An alto or contralto is a singer with a vocal range somewhere between a tenor and a mezzo-soprano. The term is used to refer to the lowest female singing voice, or to a kind of male singing voice utilizing falsetto called a countertenor. Alto pieces normally span between G below middle C to the E a tenth above middle C (i.e. G3-E5). At the bottom of their range, male altos sound almost like tenors. Some altos have even larger ranges; from the C below middle C to the C two octaves above (C3-C6 if middle C is C4), but like all singers, their vocal type is defined mostly by their "vocal center" and not by their range (a soprano for instance could technically possess the lower range of an alto, but would not be comfortable singing it). In four part choral harmony, the alto is the second highest voice. Alto pieces were originally written in the alto clef, but now use the treble clef.
Thirty-Six Eight-Measure vocalises for Altos, complete with solfege.
| 6212 BOOK $4.95 |
The sterling value and great usefulness of Concone's lessons have been so long recognized, that their extensive adoption caused the issue of numerous editions in almost every country where the study of the Art of Singing is cultivated. No edition, however, is as thorough and complete as his 'Fifty Lessons' series. The purpose of these lessons, in the author's own words, are 'to place and fix the voice accurately,' and 'to develop taste while singing broad, elegant and rhythmical melodies.' This is a vocal training series not to be missed!
| 6467 BOOK $9.95 |
This book is a collection of elementary exercises of progressive difficulty. 102 exercises for the mechanism of the Soprano and Mezzo Soprano voice and 12 for the execution. It comes complete with instruction and tips on how to execute them properly.
| 6483 BOOK $6.95 |
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The Breath System The Phonating System The Resonating System The Articulating System General Remarks Fundamental Exercises The Covered Tone Agility Studies Sustained Tone Studies Chromatic Studies Messa Di Voce The Head Voice Style Special Problems English Diction Foreign Language Diction Glossary of Musical Terms Songs for Baritone and Bass Recordings of Great Singers |
A method that has long been highly regarded among teachers and students alike. Each of these books consists of 3 parts: Part I describes the vocal mechanism and its function briefly and in simple, non-technical language. Part II consists of basic, fundamental vocalises carefully selected to develop the specific voices for which the book is written. Part III presents the important elements of diction in the 5 languages most commonly used in singing: English, Italian, French, German and Spanish.
| 6221 BOOK $9.95 |
Thirty-Six Eight Measure Vocalises comes complete with instructions on producing the tone and provides you with the solfege for each note
| 8548 BOOK $4.95 |
Vaccaj's masterly Method won increasing popularity with time, and was eventually used in conservatories all over the world. Even today it is often used by singing teachers, who consider it a collection of attractive Ariettas, each serving a particular funtion. And it is quite easy material, perfect for the beginning student.
| 6490b BOOK $19.95 |
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Breathing & Posture: Angel From Montgomery Tone Placement, Resonance & Loosening Face and Throat: Centerpiece Approaching Higher Notes: Sweet Dreams Strengthening Low Notes: Wade in the Water Understanding Singer’s Diction: I’ll Stand By You Understanding Singer’s Diction Part 2: Unchained Melody Looping, Consonants, Vibrato Development: Can’t Help Falling in Love Register Navigation and Range Expansion: Willow Weep for Me Developing the "Mix" Register: How Sweet it Is Opening High Notes, the Inner Smile: Since I Fell for You Building Sustenance & Volume: Dark End of the Street Pitch Work, Step-wise Movement: Walk Away Renee Pitch Work, Chromatic Movement: All of Me Increasing Tonal Richness, Articulation: Save the Best for Last Working with Larger Melodic Leaps: Sunny Came Home Putting it All Together: Young at Heart Belting: Crazy Baby |
This innovative method uses 17 fully produced songs and instructional tracks to teach singers how to develop and maintain good vocal technique. Detailed voice instruction is combined with pop, rock and jazz songs that gradually increase in difficulty. Singers can learn the essentials of contemporary singing technique OR use the song sequence with or without the recommended warm up sounds as a complete vocal warm up. Ideas and examples for song stylizing are also included. The CDs can be used with or without the guidebook.
| 6428 Book & 2CDs $24.95 ALTOS |
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Facial Resonance (Placement): I Can See Clearly Now Breathing & Posture: Dear Prudence Combining Correct Breathing and Placement: Why Don't You Do Right? Approaching Higher Notes: You Gotta Be Strengthening Low Notes: Summertime Understanding Singer’s Diction: One of Us Understanding Singer’s Diction Part 2: Get Here Diphthongs, Looping, & "R" & "L": I'm Beginning To See the Light Range Expansion & Vibrato Work: Don't Know Why Developing the "Mix" Register: Sunday Kind of Love Opening High Notes with the Inner Smile: Thank You Pitch Work, Step-wise Movement: You're Still the One Building Sustenance & Volume: Tracks of My Tears Pitch Work, Chromatic Movement: Ms. Celie’s Blues (Sister) Increasing Tonal Richness, Articulation: Alison Ending Phrases on High Notes: I Hope You Dance Putting it All Together: Bridge Over Troubled Water Belting: Cry |
This follow-up to Volume One of Susan Anders’ Vocal Workout includes 18 fully-produced pop, rock and jazz songs and instructional tracks, and is the same level of difficulty (so using Volume One is not a prerequisite). Beginning singers can learn how to sing correctly and develop their voices by singing through the workout at their own pace, with or without the guidebook. Experienced singers can skip the audio singing lessons and use the workout to warm up and maintain their vocal technique and strength. Song stylizing concepts are included, as well as chapters on staying healthy on tour and how to keep aging vocal cords strong.
