Vocal Improvisation: An Instru-Vocal Approach for Soloists, Groups, and Choirs

By Bob Stoloff

(Berklee Guide). Learn to improvise in jazz, pop, rock, gospel, and R&B, in this user-friendly guide to vocal improvisation. Regardless of your level of musical training, these discussions, exercises, and games will give you technical knowledge and confidence to improvise expressively and effectively, within a singing group or as a soloist. The accompanying CD provides demonstration and sing-along tracks for practice. You will learn icebreaker exercises, groove-based improvising ideas, how to use essential scales and modes for building express solos, scat and other "instru-vocal" techniques, and group improvisational skills.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0876391021
• ISBN13: 9780876391020
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Berklee Press Publications
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.9" x 11.9"