Berklee Press

Author: Anne Peckham
Format: Softcover with Audio Online
Subject: Vocal Studies

Take your singing to the next level! This collection of contemporary-style vocal etudes and exercises will help you to develop valuable vocal skills for performing contemporary commercial music styles. These original studies will keep your practice routine fresh and challenging, while targeting specific technical goals to develop and maintain vocal skills. Online audio has demonstrations of the studies and allows you to sing along with accompaniment tracks. Listening recommendations and study songs in a variety of styles demonstrate how these techniques are used in contemporary singing.

You will learn to: Expand your range, improve your pitch control, and level up your vocal agility and stamina; Develop your tone, range, vocal strength, and agility; Improve your posture and strength with focused physical stretches; Master contemporary vocal articulations, as well as melodic riffing and embellishment; Sing with authentic artistic expression and incorporate storytelling skills; Practice holistic strategies for expressive, healthy singing.

Endorsements
"This book offers real-world applications and info for contemporary vocalists! Many of the very things I practice are identified here. Anne's book has awesome tips and tricks for vocalists to keep singing at their best!" -- Lalah Hathaway, Singer/Songwriter/Producer, Five-Time GRAMMY-Winning Artist, Honorary Doctorate 2022/Berklee College of Music