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Rise Up Singing: The Group Singing Songbook

64 reviews

Sing Out Publications, 2004

Great
Get thee to a camp fire with this. Proud to say that I sang years ago with Pete Seeger. (He was visiting the camp I was the song specialist at in New York- not that he would remember me). These songs are all familiar and easy to sing and sing along to. A great feel of a time past! Check Out: Vocalize!

The Master Butchers Singing Club (P.S.)

87 reviews
Louise Erdrich

Harper Perennial, 2005

Best read of the year.
Rich character development, remarkable story line and I didn't want to put it down. This will appeal to readers of popular novels, yet it's literary quality is well above that of standard pulp novels. The plot is unlike anything I've ever read. So refreshing to pick up something that takes me on an untrodden path!

The Time of Our Singing: A Novel

35 reviews
Richard Powers

Picador, 2004

A rare treat
The most obvious attraction of this book is its language: rich and economical, often just suggestive enough to seed your imagination, something expected perhaps in a poem, but remarkable in a novel of this size. The white man and the black woman chance upon meeting in each other a kindred soul that can equally share their singular love for music. Their love at first sound was long time in the ...

Music for Sight Singing (Fifth Edition)

7 reviews
Robert W. Ottman

Prentice Hall, 2002

Great educational material!
This is a wonderful compilation of singable melodies from the folk and art music repertoires. Singing these melodies is far more appealing than just reading through purely made up solfege excercises. Each chapter contains melodies which are progressively harder and will help you, with practice and patience, to become a good sight reader, a skill any choral singer, composer, and musician in ...

The Grass Is Singing: A Novel (P.S.)

17 reviews
Doris Lessing

Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2008

The Grass is Singing
Because of several particular details early on, it was during her "happy years" that I began wondering if the subject of sexual abuse would enter the picture. The first detail was her aversion to intimacies, whether in friendship or love. Her happiness was brought about by everything being in order and in its place. No messes at work, no messes in relationships. Lessing describes her ability ...

The Singing Life of Birds: The Art and Science of Listening to Birdsong

20 reviews
Donald Kroodsma

Houghton Mifflin, 2007

"Not least,for just being there and singing,I thank the birds themselves."
With over 1,000 "Bird Books" in my collection;it takes something real special to excite me. This book is such a special book. There are many books,records,tapes CD's and DVD'd that do an excellent job of teaching and describing bird songs so that with some practice you can recognize a large number of birds in the field. Howerever,much more than showing a few ,typical songs of birds,so that ...

Singing for Dummies

15 reviews
Pamelia S. Phillips

For Dummies, 2003

Very Good Book
There's a lot of information in this book, so if you're looking to learn how to sing (especially for a beginner like me) this is the book to get. It will have you singing comfortably in no time. I've immediately heard the beautiful changes, in my singing voice, even my talking voice has improved a bit. it's the voice exercises among other things I am sure. I also got You Can Sing (with ...

The Singing Neanderthals: The Origins of Music, Language, Mind, and Body

13 reviews
Steven Mithen

Harvard University Press, 2007

Yabba-dabba-do! Fred Flintstone would give this book two thumbs up!!
+++++ "The Neanderthals who inhabited Europe and south-west Asia had brains as large as those of modern humans but behaved in a quite different fashion, one that indicates the absence of language...So, what were the Neanderthals doing with such large brains?...Answer: the Neanderthals used their brains for a sophisticated communication system...[that I call] `Hmmmmm'... 'Hmmmmm'...proved ...

The Singing Bible (Focus on the Family)

4 reviews

Tyndale Entertainment, 2007

Awesome Songs - Glad it's on CD Now!
We bought the cassettes four years ago and wore them out, so I was thrilled to get this on CD. My kids love these songs and you learn alot about the flow of biblical history from them. It is a really good compilation. I am surprised by what they can remember from the songs. My only complaint with the CD version is that occasionally the last few words of a song got cut off when they cut the ...

Singing for the Stars: A Complete Program for Training Your Voice (Book & 2 CD's)

59 reviews
Seth Riggs

Alfred Publishing Company, 2008

Something all voice teachers should read!
I do agree that it is way too full of testimonials. But regardless, the method is the best out there and the exercises on the cd are great. The philosophy is that there really is no distinction between the chest and head voice. ( and all good voice teachers know that there are even more changes) It's kind of like an automatic car if you think about it (or even a stick once you know how to drive ...

