SUSAN ANDERS: Singing With Style: Jazz Vocal Warm Up & Vocal Style Singing Lessons

Susan Anders

Singing With Style: Jazz Vocal Warm Up & Vocal Style Singing Lessons

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Learn how to warm up and sing correctly, then learn how to stylize any song with riffs, phrasing, ornaments, scat singing and much more. 3 CDs of instruction and music tracks.

tracks

1 CD#1: Introduction to the Warm Up & Singing Lessons Section
2 It Don't Mean A Thing Intro: Loosening and Resonance
3 It Don't Review
4 Track+Vocals: It Don't Mean A Thing
5 Stormy Monday Intro: Breathing and Posture
6 Stormy Monday Review
7 Stormy Monday
8 Baby Baby All the Time Intro: Placing Low Notes
9 Baby Baby Review
10 Baby Baby All the Time
11 Honeysuckle Rose Intro: Opening High Notes
12 Honeysuckle Rose Review
13 Track+Vocals: Honeysuckle Rose
14 Good Morning Heartache Intro: Register Navigation
15 Good Morning Review
16 Track+Vocals: Good Morning Heartache
17 Ain't Misbehavin' Intro: Singer's Diction
18 Ain't Misbehavin: Diphthongs and Looping
19 Ain't Misbehavin Review
20 Track+Vocals: Ain't Misbehavin
21 Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me Intro
22 Do Nothing: Vibrato
23 Do Nothing Review
24 Track+Vocals: Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me
25 Our Love is Here To Stay Intro: Melodic Leaps
26 Our Love Review
27 Track+Vocals: Our Love is Here To Stay
28 Cry Me A River Intro: Sustaining High Notes
29 Cry Me A River : Articulation
30 CD#2: Cry Me A River Review
31 Track+Vocals: Cry Me A River
32 Lullaby of Birdland Intro: Pitch
33 Lullaby Review
34 Lullaby slow piano version
35 Track+Vocals: Lullaby of Birdland
36 So Nice (Summer Samba) Intro: Putting it All Together
37 So Nice Review
38 Track+Vocals: So Nice (Summer Samba)
39 Introduction to Style Work
40 Our Love is Here To Stay Style Work: Finding Notes in Chords
41 Our Love Review
42 Track+Vocals: Our Love is Here To Stay, Style Version
43 Baby Baby All the Time Style Work: Phrasing
44 Baby Baby Review
45 Track+Vocals: Baby Baby All the Time, Style Version
46 Ain't Misbehavin Style Work: Neighboring Tones
47 Ain't Misbehavin Style Work: Passing Tones
48 Ain't Misbehavin Style Work: Appoggiaturas
49 Ain't Misbehavin Review
50 Track+Vocals: Ain't Misbehavin, Style Version
51 Good Morning Heartache Style Work: Chord Tones
52 Good Morning Style Work: Substitution Notes
53 Good Morning Review
54 Track+Vocals: Good Morning Heartache, Style Version
55 Stormy Monday Style Work: Pentatonic Scale Variations
56 Stormy Monday Review
57 Track+Vocals: Stormy Monday, Style Version
58 Stormy Monday Style Work: Pentatonic Ornaments
59 Stormy Monday Review #2
60 Track+Vocals: Stormy Monday, Style Version #2
61 Honeysuckle Rose Style Work: Intro to Scat Singing
62 Honeysuckle Rose Scat Singing Work
63 Honeysuckle Rose Review
64 Track+Vocals: Honeysuckle Rose, Style Version
65 CD #3: It Don't Mean A Thing Style Work: Scat Singing with Penta
66 It Don't Review
67 Track+Vocals: It Don't Mean A Thing, Style Version
68 Do Nothing Style Work: Melodic Alterations
69 Do Nothing Style Work: Rhythmic Changes
70 Do Nothing Review
71 Track+Vocals: Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me, Style Version
72 Cry Me A River Style Work: Lyric Interpretation 1: Back Story
73 Cry Me Style Work: Lyric Interpretation 2: Word Emphasis
74 Cry Me A River Review
75 Track+Vocals: Cry Me A River, Style Version
76 Lullaby of Birdland Style Work: Quicker Ornaments
77 Lullaby Style Work: Texture & Timbre Changes
78 Lullaby of Birdland Review
79 Track+Vocals: Lullaby of Birdland, Style Version
80 So Nice (Summer Samba) Style Work: How to make style choices
81 So Nice Review
82 Track+Vocals: So Nice, Style Version
83 Music-Only Track: It Don't Mean A Thing Key: Ami
84 Music-Only Track: Stormy Monday Key: Bb
85 Music-Only Track: Baby Baby All the Time Key: B
86 Music-Only Track: Honeysuckle Rose Key: B
87 Music-Only Track: Good Morning Heartache Key: Ami
88 Music-Only Track: Ain't Misbehavin Key: Ab
89 Music-Only Track: Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me Key: Bb
90 Music-Only Track: Our Love is Here To Stay Key: C
91 Music-Only Track: Cry Me a River Key: Ami
92 Music-Only Track: Lullaby of Birdland Key: E
93 Music-Only Track: So Nice (Summer Samba) Key: F

