30 Day Singer Jazz Style For Beginners TUTORiAL
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3-05-2022
While every jazz singer has their own unique tone and style, there are a few common elements we can practice to embody traditional jazz vocal style. Here are some common styles: swung rhythm, smooth, easy tone, gravelly, even choppy tone, smooth, effortless tone, and last, we have vibrato & embellishment. With each lesson in this series, we’ll take a jazz standard to practice with.
Join Camille for a warmup focused on chromaticism, another important element of jazz music!
Here are the lead sheets for the songs discussed in this tutorial:
"Let Me Call You Sweetheart” lead sheet PDF: https://library.indstate.edu/about/units/rbsc/kirk/PDFs/sm1910_let.pdf
"By The Light Of The Silvery Moon” lead sheet PDF: https://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/collection/145/108
"It Had To Be You” lead sheet PDF: http://www.tanglinclub.org.sg/hosted/Choir/It%20Had%20To%20Be%20You.pdf
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A good sense of rhythm is important for your timing as a singer - but more importantly, it’s important for your understanding and appreciation of music as a whole!
Join Camille for this three part tutorial. In part one, we’ll cover the difference between rhythm and beat - often used interchangeably, but they are distinct! In part two, we’ll cover tempo and meter (also called time signature). And in part three, we’ll learn some specific exercises and practices to improve your timing.