredients to Figure Out Your Voice Type 16 Identifying the Fab Four 17 Highest range of the dames: Soprano 18 How low can she go: Mezzo 20 Highest range of the dudes: Tenor 21 Hes so low: Bass 23 Comparing voice types 25 Chapter 3: Aligning Your Body for Great Singing 29 Evaluating Your Posture 30 Creating Ideal Posture 32 Feeling grounded on your feet 32 Engaging your legs 34 Releasing your hips 35 Lengthening your spine 36 Balancing your head and shoulders 36 Releasing Tension 37 Letting go of tension in your upper body 37 Opening space in the head 38 Walking with ease 39 Projecting confidence through posture 40 Chapter 4: Breathing for Singing 43 Tackling the Basics of Breathing 43 Inhaling to sing 44 Exhaling to sing 44 Posturing yourself for breathing 46 Practicing Inhalation 46 Opening your body 47 Breathing, slow and steady 51 Catching a quick breath 52 Practicing Exhalation 54 Blowing in the wind 54 Trilling for exhalation 55 Recognizing resistance and suspending the breath 57 Testing Your Breath Control 58 Releasing abs and then ribs 59 Singing slowly 60 Chapter 5: Toning Up the Voice 63 Defining Tone 63 Creating unique tone 64 Identifying factors that affect tone 64 Considering tone, pitches, and notes 65 Flexing Your Singing Muscles 66 Discovering your own bands 66 Making the first sound 66 Dropping the jaw 67 Matching Pitch 71 Sliding up and down on pitch 72 Developing muscle memory 73 Recording yourself and singing along 74 Releasing Tension for Better Tone 74 Checking for neck or jaw tension 75 Bouncing the tongue and jaw 75 Part 2: Improving Your Singing 79 Chapter 6: Acquiring Beautiful Tone 81 Creating Tone 81 Starting the tone 82 Creating back space 83 Coordinating air with tone 83 Sighing your way to clarity 84 Releasing Tone 85 Inhaling to release tone 85 Letting your throat go 86 Sustaining Tone 86 Connecting the dots with legato 86 Trilling the lips or tongue 87 Working your breath control 87 Finding Your Vibrato 88 Moving from straight tone to vibrato 89 Imitating another singers vibrato 90 Chapter 7: Exploring Resonance 91 Understanding Resonance — Good Vibrations 92 Identifying resonance in different styles of music 92 Exploring your resonators 94 Ringing it out 94 Eliminating Nasality 95 Getting the feel for soft palate work 95 Coordinating your soft palate and tongue 96 Moving air through the nose 97 Debunking Common Misconceptions 98 Misconception: Tone resonates in your sinuses 98 Misconception: You have to place every tone in the same location 99 Misconception: Youre supposed to keep your tongue completely flat 99 Misconception: You need to open your mouth as wide as possible 100 Misconception: The more forward the sound, the better 100 Misconception: You have to smile to stay on pitch 100 Chapter 8: Shaping Your Vowels for Clarity 101 Getting Your Backside into Shape — Back Vowels, That Is 102 Exploring the shape of back vowels 103 Lipping around your back vowels 104 Singing the back vowels 105 Mastering the Front Vowels 106 Exploring the shape of front vowels 106 Speaking the front vowels 108 Singing the front vowels 109 Chapter 9: Exercising Consonants for Articulation 111 Saying Voiced and Unvoiced Consonants 112 Making Tip Consonants 113 Shaping tip consonants 113 Singing tip consonants 116 Making Soft Palate Consonants 116 Shaping soft palate consonants 117 Singing soft palate consonants 118 Working Lip Consonants 118 Shaping lip consonants 118 Singing lip consonants 120 Working Combination Consonants 120 Shaping combination consonants 121 Singing combination consonants 122 Chapter 10: Crafting a Practice Routine 123 Knuckling Down to a Practice Plan 124 Getting Answers to Your Practicing Questions 124 Where should I practice? 125 Whats the best time to practice? 125 How long should I practice? 126 What do I need besides my voice? 