Product Description

This great book/CD pack is an effective and fun way to improve your vocal technique and internalize the basic scales used in jazz. Designed for jazz singers, students of improvisation or ear training, choir directors and teachers of vocal jazz, it's an enjoyable way to learn the modes thoroughly and discover their possibilities. The CD includes vocal warm-ups suitable for all levels, exercises in each mode of the major scale, rhythm section tracks without vocals for improvisation, and more. The book includes transcriptions of the warm-ups, a brief history of modal jazz, theory basics, the modes of the major scale, scat syllables, transcriptions of the modal workouts, and more.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #462087 in Books
• Published on: 2004-07-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 72 pages

Customer Reviews

Hear It and Sing It! : Exploring Modal Jazz
Great vocal exeercises for jazz vocalists, can serve as warming exercises, great for intonation.

Eureka
I was looking everywhere for a book and CD like this when I bought this one about a year ago. If you are looking for a great vocal workout, get this book. Don't dispair if some of the exercises seem hard and you think you sound terrible. The more you do them, the more you will hear yourself improving. I try to use this CD everyday. The book is very good, also. I am more of an auditory learner so the CD has been very helpful. If you want to learn more about Modal Jazz and scatting, this is a GREAT book and CD.

Interesting but...
Well it always depend what one is seeking into a book...

I like the musical information Niemack gives. The exercices are good and really help getting better for someone like me who doesn't learn jazz in school.

What I dislike is the way she sings... which ressemble to one of my former singing teacher. I can't say I adore mixed voice since you don't use any belting. The other thing I dislike is that the book doesn't teach you to improvise from your roots (the bottom of your soul)... it teaches you with jazz standard lines and scales. I know improvising is mostly about that, but one also need to be creative.. for that I'd recommand "Flight" two cds made by Rhiannon.