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So You Want to Sing Folk Music
A Guide for Performers
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2017
Summary
So many who love to sing are drawn to the immediacy and essential simplicity of the music we commonly call folk. Folk music, in fact, can serve as the perfect entry point for those just starting on their singing careers because of the ways in which it sidesteps the strictures of classical forms without giving up the fundamentals of professional singing techniques.
In So You Want to Sing Folk Music, singer and writer Valerie Mindel demystifies this sprawling genre, looking at a variety of mainly traditional American musical styles as well as those of the folk revival that continues in various forms to this day. The aim is to help the fledgling singer better understand the scope of folk music and find his or her voice in the genre, looking at the “how” of creating a vocal sound that reflects a folk-based style. The book looks at specific repertories and ways of approaching them in terms of both working up material and performing it. It also looks at some of the realities of folk music in the twenty-first century that affect both amateurs and professionals. Additional chapters by Scott McCoy, Wendy LeBorgne, and Matthew Edwards address universal questions of voice science and pedagogy, vocal health, and audio enhancement technology.
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 Folk Music 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.
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Copyright year
2017
ISBN-Print
978-1-4422-6561-5
ISBN-Online
978-1-4422-6562-2
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
238
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CONTENTS No access
LIST OF FIGURES No access
FOREWORD No access
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS No access
INTRODUCTION No access
ONLINE SUPPLEMENT NOTE No access
Chapter 1. YOU KNOW IT WHEN YOU HEAR IT No access Pages 1 - 40
Chapter 2. VOCAL NITTY-GRITTY No access Pages 41 - 74
Chapter 3. SWEET HARMONY No access Pages 75 - 102
Chapter 4. WORKING UP A SONG No access Pages 103 - 132
Chapter 5. PUTTING IT OUT THERE No access Pages 133 - 158
Chapter 6. SINGING AND VOICE SCIENCE No access Pages 159 - 176
Chapter 7. VOCAL HEALTH AND THE SINGER OF FOLK MUSIC No access Pages 177 - 196
Chapter 8. USING AUDIO ENHANCEMENT TECHNOLOGY No access Pages 197 - 220
BIBLIOGRAPHY No access Pages 221 - 224
INDEX No access Pages 225 - 236
ABOUT THE AUTHOR No access Pages 237 - 238
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