So You Want to Sing Folk Music - A Guide for Performers

This book concentrates on a range of currently popular styles in the folk genre, looking at specific repertories and ways of approaching them. It also looks at the current musical outlets that are available to singers and aims to help the fledgling singer better understand the scope of folk music and find their voice in the genre.

List of contents

Chapter 1 - You Know It When You Hear It 
Chapter 2 - Vocal Nitty-Gritty 
Chapter 3 - Sweet Harmony 
Chapter 4 - Working Up a Song 
Chapter 5 - Putting It Out There 
Chapter 6 - Singing and Voice Science, Scott McCoy 
Chapter 7 - Vocal Health and the Singer of Folk Music, Wendy LeBorgne 
Chapter 8 - Using Audio Enhancement Technology, Matthew Edwards

About the author

By Valerie Mindel

Summary

This book concentrates on a range of currently popular styles in the folk genre, looking at specific repertories and ways of approaching them. It also looks at the current musical outlets that are available to singers and aims to help the fledgling singer better understand the scope of folk music and find their voice in the genre.

Product details

• Authors: Mindel, Valerie Mindel, Mindel Valerie
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.02.2017
• EAN: 9781442265615
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-6561-5
• No. of pages: 258
• Series: So You Want to Sing; So You Want to Sing
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Music theory; MUSIC / Instruction & Study / General, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Folk & Traditional, Folk & traditional music, Techniques of music / music tutorials / teaching of music, Techniques Of Music / Music Tutorials, Folk, Folkloric styles, Traditional and folk music