The Ultimate Practice Guide for Vocalists
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List Price: $19.95
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Manufacturer: Hal Leonard
Starring: Donna Mcelroy
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0073999480177
Format: Closed-captioned
Label: Hal Leonard
Manufacturer: Hal Leonard
Number Of Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Hal Leonard
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2003-06-03
Running Time: 51
Studio: Hal Leonard
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Editorial Reviews:
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Sing with more power and passion under the guidance of Donna McElroy, Berklee professor, Grammy nominee, Dove Award winner, and vocalist on multiple gold and platinum records. In this Master Class, McElroy shows you how to use the whole body to become the best singer you can be. See her work with a vocal student one-on-one, demonstrating how to use different muscle groups to increase vocal strength and endurance. She also provides lifestyle tips and simple everyday exercises to help you cultivate and protect the source of your vocal power - and sing with more freedom, force and stamina.
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Customer Rating:
Summary: uncomfortable to watch
Comment: This book is standard nothing special. Like most books in this genre you don't leave feeling that you and tackle any songs as the exercises are weak or usually lack of them. What I would recommend is `an introduction to singing with style' I came across this book quite by accident on amazon.co.uk and it has helped me a lot. It goes into great depth about how to develop a great singing voice, vocal projection, vocal clarity and this book even tells you what diet to avoid and what food is good for healthy living it's amazing! If you're looking for vocal stamina then this book has it! It is packed with breathing techniqe too so there you have it
Customer Rating:
Summary: To be honest
Comment: To be honest as a singer wanting to explore different opinions,i found this dvd usefull, yet a bit of a rip off by the way it is advertised. If a total beginner spent money on this item they would be left clueless. There should be some sort of grading to dvds instead of making people think that everyone will benefit from this. So a little honesty goes a long way.!!!
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Summary: Become a more powerful singer
Comment: I think this DVD offers amazing value - you get several professional singing lessons for under twenty bucks. McElroy concentrates on breathing and breath control, and if you come away from this DVD with a few solid exercises to help you improve your breath management while singing, you will have gotten your money's worth (how many breaths did you need to draw to finish this sentence?).
McElroy offers a general approach on how to make up your own vowel exercises, rather than assigning you specific ones to memorize. She gives pointers on taking care of your voice (e.g. start humming right after you get up to loosen phlegm and warm up, rather than coughing or clearing your throat; and avoid coffee - it dehydrates). She also provides useful suggestions on how to manage the break from chest to head voice and back while singing.
I found McElroy's example itself a source of inspiration: her powerful voice, confident rhythm and how both are so much a part of her that her singing seems to just happen by itself, smoothly, beautifully and *right*. There is valuable information and advice in everything she says - but you really have to pay close attention and think about it carefully. If you're only half-listening you may think you've heard it all before and not "hear" the intended message. And of course you need to *practice*, not just sit and watch and then forget everything you just learned.
I was also impressed that the example song used in the teaching was written by McElroy herself. This got the producers around copyright issues, but it was also well suited to the singing style McElroy is trying to teach.
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Summary: Waste of my time
Comment: I thought that this video was so strange becase you would have to know a lot about music theory and almost nothing about singing to watch it. It also had almost zero actual technique or exercises that you could practice. I was excited about it, because I'm interested in non-classical, non-white western european approaches to singing, I'm a singing teacher, but this was just sad. The woman seems unprepared and uncomfortable throughout the whole video.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Almost a Complete Waste
Comment: This DVD is sketchy at best, and shows almost no actual technique. You get to watch people exercise their voices, but it is completely unorganized and uneducational. I would not recommend this to anyone, unless you want to buy mine, in which case it's great!
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