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Make Your Voice Heard

An Actor's Guide to Increased Dramatic Range Through Vocal Training

by Chuck Jones ...

• Focuses on the relationship betweenvoice training and acting• Simple, easy-to-follow exercises to strengthen the voice in just 10 minutesper day• Revised and expanded edition includesnew techniques• Replaces ISBN 0-8230-8333-0Chuck Jones, the leading expert on using the voice to convey character, explains his groundbreaking techniques clearly and concisely in this revised edition of a classic. ... Read more

$34.47 NZD

• Focuses on the relationship betweenvoice training and acting• Simple, easy-to-follow exercises to strengthen the voice in just 10 minutesper day• Revised and expanded edition includesnew techniques• Replaces ISBN 0-8230-8333-0Chuck Jones, the leading expert on using the voice to convey character, explains his groundbreaking techniques clearly and concisely in this revised edition of a classic.
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Singing and the Actor

by Gillyanne Kayes ...

Singing and the Actor takes the reader step by step through a practical training programme relevant to the modern singing actor and dancer. A variety of contemporary voice qualities including Belting and Twang are explained, with excercises for each topic. ... Read more

$117.99 NZD

Singing and the Actor takes the reader step by step through a practical training programme relevant to the modern singing actor and dancer. A variety of contemporary voice qualities including Belting and Twang are explained, with excercises for each topic.
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The Singing Cure

by Amanda Frances Lohrey ...

The Singing Cure takes the reader on a thought provoking and inspiring journey to unlock the secret of the human voice. Amanda Lohrey succeeds in drawing together so many threads in this seamless and compelling narrative , which shows her to be a master prose writer at the height of her powers. ... Read more

$20.99 NZD

The Singing Cure takes the reader on a thought provoking and inspiring journey to unlock the secret of the human voice. Amanda Lohrey succeeds in drawing together so many threads in this seamless and compelling narrative , which shows her to be a master prose writer at the height of her powers.
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Magyar or Hungarian Gypsy Songs

by Laura Alexandrine Smith ...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. ... Read more

$10.99 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
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Singing with Your Whole Self

A Singer's Guide to Feldenkrais Awareness through Movement

by Samuel H. Nelson, Elizabeth L. Blades ...

Singing with Your Whole Self: A Singer’s Guide to Awareness through Movement teaches performers to use the Feldenkrais Method of neuromuscular education to ameliorate problems of tension, muscle strain, and illness in order to obtain optimal vocal performance. With new lessons and chapters on kinesthetic imagination and neuroplasticity, this second edition features unique, modularized Feldenkrais ... Read more

$108.99 NZD

Singing with Your Whole Self: A Singer’s Guide to Awareness through Movement teaches performers to use the Feldenkrais Method of neuromuscular education to ameliorate problems of tension, muscle strain, and illness in order to obtain optimal vocal performance. With new lessons and chapters on kinesthetic imagination and neuroplasticity, this second edition features unique, modularized Feldenkrais
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The School Choral Program

Philosophy, Planning, Organizing, and Teaching

by James Jordan, Michele Holt ...

This new, definitive choral methods text is perfect for future practitioners and an invaluable reference for any choral conductor. The School Choral Program includes the combined experience and expertise of recognized leaders in music education and of choral teachers who work in today's classroom. With practical insights and perspectives, 18 authors—all leading choral directors, administrators, ... Read more

$80.15 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

This new, definitive choral methods text is perfect for future practitioners and an invaluable reference for any choral conductor. The School Choral Program includes the combined experience and expertise of recognized leaders in music education and of choral teachers who work in today's classroom. With practical insights and perspectives, 18 authors—all leading choral directors, administrators,
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The Performer's Voice

Realizing Your Vocal Potential

by Meribeth Dayme ...

An essential guide to how the voice works; and how to realize its potential.Concise, accurate, and accessible, The Performer's Voice explains how the voice works and how to use it efficiently. Emphasizing the infinite potential of the human voice, this practical book enables vocal professionals to use their voices effectively to create dynamic performances. Written for people who use their voices ... Read more

$48.99 NZD

An essential guide to how the voice works; and how to realize its potential.Concise, accurate, and accessible, The Performer's Voice explains how the voice works and how to use it efficiently. Emphasizing the infinite potential of the human voice, this practical book enables vocal professionals to use their voices effectively to create dynamic performances. Written for people who use their voices
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The Basic Songwriting Guide

10,000 Songs Later... How to Write Songs Like a Professional, #1

by Carter Cook ...

