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Vocal Harmony Arrangements
A wide selection of both a cappella and accompanied vocal harmony arrangements of many different styles and voicings. |
Vocal Arrangements of American Standards
The Great American Songbook, also known as "American Standards", is the canon of the most important and influential American popular songs and jazz standards from the early 20th century. Although several collections of music have been published under the title, it does not refer to any actual book or specific list of songs, but to a loosely defined set including the most popular and enduring songs from the 1920s to the 1950s that were created for Broadway theatre, musical theatre, and Hollywood musical film. They have been recorded and performed by a large number and wide range of singers, instrumental bands, and jazz musicians. The Songbook comprises standards by George Gershwin, Cole Porter, and Irving Berlin, and also Jerome Kern, Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer, Richard Rodgers, and many others.
Modern Pop Arrangements
A cappella has been enjoying great popular interest in recent years which in turn has help create a new genre of vocal music known as contemporary a cappella. Modern pop songs are given a new twist with unaccompanied arrangements that can often sound like the band with vocal instrumentation and vocal percussion adding a full sound. Fun for younger performers and audiences alike.
Vocal Jazz Harmony Arrangements
Our arrangements our compiled from a variety of sources to provide the best selection possible. Most of them are designed for the group at the intermediate skill level. Though some of the songs included within this category are in fact popular or traditional compositions, it is the style of the arrangement that we classify as jazz.
Christian Music Arrangements
Christian music is music that has been written to express either personal or a communal belief regarding Christian life and faith. Here we offer arrangements of many different types of Christian music for choirs, congregations, singing ensembles and solo singers.
Songs from Musicals for Harmony Voices
Everybody loves a great show tune and over the many decades there have been innumerable songs that were not only popular in their time but have become standards that will be sung for generations to come. The live stage of course has been the source of many of these tunes not only on Broadway and the West End but also more and more from original movie musicals. Here we offer a wide selection of choral arrangements in sheet music and songbooks.
Speciality Songs for Harmony Groups
We offer tens of thousands of arrangements and so to make it easier for you to find the right song we have had great fun selecting arrangements that fit into certain specialty categories. We have Disney songs, TV theme songs, movie songs along with great artists such as The Beatles and the Motown groups. You will find some great stuff here!
Choral Arrangements
If you're a fan or performer of choral music, you know that many of the amateur ensembles tend to lean towards the same repertoire. We all know that it's not their fault - it's just hard to find a broad range of pieces of sheet music to perform, right? Er... well, actually, no. Look no further! Whether four-century-old folk music, liturgical pieces, or even a choral take on 1980's pop, we've got everything a choral fan and performer needs to expand their repertoire and make their singing the freshest experience it's ever been, including choral songbooks and sheet music from some of the top choral arrangers and ensembles of the last half-century.
Arrangements for Young Singers
Kids love to sing and teaching them to do so can be very rewarding. Here we carry arrangements specifically created for younger vocal ensembles and solo singers.
Vocal Harmony Arrangements for Mixed Voices
A collection of arrangements for mixed voices in a wide variety of styles and genres. A selection of SATB, SATB divisi and multiple part arrangements suitable for choirs and ensembles of all abilities.
Vocal Harmony Arrangements for Female Voices
A wide selection SSAA, SSA and SA vocal harmony arrangements for female and treble voices. Sheet music and songbooks of music of many different genres and styles that are suitable for choruses and ensembles of all abilities.
Vocal Harmony Arrangements for Male Voices
A wide selection TTBB, TTB and TB vocal harmony arrangements for male and low voices. Sheet music and songbooks of music of many different genres and styles that are suitable for choruses and ensembles of all abilities.
Arrangements for 2 Parts
A large selection of two part vocal harmony arrangements suitable for beginning choirs. Music songbooks and sheet music of a wide variety of styles and genres
Arrangements for 3 Part Mixed Voices
A selection of arrangements for 3-part mixed voices suitable for choirs and groups of all abilities. SAB
World Music Arrangements
A great way to expand your ensemble’s repertoire is to include arrangements from other countries which can also add a little international flavor to your concerts. Always fun to sing we have collected a wide variety of folk songs from all corners of the world.
