So You Want to Sing Rock 'n' Roll (eBook)

A Guide for Professionals

Edwards Matthew Edwards (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2014
292 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
9781442231948 (ISBN)

Infos

This book gives readers a comprehensive guide to voice science, vocal health, audio technology, technical approaches, and stylistic parameters for various rock subgenres. Author Matthew Edwards provides easy-to-understand explanations of technical concepts, with tips for practical application, and suggestions for listening and further reading.

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Rock ';n' roll is a style that was born out of the great American melting pot. An outgrowth of the blues, rock n roll music combines driving rhythms, powerful chords, and lyrics that communicate the human experience to audiences around the world. Although rock singing was once seen as a vulgar use of the human voice and was largely ignored by the academic community, voice teachers and singers around the world have recently taken a professional interest in learning specialized techniques for singing rock n roll.So You Want to Sing Rock n Roll gives readers a comprehensive guide to rock history, voice science, vocal health, audio technology, technical approaches to singing rock, and stylistic parameters for various rock subgenres. Matthew Edwards, assistant professor of voice at Shenandoah Conservatory, provides easy-to-understand explanations of technical concepts, with tips for practical application, and suggestions for listening and further reading.So You Want to Sing Rock ';n' Roll includes guest-authored chapters by singing voice researchers Dr. Scott McCoy and Dr. Wendy LeBorgne, as well as audio and visual examples available from the website of the National Association of Teachers of Singing. This work is not only the ideal guide to singing professionals, but the perfect reference work for voice teachers and their students, lead and back-up singers, record producers and studio engineers. The So You Want to Sing seriesis produced in partnership with the National Association of Teachers of Singing. Like all books in the series, So You Want to Sing Rock n Roll features online supplemental material on the NATS website. Please visit www.nats.org to access style-specific exercises, audio and video files, and additional resources.

Autor

Matthew Edwards is assistant professor of voice and musical theatre styles, a specialist in rock, pop, country, and rhythm and blues at Shenandoah Conservatory/Shenandoah University. As a performer he has extensive experience in rock, musical theatre, and opera. Edwards has presented workshops on singing rock and using audio technology throughout the United States at universities and major conferences, including the Voice Foundation Annual Symposium Care of the Professional Voice, Musical Theatre Educator's Alliance, Southeastern Theatre Conference, and many others.

Inhalt

Chapter 1 – Still Like That Old Time Rock ‘n’ Roll: A History LessonChapter 2 – Singing Music Theater and Voice Science, Scott McCoyChapter 3 – Vocal Health and the Rock Singer, Wendy LeBorgneChapter 4 – Let Me Hear You Scream! (Rock Vocal Pedagogy)Chapter 5 – Blue Suede Shoes: Singing with StyleChapter 6 – I Love It Loud!: Using Audio Enhancement TechnologyChapter 7 – Who Are You? Who-Who, Who-Who?Chapter 8 – Takin’ Care of BusinessChapter 9 – We Don’t Need No Education! Or Do We?Appendix A – Classical Training and Bel Canto, Kathryn GreenAppendix B – Vocal Exercise PatternsAppendix C – Breathing for Singing, Christina HowellAppendix D – Glossary of TermsAppendix E – Phonetic Symbols, Jonathan Flom

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.10.2014
• Reihe/Serie: So You Want to Sing
• Zusatzinfo: 109 Illustrations including: - 71 Black & White Illustrations; - 32 Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs; - 6 Tables.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Pop / Rock
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: can anyone learn to sing • how to sing • learn how to sing • learn to sing • Singing • singing app • singing lessons • singing tips • train voice • vocal training
• ISBN-13: 9781442231948 / 9781442231948