Series Book 1 - 10,000 Songs Later... How to Write Songs Like a Professional
Regardless of where you are on your songwriting journey, 10,000 Songs Later aims to help guide you along the path in some capacity. For those who have just started writing songs, The Beginners Guide gives you insight on where to start, how to flow, how to rhyme, and how to structure a song. For those who have been writing songs consistently for a year or two, The Intermediate Guide gives you ... Read more

$3.99 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

Regardless of where you are on your songwriting journey, 10,000 Songs Later aims to help guide you along the path in some capacity. For those who have just started writing songs, The Beginners Guide gives you insight on where to start, how to flow, how to rhyme, and how to structure a song. For those who have been writing songs consistently for a year or two, The Intermediate Guide gives you
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Dark Sound

Feminine Voices in Sonic Shadow

by Course Coordinator and Senior Lecturer for Popular Music D Ferrett ...

Series series Ex:Centrics
Dark sound carries the dense cultural weight of darkness; it is the undertow of music that embodies melancholy, desire, grief, violence, rage, pain, loss and longing. Compelling and unnerving, dark sound immerses bodies in the darkest moments and delves into the depths of our hidden inner selves. There is a strangely perverse appeal about music that conjures intense affective states and about ... Read more

$65.99 NZD

Dark sound carries the dense cultural weight of darkness; it is the undertow of music that embodies melancholy, desire, grief, violence, rage, pain, loss and longing. Compelling and unnerving, dark sound immerses bodies in the darkest moments and delves into the depths of our hidden inner selves. There is a strangely perverse appeal about music that conjures intense affective states and about
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Linguistics for Singers

An Introduction

by Gregory Camp ...

Linguistics for Singers: An Introduction is a textbook and manual that provides singers with a foundation in linguistic features of four major singing languages—English, Italian, French, and German—and shows how these features can be used to inform vocal performance and interpretation.Going beyond the basics of lyric diction, a grounding in linguistics enables student musicians to understand ... Read more

$119.99 NZD

Linguistics for Singers: An Introduction is a textbook and manual that provides singers with a foundation in linguistic features of four major singing languages—English, Italian, French, and German—and shows how these features can be used to inform vocal performance and interpretation.Going beyond the basics of lyric diction, a grounding in linguistics enables student musicians to understand
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The Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology - Teen's Edition

Tenor Book Only

by Hal Leonard Corp. ...

(Vocal Collection). Songs in authentic versions, chosen especially for teens, with introductory notes about shows and plots. The Tenor edition features 36 songs, including: Anthem * Any Dream Will Do * Breaking Free * Close Every Door * Giants in the Sky * Here I Come * I'm Calm * Not While I'm Around * On the Street Where You Live * Something's Coming * That Face * When She Loved Me * Younger ... Read more

$36.99 NZD

(Vocal Collection). Songs in authentic versions, chosen especially for teens, with introductory notes about shows and plots. The Tenor edition features 36 songs, including: Anthem * Any Dream Will Do * Breaking Free * Close Every Door * Giants in the Sky * Here I Come * I'm Calm * Not While I'm Around * On the Street Where You Live * Something's Coming * That Face * When She Loved Me * Younger
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Bel Canto

A Theoretical and Practical Vocal Method

by Mathilde Marchesi ...

Series series Dover Books On Music: Voice
Mathilde Marchesi (1821–1913) was probably the most renowned singing teacher of the late nineteenth century. Herself the pupil of the great Manuel Garcia the Second and the associate of the unsurpassable divas of the middle nineteenth century, she also linked the traditional bel canto teaching method to the beginning of the twentieth century. Early in her career her work was praised ... Read more

$30.99 NZD

Mathilde Marchesi (1821–1913) was probably the most renowned singing teacher of the late nineteenth century. Herself the pupil of the great Manuel Garcia the Second and the associate of the unsurpassable divas of the middle nineteenth century, she also linked the traditional bel canto teaching method to the beginning of the twentieth century. Early in her career her work was praised
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Escalas Modales Artificiales

Explorando nuevas posibilidades tonales en la composición musical: JÓNICA AUMENTADA

by BRYNNER VALLECILLA ...

