Pre-Hearing Notes

1- INTRODUCTION 2- Everyone Can Sing 3- Note and Rest Values 4- Rests 5- Voice Types and Ranges 6- The Major Scale 7- Three Four Time Signature 8- The Eighth Note 9- Sounds Used in Singing 10- Dynamics 11- Slurs 12- Tones and Semitones 13- More About Major Scales 14- Keys and Key Signatures 15- The Eighth Rest 16- Transposing 17- Minor Keys and Scales 18- The Lead-In 19- Developing Your Sense of Pitch 20- Enharmonic Notes 21- The Triplet 22- 12 Bar Blues 23- Sixteenth Notes 24- Phrasing and Rubato 25- Six Eight Time Signature 26- Harmony Singing 27- Writing Vocal Parts 28- Chord Construction – Triads 29- Chord Inversions 30- Scale Tone Chords 31- More About Harmony 32- Secondary Triads 33- Minor Key Scale Tone Triads 34- Harmonies in Relative Keys 35- Seventh Chords 36- Jazz Singing 37- Articulations 38- Musical Forms 39- Form, Harmony and Dynamics 40- Singing With a Band 41- Performing in Public 42- GLOSSARY OF MUSICAL TERMS 43- Approach to Practice 44- Matching Pitches and Rhythms 45- Bar Lines 46- The Importance of Timing 47- How to find Your Voice Range 48- Octave Displacement 49- Chord Symbols 50- Eighth Note Rhythms 51- Vowels 52- Musical Use of Dynamics 53- The Tie 54- Sharps 55- Scale Degrees 56- Sharp Key Signatures 57- Syncopation 58- Get to Know You 59- Relative Major and Minor Keys 60- First and Second Endings 61- Interval Qualities 62- Accidentals 63- Swing Rhythms 64- Blues Singing 65- The Sixteenth Note Triplet 66- Simple and Compound Time 67- Banks of the Ohio (With Harmony) 68- Four Part Harmony 69- Double Sharps and Double Flats 70- G Major Chord Inversions 71- More on Chord Progressions 72- Primary Triads 73- Chord Functions 74- Chords in Other Minor Keys 75- Exercises 76- Which Notes to Use 77- Accents 78- Greensleeves 79- Nobody’s Fault But Mine – Harmonies 80- Bass 81- Overcoming Nerves 82- Listening 83- Vocal Range 84- Time Signatures 85- Referring to the Keyboard 86- Sol-Fa Syllables 87- Singing Songs 88- Diphthongs 89- Tempo Markings 90- Imitating Instruments 91- The Chromatic Scale 92- Major Scale Pattern 93- Flat Key Signatures 94- Syncopation Using Ties 95- Scarborough Fair 96- Intervals Distances 97- The Blues Scale 98- St James Infirmary (Version 2) 99- Interpretation and Improvisation 100- Twelve Eight Time 101- Harmony and Chords 102- Understanding Chord Symbols 103- Voice Parts on the Grand Staff 104- Rhythm Notation 105- Harmonizing Melodies 106- Voice Leading 107- Transposing in Minor Keys 108- Scale Tone Seventh Chords 109- Which Sounds to Use 110- Accents and Swing 111- Typical Blues Song Format 112- A Full Vocal Score 113- Drums 114- Eye Contact 115- Recording Yourself 116- Timbre 117- A Word About Pitch 118- The Bass Staff 119- Cue Notes 120- The Shaping of Vowels 121- Tempo Changes 122- Exercises 123- Flats 124- The G Major Scale 125- The Key Cycle 126- Identifying Eighth Note Rhythms 127- Identifying Intervals by Ear 128- Singing Scale Degrees 129- Call and Response 130- Repetition and Variation 131- Grouping Notes in Compound Time 132- The C Major Chord 133- Arpeggios 134- Writing Harmonies from Chord Charts 135- Melodies to Harmonize with Primary Triads 136- Practice Progressions 137- Harmonic Minor Scale Tone Chords 138- Extended Chords 139- Using Arpeggios 140- Ghost Notes 141- Learning Song Forms 142- Guitars 143- Stage Presence and Stage Craft 144- The Metronome 145- The Ultimate Melodic Instrument 146- When to Breathe 147- Exercises 148- Consonants 149- Exercises 150- Phrasing and Expression 151- Exercises 152- The F Major Scale 153- Major Scales in all Keys 154- Exercises 155- Chord Progressions 156- Major Key Triad Pattern 157- Melodies to Harmonize 158- Melodic Minor Scale Tone Chords 159- Developing Rhythmic Control 160- Rhythm Changes 161- The Whole Band 162- Developing Your Own Style 163- The Keyboard 164- Understanding Music 165- Rhythm Training 166- Ledger Lines 167- <span class="toc_p3">Language and Style</span> 168- Moving Between Registers 169- Other Major Scales 170- Harmonizing Melodies 171- Scale Tone Chords in All Keys 172- House of the Rising Sun (A Minor) 173- Vocal Soloing 174- Microphones 175- How We Sing 176- Exercises 177- Vibrato 178- Movable Sol-Fa Syllables 179- Banks of the Ohio (With Chords) 180- Common Progressions 181- Microphones for Performing Live 182- Breathing 183- Matching Pitches 184- Key of C Major 185- Exercises 186- Microphone Technique 187- Posture 188- The Octave 189- Key Signatures 190- Studio Microphones 191- Posture and Movement 192- Warming Up 193- Learning to Sing 194- Looking After Your Voice 195- Pre-Hearing Notes 196- The Importance of Listening 197- Common Problems 198- Recording 199- Registers 200- Cycle of Fifths 201- Working With a Teacher 202- Notes on the Keyboard 203- Breath Control 204- Major Scales and Key Signatures 205- How to Read Music 206- Minor Scales and Key Signatures 207- Exercises 208- Blues Scale Summary