Table of Contents
Chapter 1- Introduction: Welcome to singing
The Beginning
The Basics
Posture
Listening to yourself
Chapter 2- Learning a Song: The ABC’s of Do Re Mi
Learning the music
Learning the words
Putting it all together
Chapter 3- Breath Support: Fueling the voice
The Respiratory System
The Diaphragm
The Intercostal Muscles
The Abdominal Muscles
The Process of Breathing
Breath Support
Chapter 4- 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
Chapter 5- Vocalizing: It’s not just a fancy word
Basic Exercises
Advanced Exercises
Chapter 6- 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?
Chapter 7- Vocal Technique: How We Use What We Know
Identifying a Good Technique
Chapter 8- Refining the Song: Putting Everything Together
Score mapping
Memorization
Chapter 9- 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
Chapter 10- 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 Schönberg)
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 Schönberg)
Over The Rainbow from the Wizard of Oz (Harold Arlen)
Some Enchanted Evening from South Pacific (Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein)
Someone to Watch Over Me (George Gershwin)
Summertime from Porgy and Bess (George Gershwin)
Classical Music/Art Songs
Amarilli (Giulio Caccini)
Beauteous Night, O Night of Love from The Tales Of Hoffman (Jacque Offenbach)
Cradle Song (High) (Johannes Brahms)
Cradle Song (Low) (Johannes Brahms)
Der Leiermann (High) (Franz Schubert)
Der Leiermann (Low) (Franz Schubert)
Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja from Die Zauberflöte (W. A. Mozart)
Drink To Me Only (Anonymous)
Ein Ton (Peter Cornelius)
Ich liebe dich (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Le Violette (Alessandro Scarlatti)
Little Karen (P. Heise)
Mattinata (Francesco P. Tosti)
My Mother Loves Me Not (High) (Johannes Brahms)
My Mother Loves Me Not (Low) (Johannes Brahms)
Nina (Ciampi)
None, but the Lonely Heart (High) ( Piotr I. Tchaikovsky)
None, but the Lonely Heart (Low) (Piotr I. Tchaikovsky)
The Sea (Edward MacDowell)
The Trout (High) (Franz Schubert)
The Trout (Low) (Franz Schubert)
Ständchen (High) (Franz Schubert)
Ständchen (Low) (Franz Schubert)
Voi che sapete from Le Nozze di Figaro (W. A. Mozart)
International Songs
The Ash Grove (Wales) (Traditional)
Dakota Serenade (American Indian) (Traditional)
The Fair Maid of Sorrento (Italy) (Folk Song)
Yo m’alegro de habèr sido (Spain) (Folk Song)
The Last Rose of Summer (Ireland) (Traditional)
Loch Lomond (Jacobite Air) (Scotland) (Folk Song)
Canzion de Maja (Spain) (Traditional)
O Tannenbaum (Germany) (August Zarnock)
Pawnee War Song (American Indian) (Traditional)
A un niño ciegocito (Spain) (Folk Song)
Duets
All I Ask of You from Phantom of the Opera (Andrew Lloyd Webber)
Anything You Can Do from Annie Get Your Gun (Irving Berlin)
People Will Say We’re In Love from Oklahoma! (Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein)
The Prayer (David Foster and Carole Bayer Sager)
Wunderbar from Kiss Me, Kate (Cole Porter)
