So You Want to Sing the Blues (eBook)

A Guide for Performers

Eli Yamin (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
248 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-4422-6704-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Eli Yamin explores those essential elements that make the blues sound authentic and guides readers of all backgrounds and levels through mastering this art form. He provides glimpses into the musical lives of the women and men who created the blues and offers concrete explanations and exercises to improve any singer’s technique and expression.

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So You Want to Sing the Blues: A Guide for Performers shines a light on the history and vibrant modern life of blues song. Eli Yamin explores those essential elements that make the blues sound authentic and guides readers of all backgrounds and levels through mastering this art form. He provides glimpses into the musical lives of the women and men who created the blues along with a listening tour of seminal recordings in the genre's history.The blues presents many unique challenges for singers, who must shout, slide, and serenade around the accompanying music. By offering concrete explanations and exercises of key blues elements, this book guides singers to create authentic self-expressions informed by the style's rich history and supported by strong technique. Teachers and singers of all levels will find this book a welcome guide to participating in this culturally diverse and uplifting style.The So You Want to Sing series is produced in partnership with the National Association of Teachers of Singing. Like all books in the series, So You Want to Sing the Blues 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

Eli Yamin is an internationally presented pianist, composer, educator, and singer. He is the cofounder and managing and artistic director of Jazz Power Initiative, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to ignite the power of jazz arts education to transform lives by fostering self-expression, leadership, collaboration, and diversity. Yamin is also the founding director of Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Middle School Jazz Academy, leading its first decade. Yamin has performed in over twenty-five countries and in the United States at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and the White House. He teaches jazz and blues history, piano, and voice at Lehman College, City University of New York, and Marymount Manhattan College.

Inhalt

Chapter 1 – Origins of the Blues Chapter 2 – Singing and Voice Science, Scott McCoyChapter 3 – Vocal Health for the Blues Singer, Wendy LeBorgneChapter 4 – The Magic and Mechanics of Blues Singing, Darrell Lauer with Eli YaminChapter 5 – Developing Authentic Style Characteristics: Early Blues WomenChapter 6 – Developing Authentic Style Characteristics: Early Blues Men and Another WomanChapter 7 – Developing Authentic Style Characteristics: Chicago Blues and the Modern Blues Vocal SoundChapter 8 – Making a Soulful Sound and Writing Your Own BluesChapter 9 – Using Audio Enhancement Technology, Matthew Edwards

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.9.2018
• Reihe/Serie: So You Want to Sing
• Zusatzinfo: 53 Illustrations including: - 13 Color Illustrations; - 39 Halftones, Color including Color Photographs; - 1 Tables.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Jazz / Blues
• Schlagworte: Blue roots • Blues • Blues Roots • Exercises • History and Criticism • how to sing • instruction • Jazz • learn to sing • master class • Pedagogy • Repertoire • Singing • singing tips • vocalists • vocal technique • vocal training
• ISBN-10: 1-4422-6704-6 / 1442267046
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4422-6704-6 / 9781442267046