126 Warming Up 127 Stretching to warm up your body 127 Warming up your voice 129 Exercising Your Voice 130 Picking exercises that work for you 130 Breaking it down 131 Practicing Correctly 133 Recording yourself 133 Applying information and exercises 134 Using the online tracks to practice exercises 134 Part 3: Advanced Techniques to Improve Your Voice 135 Chapter 11: Developing the Parts of Your Singing Voice 137 Finding Your Middle Voice 138 Noting your middle voice range 139 Singing in middle voice 140 Checking Out Your Chest Voice 142 Zeroing in on your chest voice range 142 Feeling your chest voice 144 Aiming High with Head Voice 145 Finding your head voice range 145 Feeling head voice 146 Figuring Out Falsetto 148 Discovering your falsetto 149 Experiencing your falsetto 150 Making a Smooth Transition 153 Maneuvering in and out of chest voice 153 Mixing It Up 157 Making the most of your mix, man 157 Getting into the mix, gals 158 Chapter 12: Expanding Your Vocal Flexibility and Range 163 Tackling Register Transitions 164 Working On Your Range 165 Taking your range higher 165 Varying the dynamics 166 Moving between registers 167 Taking Your Agility to New Levels 168 Moving along the scale 169 Picking up the pace 169 Skipping through the intervals 170 Improvising for a Better Pop Sound 171 Mastering patterns in pop music 172 Singing pop riffs with chords 173 Chapter 13: Its a Cinch: Belting Out Your Song 175 Playing around with Pitch 176 Talking to yourself 177 Chanting and speaking 177 Finding your optimum speaking pitch 179 Increasing your speaking range 180 Using body energy to find clarity of tone 181 Defining Healthy Belting 182 Comparing belt and chest voice 183 Knowing your limits as a beginner belter 184 Noting the difference between the sexes 184 Coordinating breath and energy 185 Preparing for Belting 186 Speaking in a mix 186 Calling out to a friend 187 Moving Resonance to the Front 187 Exploring vibrations of resonance 188 Being bratty to feel resonance 189 Combining Resonance and Registration 189 Increasing your belt range 190 Belting up the scale 190 Advancing Your Belt 191 Sustaining belt sounds 192 Exploring different vowels 193 Belters and Belt Songs You Should Hear 194 Male belters 194 Female belters 195 Belt songs 195 Chapter 14: Training for Singing 199 Defining Training Requirements 199 Crooning as a country singer 200 Jazzing it up 200 Making your mark in musical theater 201 Performing pop-rock 202 Opting for opera 203 Showing your range with R&B 204 Training to Sing at Any Age 205 Recognizing differences between young singers and teens 205 Developing long-term technique in teenagers 206 Understanding that voices change with age 207 Training with a Choir 208 Enjoying the benefits of singing in the choir 208 Singing in the choir versus going solo 209 Chapter 15: Finding the Right Voice Teacher 211 Searching for the Best Voice Teacher 211 Finding a prospective voice teacher 212 Identifying what you want 212 Interviewing a prospective teacher 213 Knowing What to Expect from a Teacher 217 Feeling good when you leave the lesson 217 Working with imagery and other tools 218 Applying tried-and-true singing methods 218 Knowing What to Expect from Yourself 219 Developing your own practice process 219 Avoiding overworking your flaws 219 Making Your First Lesson a Success 220 Part 4: Preparing to Perform 221 Chapter 16: Selecting Your Music Material 223 Choosing the Song 223 Finding songs at your level 223 Determining the appropriate key for you 229 Selecting a suitable song style 229 Singing to your strengths 230 Shopping for Sheet Music 231 Downloading sheet music 231 Ordering music books 232 Checking out music at your local library 233 Chapter 17: Mastering a New Song 235 Tackling a Song in Steps 235 Memorizing the lyrics as text 236 Tapping out the rhythm 239 Singing the melody (without the words) 240 Putting words and music together 241 Using Vocal Technique in Your New Song 242 Giving voice to vowels 242 Backing into phrases 243 Breathing heavy: Fogging up the windows 244 Changing the tone for each section 247 Using Musical Elements to Create Your Arrangement 248 Comparing songs 248 Articulation 249 Dynamics 249 Tempo 249 Using vocal variety 250 Style 250 Accompanist 251 Evaluating musical elements 251 Chapter 18: Acting the Song 253 Seeing the Song As a Story 254 Chatting it up before you sing 254 Recognizing musical responses 255 Accounting for interludes 255 Exploring Character 256 Characterizing your character 256 Discovering your characters motivation 258 Planning actions to get something done 258 Getting Physical 259 