| 6428 Book & 2CDs $24.95 ALTOS |
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An Die Musik - Schubert The Blue Bell - MacDowell He Shall Feed His Flock 0 Handel My Lord What A Lovely Morning - Spritual Now Is The Month Of Maying - Morley Nymphs And Shepards - Purcell Ombra Mai Fu - Handel Porque Toco El Pndero - Rodrigo Silent Noon - Williams Vergin Tutto Amor - Durante |
This outstanding series is an encouragement to young singers in preparing a vocal solo. Songs have been carefully chosen for each voice type, after consulting many official state contest repertoire lists. Each volume includes Five art songs in English, one African-American Spiritual, one art song in Spanish, one art song in German, two art songs in italian, new editions and engravings of all songs, historical notes on each composer represented, interpretive suggestions for each song, translations for study and a preface on 'learning a song.' Each enhanced CD includes beautiful performances of each song by talented professional artists, excellent recorded accompaniment tracks for practice, pronunciation lessons in German, Italian and Spanish. In addition to piano accompaniments playable on both your CD player and computer, the enhanced CD also includes tempo adjustment and transposition softward for CD-ROM compute use only. This edition is for Mezzo-Sopranos/Altos.
| 8526 Book & CD $15.95 Mezzo-Soprano |
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As Long As He Needs Me - Oliver Bali H'i - South Pacific A Cock Eyed Optomist - South Pacific The Earth And Other Minor Things - Gigi Falling In Love With Love - The Syracuse Getting To Know You - The King And I I Enjoy Being A Girl - Flower Drum Song I Love Paris - Can-Can If I Ruled The World - Pickwick In My Own Little Corner - Cinderella It Might As Well Be Spring - State Fair Maria - The Sound Of Music My Favorite Things - The Sound Of Music My Funny VAlentine - Babes In Arms On My Own - Les Miserables People - Funny Girl Simple Little Things - 110 In The Shade Something Wonderful - The King And I The Song Is You - Music In The Air What's The Use Of Wondering - Carousel Where Or When - Babes In Arms A Wonderful Guy - South Pacific |
This is the perfect first collection for many voice students, whether they are teens or college singers or adults. Joan Boytim has selected songs appropriate for each voice type, and has chosen keys that suit the vocal needs of novice singers studying in traditional, generally classical lyric singing. The editions of the songs in these collections are short and straight-forward. Teachers have found these books invaluable. To make the collections even more useful, each volume is offered in a book/companion CD edition with piano accompaniments recorded by pianist Laura Ward.
| 8539 Book & CD $24.95 Mezzo-Sorano |
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Someone Else's Story - Chess Nothing Really Happend - Is There Life After High School Old Friend - I'm Getting My Act Together And Taking It On The Road Sooner Or Later (I Always Get My Man) - Dick Tracy I'd Be Surprisingly Good For You - Evita Just A House Wife - Working I Dreamed A Dream - Les Miserables My Husband Makes Movies - Nine Tell Me On A Sunday - Song & Dance |
10 songs from contemporary stage productions, including the shows Evita, Les Miserables, Nine, Miss Saigon and Dick Tracy. The companion CD offers wonderful performances by talented artists and accompaniments for practice. Many of the songs have never been recorded apart from the original cast albums.
| 8538 Book & CD $22.95 Mezzo-Soprano |
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And All That Jazz- Chicago Another Op'nin', Another Show - Kiss Me Kate Anything Goes - Anything Goes Back to Before - Ragtime, The Musical Beauty and the Beast - Beauty and the Beast By the Sea - Sweeny Todd C'est Magnifique - Can-Can Change - A New Brain Don't Rain on My Parade - Funny Girl Easy to Be Heard - Hair Everything's Coming Up Roses - Gypsy Goodbye, My Love - Ragtime, The Musical Hernando's Hideaway - The Pajama Game Home - Beauty and the Beast I Get a Kick Out of You - Anything Goes I Got Rhythm - Girl Crazy I Just Want to Be a Star - Nunsense I Love Paris - Can-Can I Wish I Could Forget You - Passion I'm Not at All In Love - The Pajama Game Johnny One Note - Babes In Arms Life Story Miss Byrd - Closer Than Ever My Big Mistake - The Will Rodgers Follies My Funny Valentine - Babes In Arms No Time At All - Pippin People - Funny Girl Rose's Turn - Gypsy Send In The Clowns - A Little Night Music The Story Goes On - Baby Sunday In The Park With George - Sunday In The Park With George Whatever Lola Wants (Lola Gets) - Damn Yankees When I Look at You - The Scarlet Pimpernel When You're Good to Mama - Chicago With You - Baby |
Alfred's Singer's Library of Musical Theatre features a treasury of the finest musical theatre songs. Presented in their original keys and authentically transcribed from the original vocal scores, the songs were selected for each voice type with careful attention to the vocal range of the song, as well as the voice of the character from the original Broadway cast. Each volume includes a variety of shows, spanning every important decade of musical theatre. This authoritative series features historical and contextual commentary, audition tips, and 16-bar cut suggestions for each song, making it the most useful and relevant collection of its kind. This is the Soprano Edition.