Series Book 1 - Escalas modales artificiales
"Escalas Modales Artificiales: Jónica Aumentada" es una exploración única y apasionante de la teoría musical que desafía las convenciones tradicionales. Este libro te llevará en un viaje a través de las escalas modales, centrándose en la fascinante Jónica Aumentada, una escala que rara vez se aborda en la literatura musical convencional.A lo largo de las páginas de este libro, descubrirás las ... Read more

$15.49 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

"Escalas Modales Artificiales: Jónica Aumentada" es una exploración única y apasionante de la teoría musical que desafía las convenciones tradicionales. Este libro te llevará en un viaje a través de las escalas modales, centrándose en la fascinante Jónica Aumentada, una escala que rara vez se aborda en la literatura musical convencional.A lo largo de las páginas de este libro, descubrirás las
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The Embodiment of Authority

Perspectives on Performances

Edited by Taina Riikonen, Marjaana Virtanen ...

Series Book 7 - Interdisziplinaere Studien zur Musik / Interdisciplinary Studies of Music
Performance is a forum for social action, embodied interaction and shared authority. Recently, as the various acts and agencies surrounding a performance have become the target of scholarly interest, the complex split between theory and practice has been challenged, as has the idea of a singular, disembodied authorial ownership of the socio-material meanings surrounding performance. The Embodiment ... Read more

$156.99 NZD

Performance is a forum for social action, embodied interaction and shared authority. Recently, as the various acts and agencies surrounding a performance have become the target of scholarly interest, the complex split between theory and practice has been challenged, as has the idea of a singular, disembodied authorial ownership of the socio-material meanings surrounding performance. The Embodiment
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English and German Diction for Singers

A Comparative Approach

by Amanda Johnston ...

Amanda Johnston provides a comprehensive resource offering a modern approach to lyric diction and a thorough analysis of German and English.The third edition expands the discussion of many crucial concepts, such as stylistic diction choices for musical theatre, the varied treatment of “R” across genres, healthy glottal onsets, and the correct formation of the elusive upsilon, the curly-tail “J,” ... Read more

$69.99 NZD

Amanda Johnston provides a comprehensive resource offering a modern approach to lyric diction and a thorough analysis of German and English.The third edition expands the discussion of many crucial concepts, such as stylistic diction choices for musical theatre, the varied treatment of “R” across genres, healthy glottal onsets, and the correct formation of the elusive upsilon, the curly-tail “J,”
... Read more
The Singer's Repertoire, Part V

Program Notes for the Singer's Repertoire

by Berton Coffin, Werner Singer ...

NOW IN PAPERBACK! Designed for use by professional singers, amateurs, teachers, coaches, and students; contains annotations for more than 1,000 songs in the basic vocal repertoire. Invaluable for those who must prepare program notes. ... Read more

$99.99 NZD

NOW IN PAPERBACK! Designed for use by professional singers, amateurs, teachers, coaches, and students; contains annotations for more than 1,000 songs in the basic vocal repertoire. Invaluable for those who must prepare program notes.
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Teach Yourself Accents: The British Isles

A Handbook for Young Actors and Speakers

by Robert Blumenfeld ...

Series series Limelight
Paperback w/CD ... Read more

$33.99 NZD

Paperback w/CD
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Harmony Notes Book 2

by Marie Moran, Jean Archibald ...

Harmony Notes: Book 2, is a natural follow on from Harmony Notes: Book 1. The vocabulary is expanded to encompass dissonant decoration, modulation, secondary 7ths and an exploration of Classical chromatic harmony. Clear uncomplicated explanations of each topic accompanied by aural examples are central to the conception and design. At every stage the aim is to foster a musical understanding and ... Read more

$62.99 NZD

Harmony Notes: Book 2, is a natural follow on from Harmony Notes: Book 1. The vocabulary is expanded to encompass dissonant decoration, modulation, secondary 7ths and an exploration of Classical chromatic harmony. Clear uncomplicated explanations of each topic accompanied by aural examples are central to the conception and design. At every stage the aim is to foster a musical understanding and
... Read more
The Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology - Volume 7 Tenor

by Hal Leonard Corp. ...

(Vocal Collection). A collection of songs from the musical stage presented in their authentic settings, excerpted from the original vocal scores. There is no duplication from prior volumes! Contents: AMELIE: Thin Air * ANASTASIA: My Petersburg * Still * ANNIE: You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile * THE BAND'S VISIT: Papi Hears the Ocean * Answer Me * BE MORE CHILL: Michael in the Bathroom * ... Read more

$39.99 NZD

(Vocal Collection). A collection of songs from the musical stage presented in their authentic settings, excerpted from the original vocal scores. There is no duplication from prior volumes! Contents: AMELIE: Thin Air * ANASTASIA: My Petersburg * Still * ANNIE: You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile * THE BAND'S VISIT: Papi Hears the Ocean * Answer Me * BE MORE CHILL: Michael in the Bathroom *
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Polish Pronunciation Guide for Singers

Karol Szymanowski, Rymy dziecięce, op. 49, for Voice and Piano

by Laura Kafka-Price, Maksymilian Krzak ...

