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| The Voice Building CD |  | |||
The widely used Vocal Exercise CD. Recorded in the UK by Sam West | ||||
£7.95 (+ postage: £1) | ||||
| Online payment for 1 hour vocal lesson | .JPG) | |||
Secure booked lessons with advance online payment. | ||||
£45.00 | ||||
| JAMAICAN FOLK songs for all |  | |||
'JAMAICAN FOLK songs for all' is a CD collection of 14 Jamaican Folk songs produced by Sam West, in 2006. Suitable for everyone - from young to old! Contains words to the songs, and also instrumental tracks (karaoke style) to 7 of the songs.Adults and children will enjoy listening to the songs, and even singing their own versions - using the instrumental backing tracks.
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| DOWNLOAD Voice Building Exercise 1: Warming up |  | |||
| Exercise 1 is a legato (smooth) warm up, consisting of 5 -note steps, and arpeggios. This is one of the easier exercises on the recording. Duration 1.06 | ||||
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| DOWNLOAD Voice Building Exercise 2: Major Scales |  | |||
| Exercise 2 picks up the speed slightly with some major scales. These will get your voice moving along nicely: make sure you sing with attention to detail with this new tempo! Duration 1.21 | ||||
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| DOWNLOAD Voice Building Exercise 3: More Scales | .JPG) | |||
| Exercise 3 contains some more major scales sound with a slightly different pattern, and using different vowel sounds. The accompaniment is upbeat and lively! Duration 1.03 | ||||
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| DOWNLOAD Voice Building Exercise 4: Arpeggios | .JPG) | |||
| Exercise 4 gets you moving around your voice in a smooth manner - whilst paying attention to intonation (tuning). Duration 1.54 | ||||
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| DOWNLOAD Voice Building Exercise 5: Octaves | .JPG) | |||
| Exercise 5 covers a wide vocal range: some people may not be able to sing every part of this exercise - as their range may not extend to some of the notes. Once it's learnt however, it can be sung in different keys to accommodate each individual's vocal range. Duration 1.41 | ||||
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| DOWNLOAD Exercise 6: Legato & Staccato | .JPG) | |||
| Exercise 6 turns up the vocal heat with contrasting legato and staccato styles within one exercise. An interesting exercise which will get you working on being smooth, and also precise - within the same exercise! Duration: 2.01 | ||||
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| DOWNLOAD Voice Building Exercise 7: Staccato Study | .JPG) | |||
| Exercise 7 - Staccato Study, is one of the most challenging items on the recording. It focuses on support (breath control), and requires a lot of control and stamina from the diaphragm. Duration 1.44 | ||||
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| DOWNLOAD Voice Building Ex 8: Diminished Sevenths | .JPG) | |||
| Exercise 8 combines diminished seventh arpeggios with various vowel sounds to explore various ranges and timbres of your voice. The diminished sevenths also require good aural (listening) skills to sing properly: it can be very easy to mix up the melody with that of the dominant seventh arpeggios - also on this recording! Duration 1.31 | ||||
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| DOWNLOAD Voice Building Ex 9: Increasing Intervals | .JPG) | |||
| Exercise 9 uses a pattern of increasing intervals to help develop vocal agility, and precise intonation. One of the longer exercises on the recording, it's also a good vocal workout! Duration 3.31 | ||||
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| DOWNLOAD Voice Building Ex 10: Chromatic Scales | .JPG) | |||
| Exercise 10 consists of chromatic scales - during which the notes ascend and descend in semitone (half step) intervals. Aural (listening) skills and intonation skills are focused on in this exercise. Duration 1.22 | ||||
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| DOWNLOAD Voice Building Exercise 11: Legato Study | .JPG) | |||
| Exercise 11 uses a pleasant soothing melody to focus on Legato (smooth) singing. Good support (breath control) and tone placement, are aided by working on this exercise correctly. Duration 2.21 | ||||
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| DOWNLOAD Voice Building Exercise 12: Agility Study | .JPG) | |||
| Exercise 11 is a fast exercise which will assist singers in being vocally agile / nimble. Which singing fast passages, accuracy is vital - as there is little time to correct notes: they must be right straight away. This exercise helps you to develop skills needed for singing faster and detailed sequences. Duration 1.28 | ||||
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| DOWNLOAD Voice Building Ex 13: Technical Study | .JPG) | |||
| Exercise 13 is a Technical Study. This jolly (and well loved) exercise combines a few areas of technique: support, tone placement, range, agility, staccato. They are all covered in this little, yet powerful number. Duration 1.24 | ||||
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| DOWNLOAD V B Exercise 14: Dominant 7th Arpeggios | .JPG) | |||
| Exercise 14 consists of Dominant Seventh arpeggios - which are two octaves each. This takes you across a wide vocal range - in a short space of time. Moving across the voice seamlessly is what this exercise aims to develop. Duration 1.17 | ||||
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| DOWNLOAD V B Ex 15: Chromatic Scales: Two Octaves | .JPG) | |||
| Exercise 15 comprises of fast Chromatic Scales - each sung for two octaves. As these exercises are fast, and cover a two octave range, they deal with a few areas: good aural (listening) skills, vocal agility, support, and effective use of range. An appropriate and challenging finale to the vocal exercises on the Voice Building recording. Duration 2.02 | ||||
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