| Description |
xii, 305 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1.Willkommen -- 2.I Got rhythm: fundamentals -- 3.In short: smaller note values -- 4.Hold on: ties and dots -- 5.Play a simple melody: the piano keyboard, notes, clefs, and staves -- 6.I've got your number: intervals and scale degrees -- 7.You do something to me: accidentals, key signatures, and transposition -- 8.So big/so small: identifying and singing every interval type -- 9.Fascinatin' rhythm: cut time, triplets, swing; compound, composite and irregular meters -- 10.Let it sing: combining your ear and your eye for increased fluency -- 11.Changing my major: minor keys -- 12.I know things now: combining multiple techniques to form a coherent strategy for reading -- 13.No one is alone: singing with other performers -- 14.The writing on the wall: musical markings, repeat structure, and other score "road maps" -- 15.Hey, look me over: close score reading for dramatic and character analysis -- 16.I have confidence: continuing to practice and consolidate your technique. |
| Summary |
Singers and actors who can learn music quickly and accurately have an enormous advantage in today's increasingly competitive field. Award-winning composer and music director Andrew Gerle has written a music theory text especially for singers, focused exclusively on topics and techniques that will help them in the rehearsal room and on stage. Gerle leads readers step by step through every aspect of written music, using over one hundred real-world examples from Broadway scores. His common-sense, methodical approach demystifies abstract concepts, and his unique 1-STARRT method teaches singers to read musical "words" instead of single notes, enabling confident sight-singing of any score. Drawing on his years of experience as a Broadway vocal coach, Gerle also shows readers how to use music theory to think like a composer, analyzing scores for dramatic clues to create a more detailed and powerful performance. Each chapter is accompanied by downloadable audio examples and exercises to lock in newly learned concepts. - Provided by publisher. |
| Subject(S) |
Music theory -- Elementary works.
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Sight-singing.
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| ISBN |
9781495073762 |
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1495073769 |
| ISBN/ISSN/Media No. |
40028460928 |
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888680641610 |
| Media No. |
HL00194643 Hal Leonard |
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