Figuring out where to focus 259 Gesturing appropriately 260 Movin and groovin with your song 262 Chapter 19: Confronting Your Fear of Performing 265 Facing the Symptoms 265 Alleviating Anxiety through Preparation 267 Practicing well 267 Playing to your strengths 268 Managing your thoughts 268 Getting up the nerve 269 Building performance focus 270 Performing to Build Confidence 272 Devising a game plan 272 Evaluating your performance 274 Chapter 20: Auditioning a Song 277 Tailoring Your Audition for Any Venue and Any Style of Music 278 At the opera 278 Onstage at the theater 279 In the club 279 On television 280 Choosing Audition Songs to Highlight Your Strengths 281 Showing versatility 281 Connecting with the lyrics 282 Avoiding the wrong audition song 283 Choosing the key 284 Making the cut 285 Marking the music 286 Rehearsing with an accompanist 287 Preparing the Music 288 Preparing hard copies 289 Taking digital sheet music 290 Bringing a recording 290 Nailing the Audition 291 Doing your prep work 291 Dressing in the right outfit 292 Knowing how to audition online 293 Greeting the audition accompanist 294 Acting at the audition 295 Preparing mentally 296 Part 5: The Part of Tens 297 Chapter 21: Ten Performers with Good Technique 299 Xiomara Alfaro 300 Juan Diego Flórez 300 Lady Gaga 300 Eddie Kendricks 301 Bruno Mars 301 Minnie Riperton 302 Sofia Shkidchenko 302 Meryl Streep 303 Josh Turner 303 Colm Wilkinson 304 Chapter 22: Ten Frequently Asked Questions about Singing 305 Is Belting Bad? 305 What Should I Do If My Voice Feels Off? 306 How Are an Accompanist, a Coach, and a Voice Teacher Different? 307 If My Voice Is Scratchy, Do I Have Nodes? 307 Do I Have to Be Big to Have a Big Voice? 308 Whats the Best Singing Method? 308 Do I Have to Speak Italian to Sing Well? 308 Can I Have a Few Drinks Before the Performance to Calm My Nerves? 309 Why Cant I Eat Ice Cream Before I Sing? 309 How Long Will It Take Me to Learn to Sing? 310 Chapter 23: Ten Tips for Maintaining Vocal Health 311 Identifying Everyday Abuses 311 Incorporating Healthy Speech into Your Singing 313 Knowing When to Seek Help 313 Staying Hydrated 314 Getting Plenty of Shut-Eye 315 Making Sure That Youre Well Nourished 315 Preventing a Sore Throat or Infection 316 Medicating a Sore Throat 316 Protecting a Sore Throat 318 Keeping Your Emotional Life in Check 318 Chapter 24: Ten Tips for Performing Like a Pro 319 Rehearsing to Beat the Band 319 Wearing the Right Ensemble 320 Finding Your Stance 321 Singing with a Piano, Organ, or Band 322 Making Your Entrance 322 Roping in Your Audience 323 Ignoring That Mosquito 323 Handling Those Hands 324 Using the Mic 325 Taking Your Bow and Leaving the Stage 326 Part 6: Appendixes 329 Appendix A: Songs to Advance Your Technique 331 Beginner Songs for Any Voice Type or Gender 332 Intermediate Songs from Various Styles for Any Voice Type or Gender 333 Intermediate musical theater songs 333 Intermediate pop-rock songs 333 Intermediate country songs 334 Intermediate classical songs 334 Songs to Practice Technical Lessons for Any Voice Type or Gender 334 Spunky songs for practicing articulation and agility 335 Songs with larger intervals to practice smooth register transitions 335 Songs to practice breath coordination and legato phrases 336 Songs to Work on Range and Registers 336 Songs for low female voices 337 Songs for low male voices 337 Songs for higher voices to expand your range for any gender 338 Songs for lower voices to expand your range for any gender 338 Songs for Working Mix, Belt, and Falsetto 338 Female mix songs 339 Songs for working on male falsetto and mix 339 Belt songs for higher and lower female voices 340 Appendix B: About the Online Tracks 343 Recognizing Whats Available: The Track Listings 343 Tackling Any Potential Issues 347 Index 349 Details ISBN1119842964 Language English Edition 3rd ISBN-10 1119842964 ISBN-13 9781119842965 Format Paperback DEWEY 783.043 Country of Publication United States Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc Place of Publication New York Pages 384 Year 2021 Subtitle 3rd Edition NZ Release Date 2021-11-16 UK Release Date 2021-11-16 Author Pamelia S. 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