notes

Singing With Style is a versatile program for developing and maintaining good singing technique and vocal stylizing skills. Part One is a song-based vocal warm up of eleven jazz standards and detailed technique instruction. Part Two uses the same songs to teach many aspects of vocal style including ornamentation (licks and riffs), phrasing, pentatonic runs, interpretation, improvisation, scat singing and much more.

Singing With Style includes: Three CDs of almost four hours of material, including eleven jazz standards played by a jazz trio (piano, bass and drums). The vocal warm up & singing lessons section includes these songs with example vocals and instructional tracks. The vocal style section includes the songs with stylized example vocals and instructional tracks. Also included are the songs minus the vocals so singers can work “without the training wheels”. These tracks without vocals can be used as a jazz vocal warm up or for vocal style practice.

In the Vocal Warm Up Section you’ll learn: breathing and posture, how to warm up correctly, how to increase your range, improve your intonation (pitch), build control, build resonance, improve your tone, volume and vocal endurance. Singers diction, the mix register, safe belting, articulation and vibrato development and/or control are also covered.

In the Vocal Style Section you’ll learn phrasing, improvising, ornaments (licks and fills), pentatonic runs, scat-singing, interpretation, melodic variation, vocal texture variations, and all the other vocal tricks you’ve heard singers do but couldn’t figure out. Though jazz songs are used to teach these elements, they are essential for all contemporary styles including pop, rock, R&B, country, and blues.

Beginning singers can sing through the warm up section at their own pace to learn how to sing correctly and to develop good vocal technique and strength. Experienced singers can skip the instructional intros and use this section to maintain their vocal technique and strength. Once they’ve learned the songs, singers can also skip the warm up section and move directly to working with the vocal style section.

Songs on Singing with Style:

It Don't Mean A Thing
Stormy Monday
Baby Baby All the Time
Honeysuckle Rose
Good Morning Heartache
Ain't Misbehavin’
Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me
Our Love is Here To Stay
Cry Me a River
Lullaby of Birdland
So Nice (Summer Samba)

Susan Anders: narration & vocals
John Deaderick: piano
Dave Francis: bass
Rick Reed: drums

Vocal Range: Eb to D (almost two octaves) alto/high tenor/bass range--bass singers will sing an octave below Susan. You can get an idea of the vocal range of the songs by listening to the audio samples at left. Baby Baby All the Time (Track 10) has the lowest notes of all the songs. So Nice (Track 38) has the highest notes. Sopranos and baritones can also use Singing With Style by singing a few note substitutions to add or subract low or high notes: note substitutions are explained in the vocal style section.

Susan Anders has been teaching singers how to sing correctly and develop their stylizing skills for over twenty years. She is the creator of the "No Scales, Just Songs Vocal Workout" Vols. 1 and 2, and “Harmony Singing By Ear”, methods that are being used by singers worldwide. Susan's articles on singing have appeared in Acoustic Guitar, Acoustic Musician and Drama-logue. Susan is also a singer-songwriter: her two most recent CD releases are "Release" and "You Can Close Your Eyes Lullabies". Susan was born and raised in Berkeley, California and now lives in Nashville, Tennessee.

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  • This was very informative
    author: Denise

    I learned a great deal from just listening to the vocal tips on the cd. I wish that she demonstrated the actual warm up on all the warm up songs rather than singing the actual words. But otherwise it was fine.

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