eTipbook Vocals

The essential guide for singers: a free 50+ page preview of the 220+ page book, informative rich media brochures, and direct access to the full digital version of Tipbook Vocals – the Singing Voice. A highly informative guide for singers at all levels, helping you to understand and extend the possibilities of your voice, and to appreciate and evaluate input from voice teachers and coaches. A perfect tool for beginners, a source of inspiration for advanced singers in any style - from classical to rap and jazz. Really.

HEAR WHAT YOUR READ
Tipbook Vocals was written in close collaboration with classical and non-classical singers and teachers, therapists, and other experts. They introduce you to singing in tune, breathing techniques, singing loudly without hurting your voice, and a host of other subjects. The book also sheds a light on various singing methods, it explains the concept of registers (and why some experts reject that very concept), and provides dozens of handy tips on voice care, memorizing lyrics, and pronunciation. Interactive Tipcodes even let you hear what you're reading about!

EXTRAS
Non-classical singers will appreciate the chapter on microphone selection and technique, while a chapter on reducing stage fright will be helpful for singers in all styles, at all levels. A glossary and an extended index allow you to easily find what you're looking for, turning the book into a handy reference guide.

THE PRESS ON TIPBOOK VOCALS
I loved [Tipbook Vocals] and it’s a book I’d have been proud to have written myself. (Jayne Comins, The Singer)

Even for the well-trained professional this Tipbook may offer an alternative view or serve to refresh a stale bag o’ tricks. (Bella Voce)

Factual content presented in a clear, concise manner. (Journal of Singing)

Useful information in an extremely well-condensed, abbreviated and accessible form. The opinions expressed in the book […] generally reflect high-quality standards of practice accepted throughout the international community of voice experts. (Journal of Voice)

An adequate source for singers and a solid foundation on which to build. (Notations)

[This] book should be in every teacher’s and professional’s library as well as the advanced student’s. I’m happy to recommend it. (Australian Music Teacher Magazine)

A convenient guide for singers in any style of music and at any level or age with easy to grasp chapters. The book's Tipcodes are a big help in understanding the many new concepts you'll learn. (Music Connection)

SUBJECTS
Tipbook Vocals covers subjects including learning to sing, breath support, articulators, the aspirated onset, belly breathing, breathy attacks, castratos, chest resonance and head resonance, chest voice and head voice, registers, the break or the passagio, Complete Vocal Technique (CVT), Estill Voice Training (EVT), sopranos, altos, tenors and baritones, Curbing, Overdrive and Belting, diphthongs and triphthongs, dynamic microphones and condenser microphones, microphone technique, vocal effects, false vocal folds, grunting, vocal fry and the bell register, glottal attacks, formant tuning and the singer’s formant, the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), the larynx (voice box). high belters and low belters, messa di voce, microphone modeling, mixed voices, overtone singing, singing in tune, phantom power, pickup patterns, pitch correction or auto tune, pop filters, vibrato, vocal nodes and vocal cords, voiced and unvoiced consonants, vocalese, Ella Fitzgerald and Eddie Jefferson, Esperanza Spalding and Louis Armstrong, rapping and scat singing, warming up and cooling down, voice teachers, voice trainers and vocal coaches, stage fright, beta blockers and yoga.