Polish Pronunciation Guide for Singers, written by Laura Kafka-Price and Maksymilian Krzak, offers approachable and consistent explanations of Polish language pronunciation. The book presents the sounds of Polish, along with essential information on relevant aspects of performing in this language. Focusing on the 20 songs of Karol Szymanowski's Rymy dziecięce, op. 49 for voice and piano, this book ... Read more

$42.99 NZD

Polish Pronunciation Guide for Singers, written by Laura Kafka-Price and Maksymilian Krzak, offers approachable and consistent explanations of Polish language pronunciation. The book presents the sounds of Polish, along with essential information on relevant aspects of performing in this language. Focusing on the 20 songs of Karol Szymanowski's Rymy dziecięce, op. 49 for voice and piano, this book
... Read more
Text, Liturgy, and Music in the Hispanic Rite

The Vespertinus Genre

by Raquel Rojo Carrillo ...

Series series Currents in Latin American and Iberian Music
The Hispanic rite, a medieval non-Roman Western liturgy, was practiced across the Iberian Peninsula for over half a millennium and functioned as the most distinct marker of Christian identity in this region. As Christians typically began every liturgical day throughout the year by singing a vespertinus, this chant genre in particular provides a unique window into the cultural and religious life of ... Read more

$178.99 NZD

The Hispanic rite, a medieval non-Roman Western liturgy, was practiced across the Iberian Peninsula for over half a millennium and functioned as the most distinct marker of Christian identity in this region. As Christians typically began every liturgical day throughout the year by singing a vespertinus, this chant genre in particular provides a unique window into the cultural and religious life of
... Read more
Collezionare Vinili

Guida completa per appassionati e collezionisti

by Coins and More ...

Una guida completa e pratica al collezionismo di vinili, pensata per chi inizia e per chi vuole affinare le proprie competenze. Imparerai a riconoscere etichette, matrici, edizioni e stampe originali, valutare autenticita' e stato di conservazione, usare cataloghi e strumenti del collezionista e capire come si forma il valore di mercato. Un percorso chiaro che copre storia e formati del vinile, ... Read more

$23.62 NZD or Free with Kobo Plus

Una guida completa e pratica al collezionismo di vinili, pensata per chi inizia e per chi vuole affinare le proprie competenze. Imparerai a riconoscere etichette, matrici, edizioni e stampe originali, valutare autenticita' e stato di conservazione, usare cataloghi e strumenti del collezionista e capire come si forma il valore di mercato. Un percorso chiaro che copre storia e formati del vinile,
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The Functional Unity of the Singing Voice

by Barbara M. Doscher ...

Series series National Association of Teachers of Singing Books
An understanding of how the singing voice functions should be a prerequisite for all those who wish to teach singing. And fundamental to any safe and efficient teaching method is the recognition that the singing voice is a functional unit. Consequently, this second edition, like the first, describes the anatomy and physiology of breathing and phonation and examines the acoustical laws necessary ... Read more

$59.99 NZD

An understanding of how the singing voice functions should be a prerequisite for all those who wish to teach singing. And fundamental to any safe and efficient teaching method is the recognition that the singing voice is a functional unit. Consequently, this second edition, like the first, describes the anatomy and physiology of breathing and phonation and examines the acoustical laws necessary
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A Cappella Arranging 2.0

The Next Level

by Deke Sharon, Dylan Bell ...

Series series Music Pro Guides
In this highly anticipated sequel to A Cappella Arranging, Deke Sharon and Dylan Bell provide even more tools and insights to help musicians master the craft of a cappella arranging—including new creative principles and theoretical techniques to expand the palate, as well as arranging in various musical genres spanning several decades of music.Since the publication of the original book in 2012, a ... Read more

$71.99 NZD

In this highly anticipated sequel to A Cappella Arranging, Deke Sharon and Dylan Bell provide even more tools and insights to help musicians master the craft of a cappella arranging—including new creative principles and theoretical techniques to expand the palate, as well as arranging in various musical genres spanning several decades of music.Since the publication of the original book in 2012, a
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