Matching Pitch
Releasing Tension for Better Tone
6 Part 2: Improving Your Singing Chapter 6: Acquiring Beautiful Tone Creating Tone Releasing Tone Sustaining Tone Finding Your Vibrato Chapter 7: Exploring Resonance Understanding Resonance — Good Vibrations Eliminating Nasality Debunking Common Misconceptions Chapter 8: Shaping Your Vowels for Clarity Getting Your Backside into Shape — Back Vowels, That Is Mastering the Front Vowels Chapter 9: Exercising Consonants for Articulation Saying Voiced and Unvoiced Consonants Making Tip Consonants Making Soft Palate Consonants Working Lip Consonants Working Combination Consonants Chapter 10: Crafting a Practice Routine Knuckling Down to a Practice Plan Getting Answers to Your Practicing Questions Warming Up Exercising Your Voice Practicing Correctly
7 Part 3: Advanced Techniques to Improve Your Voice Chapter 11: Developing the Parts of Your Singing Voice Finding Your Middle Voice Checking Out Your Chest Voice Aiming High with Head Voice Figuring Out Falsetto Making a Smooth Transition Mixing It Up Chapter 12: Expanding Your Vocal Flexibility and Range Tackling Register Transitions Working On Your Range Taking Your Agility to New Levels Improvising for a Better Pop Sound Chapter 13: It’s a Cinch: Belting Out Your Song Playing around with Pitch Defining Healthy Belting Preparing for Belting Moving Resonance to the Front Combining Resonance and Registration Advancing Your Belt Belters and Belt Songs You Should Hear Chapter 14: Training for Singing Defining Training Requirements Training to Sing at Any Age Training with a Choir Chapter 15: Finding the Right Voice Teacher Searching for the Best Voice Teacher Knowing What to Expect from a Teacher Knowing What to Expect from Yourself Making Your First Lesson a Success
8 Part 4: Preparing to Perform Chapter 16: Selecting Your Music Material Choosing the Song Shopping for Sheet Music Chapter 17: Mastering a New Song Tackling a Song in Steps Using Vocal Technique in Your New Song Using Musical Elements to Create Your Arrangement Chapter 18: Acting the Song Seeing the Song As a Story Exploring Character Getting Physical Chapter 19: Confronting Your Fear of Performing Facing the Symptoms Alleviating Anxiety through Preparation Performing to Build Confidence Chapter 20: Auditioning a Song Tailoring Your Audition for Any Venue and Any Style of Music Choosing