Barbershop Arrangements
Barbershop is one of the areas of the a cappella world where finding arrangements isn’t hard – there are many, many outlets for them. Too many, in fact. It’s sort of like doing a Google search – winnowing down your search results to what you’re actually looking for, and excluding the stuff you don’t want or need. Well, Primarily A Cappella has done that search for you, and we’ve narrowed down the barbershop arrangements section to the stuff that’s really worth singing. The only way we could make it easier for you is if we sang it for you – but it would be a lot more fun for you if you sang it yourself!
Doo Wop Arrangements
Doo-wop, a distinctly American musical form that flourished in the 1950's, has shown how enduring those songs have become as the music is introduced to a new generation. The harmony sounds of the genre, especially for male voices, adapt very well to a choral or group setting and will liven up any concert.
Spirituals Choral Arrangements
Spirituals are the Southern sacred "folk" songs created and first sung by African Americans during slavery. Their original composers are unknown, and they have assumed a position of collective ownership by the whole community. They lend themselves easily to communal singing. Many are in a call-and-response structure, with back-and-forth exchanges between the leader and the group. A formal concert tradition has evolved from the original spirituals, with solo and choral arrangements based on original slave melodies, employed for performance by amateur and professional artists.
Madrigals Arrangements
If you're a fan or performer of choral music, you know that many of the amateur ensembles tend to lean towards the same repertoire. We all know that it's not their fault - it's just hard to find a broad range of pieces of sheet music to perform, right? - well, actually, no. Look no further! Whether four-century-old folk music, liturgical pieces, or even a choral take on 1980's pop, we've got everything a choral fan and performer needs to expand their repertoire and make their singing the freshest experience it's ever been, including songbooks and sheet music from some of the top choral arrangers and ensembles of the last half-century.
Gospel Vocal Harmony Arrangements
What fun it is to sing harmony in praise to the Lord and we have collected here a selection of accessible arrangements that we feel sure you and your group will find most rewarding and satisfying to perform. In America there has developed many styles of singing that can be considered gospel music yet they all have in common the ability to raise the roof in praise of the Lord. Here is your chance to do the sing in harmony to Jesus.
Country Music Arrangements
Country and Western music is an integral part of American culture and adding a country song to your concert is always fun. Here are harmony arrangements of both classic and contemporary country music
Sheet Music Series
While we offer a wide selection of songbooks and collections of vocal harmony arrangements we also carry thousands of individual folios. Here we have arrangements of every style and genre sorted by the various publisher's sheet music series featuring both a sacred and secular titles.
Patriotic Arrangements
If there's one type of song every group should have in their repertoire is a patriotic one. Not only for love of country but more practically for performing at sporting events, special occasions, county fairs and such.
Medley Arrangements
There's lots of great songs out there so why not have even more fun by combining some of them together! Medley arrangements take an extra skill to harmonize the different songs into a cohesive whole but that's exactly what these talented arrangers are doing here. Audiences love a good medley and if you aren't careful you might have them singing along..
Songbooks for Solo Voices
There are many ways to become a successful vocalist and having a wide repertoire of recognizable songs to which you know the lyrics and feel comfortable singing is a prerequisite. We carry a wide selection of songbooks for the solo voice almost all of which have an accompaniment CD included which can be a great help for singers wishing to widen their repertoire. Useful for both practicing and performing one doesn’t need to have an accompanist, let alone a whole band, to be able to deliver a song professionally. Many of the accompaniment CDs are enhanced and can be played in your computer where you can adjust pitch and experiment with different ways of performing the songs. Whether for auditions, events, parties or in your living room these books are a fun and useful way to improve your singing voice.
Christmas Arrangements
Whether you’re looking for your choir or your caroling group, or maybe just for your family to sing together on Christmas Eve, we have the arrangements you need. Just knowing the words isn’t enough – you need to know how to sing it as a group, and thanks to an amazing collection of world-class arrangers, we have the arrangements you need to achieve that. If you don’t want to sing your favorites in the traditional manner, why not try a pop arrangement? Maybe a jazz arrangement, or even a barbershop one? Make each old favorite new again each season!
Voice Part Predominant CDs
A very useful tool for both a group and its individual members is the use of part predominant recordings. These CDs include a full performance of the primary voicing, a track with accompaniment only plus part-predominant tracks for each voice part of each voicing published.