| 8596 BOOK $19.95 |
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When Daises Pied - Arne Come Again Sweet Love - Dowland Flow My Tears - Dowland Weep You You No More Sad Fountains - Dowland If Music Be The Food Of Love - Purcell Nymphs And Shepards - Purcell Fair House Of Joy - Quilter It Was A Lover And His Lass - Quilter Love's Philosophy - Quilter Silent Noon - Vaughan Williams Ouvre Ton Coeur - Bizet Clair De Lune - Faure Mandoline - Faure Plaisir D'Amour - Martini Immer Leiser Wird Mein Sculummer - Brahams Als Luise Die Briefe Ihres - Mozart Ungetreuen Liebhabers Verbrannte - Mozart An Die Nachtigall - Schubert Der Tod Und Das Madchen - Schubert Du Ring An Meinem Finger - Schumann Zueignung - Strauss Dolente Immagine Di Fille Mia - Bellini O Del Mio Amato Ben - Donaudy Cara E Dolce - Scarlatti Se Nel Ben Sempre Incostante - Stradella El Pano Moruno - De Falla La Maja Dolorosa - Granados Voi Che Sapete - Mozart Che Faro Senza Euridice - Gluck When Frederic Was A Little Lad - Sullivan Qui Sedes Ad Dextram Patris - Vivaldi |
This series is an introduction to art song in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. Each volume has a different song list, and includes 30 selections in appropriate keys. Beyond art song, each collection includes two carefully chosen opera arias, an oratorio aria, and an operetta aria by Gilbert & Sullivan. Also included are two enhanced CDs, giving you the ability to not only play the accompaniments on both your CD player and computer, but they are also CD-ROMs that are capable of playing the tracks at different tempos and in different keys when played on the computer. This edition is for Mezzo-Sopranos / Altos.
| 8530 Book & CD $19.95 Mezzo-Soprano |
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The Bonny LIghter Boy Cradle Song Go From my Window Go Johnny has Gone for a Soldier Just for This Kiss Me Again Little Boy Blue Love's own Sweet Song The Mission of a Rose My Days Have Been so Wondrous Free Philosophy Second Hand Rose Soft-footed Snow Solder Sill You Marry Me? Somewhere a Voice is Calling Spring Sorrow The Stranger-Man A Swan Twas in the Lovely Month of May |
This series now has a new “Part II” for each voice type, at the same level as the original volumes. This is preparatory material for The First Book of Solos series, with modest ranges and all songs in English, including very easy art songs, folksong arrangements and vintage popular songs. The song selection is completely different for each voice type with 18-20 songs per volume.
| 8523 Book & CD $16.95 Mezzo-Soprano |
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Che faro senz Euridice - Gluck - Orfeo e Euridice O don fatale - Verdi - Don Carlo Re dell'abisso affrettati - Verdi - Un ballo in maschera Stride la vampa - Verdi - Il trovatore Voi che sapete - Mozart - Le nozze di Figaro Di tanti palpiti - Rossini - Tancredi Oh mio Fernando! - Donizetti - La favorita Una voce poco fa - Rossini - Il barbiere di Siviglia Non so piu cosa son, cosa faccio - Mozart - Le nozze di Figaro |
Cantolopera is a series that proposes a totally new way to approach the great opera repertoire: versions for voice and piano of the most famous arias, accompanied by a compact disc containing the corresponding orchestral bases, recorded with a 130-piece orchestra, to allow the professional, the student and the opera fan to practice, as well as a version sung by an established artist for reference. Each volume contains the lyrics of the arias plus a short summary and background information on the 'Compagnia d'Opera Italiana' Orchestra and the performers.
| 8567 SONGBOOK & CD $24.95 |
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Connais-tu le pays? - Thomas - Mignon L'amour est un oiseau rebelle - Bizet - Carmen Pres des remparts de Seville - Bizet - Carmen Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix - Saint-Saens - Samson et Dalila Voie lo sapete, o mamma - Saint-Saens - Cavalleria rusticana |
Cantolopera is a series that proposes a totally new way to approach the great opera repertoire: versions for voice and piano of the most famous arias, accompanied by a compact disc containing the corresponding orchestral bases, recorded with a 130-piece orchestra, to allow the professional, the student and the opera fan to practice, as well as a version sung by an established artist for reference. Each volume contains the lyrics of the arias plus a short summary and background information on the 'Compagnia d'Opera Italiana' Orchestra and the performers.
| 8571 SONGBOOK & CD 24.95 |
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