Vocal Warm-Ups - Pro Vocal Series Book/Online Audio

I grew up on Hal Leonard instruction books for guitar and other instruments and typically found them to be helpful. Most teachers will recommend these book along with Mel Bay publications. I am glad to see that Hal Leonard publishes the Pro Vocal series, I will definitely be purchasing more in this series in the near future.Excellent and on-point vocal warm-ups for beginners and professionals in both written and audio CD (included). There are 43 audio tracks on the CD and a couple of old standards at the conclusion of the book ("Flow Gently, Sweet Afton" and "Saint James Infirmary").As a professional vocalist, I can attest to the importance of vocal warm-ups. They are not optional, but mandatory to help preserve your voice and develop the proper habits and technique. This book covers everything from breathing, posture, lip rolls, articulation & enunciation, consonant and flexibility exercises and of course, scale work. You don't need to over practice warm-ups. 10-20 minutes before singing can do the trick, but you should always warm up your voice just as you would stretching before exercise. The results are amazing.Keep studying and learning as much as you can about your voice and it will give you a lifetime of satisfaction. Singing is good for the soul.One small critique: Hal Leonard needs to include "Look Inside" the book feature on Amazon (I included a few photos to help you). I highly recommend this Vocal Warm-Up book and CD.

This book is great for a seasoned singer or a novice. It's hard to tell from the product description and you can't preview the entire thing, but this book hits on all the common techniques a voice needs to practice: staccato, legato, vowel sounds, using the whole body to breathe properly, etc. Also, for those familiar with Hal Leonard's ProVocal series, this disc, too, has the embedded software to adjust pitch so all voice types can easily use it.

I am very happy to have found this book for my students, especially those who don't play piano. It has the drills on the cd they can sing along with. There are over 20 lessons they can do one per week which gives them some good lessons in diction, phrasing, dynamics, and etc.

I am a vocal teacher and I like this book to help students to practices warmups before practicing.

Great warm up book for vocal lessons. Shipped fast.

Disappointed with how little is actually in this book. There are twenty-five "warm-ups" in the book, seven of which are not singing, but rather about posture and breathing. Most of the remaining warm-ups are only one or two phrases long, but that doesn't stop them from using an entire page for each one of them. There is a ridiculous amount of empty space in this book. There is a code to access sing-along tracks for all the exercises, as well as the two short songs at the end of the book ("Flow Gently, Sweet Afton," and "St. James Infirmary"). However, the book only contains the melodies to these songs, with chord symbols, rather than a full piano accompaniment or anything like that. It's all fine, but the information is very general and not very helpful. (For example, when talking about the register break, it says, "The break in your voice is never going to go away. The production of head voice and chest voice is quite different," with no further elaboration.) In my opinion, this book is not worth its price.

Je cherchais un recueil simple d'exercices vocaux permettant d'améliorer sa voix pour chanter. En pratiquant régulièrement, le mieux se fait sentir. Sur le Cd, on trouve les exercices à chanter en démo et en accompagnement.

It did exactly what I needed. I use it with my students and they love the warm ups as do I. I do wish there was a volume 2 with more complex scales and techniques in it.

good explanations and I find the practice c.d very helpful

I think it is more appropriate to the product. I liked the quality and price of the product. Nobody advised me, searched and chose alone. I recommend!

I play about 4/5 shows a week and I find the vocal exercises very useful. I downloaded the cd on my Ipod so I can bring it with me everywhere.