Product Description

Join the thousands of singers who use Voice Lessons To GO! Voice Lessons To Go is a great way to get going on your singing voice. Vocalize and Breath is the first of Ariella Vaccarino's successful four volume series. Whether just beginning or as an addition to the work you have done. Now there is no excuse not to practice and improve because this CD makes it so convenient and easy. Vocalize and Breath consists of a half hour of vocal warms ups, then fantastic breathing exercises, and finally excellent advice on posture and training. You will be guided through the exercises with vocal examples and piano accompaniment by Ariella Vaccarino an excellent experienced voice teacher and professional singer from Los Angeles. Ariella's explanations are clear and easy to follow. Developing your singing voice no longer has to be just for people trying to make a career with their voice, or those with disposable income who can afford private lessons. The weekly price for voice lessons averages $45-150 an hour depending on your city. Who is this CD for? Singers, Actors, Dancers- This is an inexpensive way for the struggling artist to get and keep their voices in shape. Teenagers - Whether you are watching American Idol with pangs of desire to be on there, sing loudly along with your favorite pop stars, are trying out for the school musical, or dreaming of singing at the MET some day. People who struggling singing- There are those out there who feel, (it could be true or not) that they can't sing and are embarrassed when they have to be heard by others. This is an excellent private way to improve your singing with out having to deal with embarrassment or shyness. This CD will increase your abilities and confidence. Adults- Always singing in your car, shower, or doing Karaoke? -but just are not willing or able to shower yourself with private lessons yet. These CDs give you a private way of improving your confidence. Also available on Amazon from Voice Lessons To Go are: v.2 Do Re Mi- ear and Pitch Training v.3 Pure Vowels v.4 Stamina voicelessonstogo.com Check the site out and send in your voice for a vocal assessment BY Ariella herself!

Track Listing

1. Introduction
2. Posture
3. Vocal Exercises- #1 Ma , 5 notes separate
4. #2 Ma, 5 notes smooth
5. #3 123454321
6. #4 Ma up 5 down 5
7. #5 We up 5 down 5
8. #6 1 3 5 3 1
9. #7 We (13531)
10. #8 tweet
11. #9 hmm down 5
12. #10 hmm up 5 down 5
13. #11 hmm octave jump
14. #12 Br down 5
15. #13 Br up 5 down 5
16. #14 Br 1 3 5 8 5 3 1
17. #15 hweet 1 3 5 8 5 3 1
18. #16 hweet down 5
19. #17 hweet add 1 3 5 8 5 3 1
20. #18 hweet add more
21. #19 wu same as #18
22. #20 Ma Me Mi each 5 down
23. #21 Ma Me Mi Mo Moo
24. #22 Hweet down 5 staccato
25. #23 ha hi ho each down 5 staccato
26. Words of encouragement!
27. Introduction to Breathing
28. Dizziness- listen to this one!
29. Breathing Exercises #1 Surprise breath
30. #2 Surprise breath silent
31. #3 Sip
32. #4 Sipping Staccato
33. #5 pf 1x
34. #6 pf 2x
35. #8 pf 3x
36. #9 pf 5x
37. #10 Candle
38. #11 dog pant he
39. #12 dog pant ha
40. #13 dog pant he ha
41. #14 Long Sips

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1990 in Music
• Released on: 2004-01-15
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Single

About the Artist
Ariella Vaccarino has been teaching Voice and Piano for over 12 years in the Los Angeles area. She is an accomplished Opera singer, having studied voice at USC. Ariella has also performed on many movie sound tracks.

You can learn more about Ariella Vaccarino at her website: SheSingsOut.com

Customer Reviews

Decent
This is a pretty decent warmup cd, it will help get your voice ready to go somewhat for when you want to sing some actual songs. The major parts of the cd I disagree with however is that she gives some bad advice, and sometimes doesn't give advice at all when it's needed.

She doesn't properly explain what you need to do in order to hit the higher notes in the warmups, and she also tells you on numerous occasions that you need to essentially tense up your stomach in order to hit some of the warmups. This is bad advice as singing should come naturally and you should be in a relaxed state.

Other than this it is a pretty decent cd.

Good Lessons
The CD is really good and as a bonus includes a few lessons of breathing exercises. The only thing I dislike is that, when you hear it everyday, you found a little bit anoying, the comments of the teacher over the piano sound you are suppose to sing. Also sometimes she speak really fast and loud. But maybe is just my point of you after many listens.

My favorite warm-up CD
I've wanted to sing for as long as I can remember, but never could afford voice lessons. I've recently invested in about 5 different vocal CDs to see if I could help myself learn a bit. Out of all the ones I purchased, this is by far my favorite and most used CD. I found the exercises to be simple, and Ariella explains everything before you attempt it. Some of the "visualizations" she gave before the exercises helped me a great deal. I especially liked the breathing exercises, very helpful.

Some vocal CDs just go through the exercise once and then expect you to be able to do it, but sometimes you like to know WHY the particular exercise is useful for vocal development. Don't worry, she doesn't go overboard with explaining though. The most important thing to keep in mind is to stay in your personal comfort zone. Everyone is at different levels of vocal development, so you must never strain to reach a note that you don't feel comfortable hitting. Ariella covers this in the intro. She cannot tell if you are straining or pushing, so you have to be the judge of what your body is telling you. Another thing to keep in mind is you don't have to try to be powerful when doing these exercises! I know that Ariella sounds loud over the piano when she is going through the exercises but I find it's the best to stay at a speaking level or softer. Just make sure you are comfortable, and don't try to push because you think you have to do these loudly. I find it counter-productive to try to do that. Do what works for you.

I recommend this CD for both people who are starting out and for those who already know how to sing but are just looking for a warm-up CD or a refresher. Of course nothing compares to a vocal coach that can assess your voice and give you specialized vocal lessons, and there is no magic CD that cures all your vocal problems, but this is definitely worth buying if you want to better your voice, no matter what level you're at.