Website Search
Find information on spaces, staff, and services.
Catalog Search
Books; Sound Recordings
Vocal improvisation
- Author / Creator
- Available as
- Physical
- Summary
-
Designed for vocal students to better connect what they "hear" with what they "play."
Details
Checking for availability...
- Creator
- Michele Weir
- Format
- Books; Sound Recordings
- Language
- English
- Publication
-
- [Rottenburg N., Germany] : Advance Music, ©2001
- Physical Details
-
- 231 pages : illustrations, music ; 31 cm + 1 compact disc (4 3/4 in.)
- ISBNs
- 9783892210627, 3892210624
- OCLC
- ocm47173252
- Credits
-
- Darmon Meader, Don Shelton, vocals ; Michele Weir, vocals/piano ; Joe La Barbera, drums ; John Clayton, bass
- Produced by Michele Weir ; Hans Gruber, executive producer
- Accompanying CDs contain play-along tracks for practicing musical examples.
- Includes discography, interviews, and glossary of terms.
- Intro to vocal improvisation -- Part one. Jazz fundamentals: Chords and scales ; Chord progressions and how they work ; Other basics ; Jazz keyboard -- Part two. Beginning improvisation: Getting started ; Rhythm and syllables ; Creating melodies ; Diatonic chord progressions ; Learning to hear the changes -- Part three. Intermediate improvisation: Articulation ; Melodic structure ; Non-diatonic chord progressions ; Hearing the changes -- Part four. Advanced improvisation: Other aspects of rhythm ; More about the bebop language ; Hearing the changes even better! ; Improvising on jazz standards -- Part five. Other considerations: Creating and retaining interest ; Practice -- Part six. Vocal improvisation in the classroom: Working with groups of students ; Group activities and games