Alfred's Teach Yourself to Sing: Everything you need to know to start singing now!, Book & Online Video/Audio/Software (Teach Yourself Series)

Learn to sing and open up a brand new world of musical knowledge with this exciting method from Alfred Music. Beginning with the fundamentals, you will learn about equipment used by singers, vocal health, and getting acquainted with reading music. You will then move right along to breathing, vocalizing, proper warm-ups, and singing songs, lesson by lesson, all while continuing to increase your knowledge of reading and understanding music. You will learn to sing an array of musical styles including pop, jazz, classical, and musical theater. Near the end of the book, you will be introduced to the idea of individual interpretation, which will help you color your songs with your own unique style. The book features a chord and scale chart for reference during and after your lessons.

The online media includes instructional video and TNT 2 software with audio accompaniments that let you adjust the audio levels, transpose accompaniments to any key, and adjust playback tempo.

* For beginners with no prior musical training.
* Learn to sing with a live band or group in any style.
* Discover your own natural sound.
* Covers breathing, posture, warming up, and more.
* An easy and comprehensive approach to reading music.
* Pop, jazz, classical, and musical theater styles covered.
* Includes tips on performing like how to overcome nervousness and mind/body connections to singing.

Titles: Are You Lonesome Tonight? * Dream a Little Dream of Me * Fly Me to the Moon * For All We Know * This Land is Your Land * Those Were the Days * Turn! Turn! Turn! * Where Is Love? * and more.

Karen Farnum Surmani is the Early Childhood Acquisition Editor and Vocal Masterworks Editor for Alfred Music Publishing. She is the author of Teach Yourself to Sing and Singing 101 , and is a co-author of Rock Singing Techniques , and the series Alfred s Essentials of Music Theory , Sing at First Sight , and Classroom Music for Little Mozarts. Karen received a Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance from California State University, Northridge, and a Masters in Music Education degree from the University of Southern California. She is a credentialed and Orff certified music teacher and also has extensive training in early childhood and elementary music education. She has taught music at the elementary school, middle school, and university levels. An accomplished classical vocalist, Karen sings professionally and teaches private voice . She resides in the Los Angeles area with her husband, Andrew, and their two sons. Karen is a member of the American Orff-Schulwerk Association, Music Educators National Conference, the Organization of American Kodaly Educators, Early Childhood Music and Movement Association, and National Association for the Education of Young Children.