Sight Singing Made Simple (Book/CD Pak)

11 reviews

Hal Leonard Corporation, 1995

GREAT TEACHING TOOL!!
I'M A FULL TIME PIANO AND VOICE TEACHER IN LAS VEGAS. I CAME ACROSS SIGHTSINGING MADE SIMPLE SEVERAL YEARS AGO WHEN THE STORE WAS OUT OF MY REGULAR SIGHTSINGING TEACHING METHOD. WHAT A JEWEL I STUMBLED ONTO! THIS METHOD (WITH CD) IS EASY TO USE FOR BOTH THE TEACHER AND STUDENT. PITCH PROBLEMS DISAPPEAR. THE STUDENT LEARNS NOT ONLY HOW TO MATCH PITCH, BUT IS ALSO TAUGHT ABOUT MUSIC THEORY AND ...

Singing And Making Music: Issues in Church Music Today

2 reviews
Paul S. Jones

P & R Publishing, 2006

Constructively Provocative
Paul Jones, organist and Music Director at Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia is, by all accounts, a very talented individual. He was privileged to serve alongside James Boice (who once said "Paul is everything I ever prayed for in a music director") and now works closely with Philip Ryken in serving one of America's foremost Presbyterian churches. Singing and Making Music, subtitled ...

Adventures in Singing: A Process for Exploring, Discovering, and Developing Vocal Potential

3 reviews
Clifton Ware

Mcgraw-Hill College, 1999

My review
The book had a lot of information on the importance of voice. It taught an individual how to develop and how to effectively use one's voice to it's fullest potential. It made the ability to develop one's talent much easier that what was atually thought by many people, especailly me.

They Come Back Singing: Finding God With the Refugees

1 review
Gary Smith

Loyola Press, 2008

Deeply Moving and Hugely Interesting
The author, a Jesuit priest, spent about six years working with Sudanese refugees living in Uganda; he was "with them" in every way possible and came to love and be loved by many. The book is a series of rather short vignettes of his experiences and profoundly personal reflections drawn from those experiences. There is no effort in the book to prosyletize or argue religious propositions; but ...

Singing in Style: A Guide to Vocal Performance Practices

3 reviews
Martha Elliott

Yale University Press, 2008

Educates the performer to make informed musical decisions
Very thoughtfully written and researched. Elliot provides some suggestions based on her research, but stresses that, particularly in earlier music, many aspects of performance practice were arbitrary. For example, there are appropriate and inappropriate ways to ornament a Handel aria, but within the scope of appropriate ways, there are countless varieties and interpretations that are equally ...

Basics Of Singing

6 reviews
Jan Schmidt

Wadsworth Pub Co, 2002

In defense of "The Basics of Singing"
I think "A Reader" from California is well off the track on his/her review. You can't get good technique out of a book. You need a "second pair of ears" (in other words, a competent teacher) to help you sing properly. I have been using this book for a while in my voice classes. I find that there are many songs in this book which are accessible to the beginning singer, especially those who ...

New Approach to Sight Singing

8 reviews
Sol Berkowitz, Gabriel Frntrier, ...

W W Norton & Co Ltd, 1980

Great book, but older editions better
I bought this book mainly because I was using an older edition of the book I borrowed from library. Comparing that to the available literature, I found it extremely educational and well organized. It is a great book that takes you slowly through different skills of sight singing, with plenty of exercises for each one. The exercises are sorted from easy to more complex ones. The book is fit ...

The Singing Tree

10 reviews
Kate Seredy

Peter Smith Publisher, 1992

Timeless Classic!
For me, this book is a "Gone With The Wind" with young adults in mind, but great for all ages. Like the "Little House ..." books, it describes the rural life of a family and village before industrialization changed everything. The quality of life these people had, despite the workload, is something to be admired. The book is a wonderful sequal to "The Good Master," another wonderful tale. While ...

Set Your Voice Free: How To Get The Singing Or Speaking Voice You Want

52 reviews
Roger Love, Donna Frazier

Little, Brown and Company, 2003

L-O-V-E This Book!
SET YOUR VOICE FREE... is a wonderful book for anyone who wants to learn how to improve their voice. Whether you want to sing or speak better, author Roger Love will show you how to get there. Ok so you might not become the next Sinatra or Streisand, but the book does explain how your vocal cords make sounds, how to practice, and how to breathe properly. The book never gets too technical or ...

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Singing (Complete Idiot's Guide to)

6 reviews
Phyllis Fulford, Michael Miller

Alpha, 2003

Quite possibly the best introductory to singing I've found.
Granted, music "snobs" will dislike the idea of being called an "idiot", but this book covers it all. It includes the concepts of classical, jazz and popular singing. it is written for the average aspiring student to receive some of the much needed information on the basics of singing. Written for the average "idiot", this book provides a very simple explanation of important concepts such ...

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