Singing For Dummies

by Pamelia S. Phillips

Go from singing in the shower to taking your audience’s breath away

Whether you picture yourself as the next Ariana Grande or just feel like picking up a new hobby, Singing For Dummies walks you through the surprisingly straightforward steps you’ll need to take to develop your voice. It’s a practical guide to every important aspect of singing, from vocal techniques to performance tips.

You’ll learn exercises and practice songs that gradually improve your craft and receive instruction on the latest technology and recording devices to capture and play back your songs. Singing For Dummies also shows you how

Understand and use important singing techniques, improve your tone, upgrade your posture, and maximize your breath Maintain your voice with preventative self-care that keeps your vocal cords in tiptop shape Sing with instrumental accompaniment or with a partner in a duet Perfect for men, women, boys, and girls, Singing For Dummies is the most intuitive and accessible resource on the market for anyone who hopes to find their voice.

Genres: Music, Nonfiction, Reference

362 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 1, 2003

Reviews

[Lynda Hunter · Rating 4 out of 5]

As someone who has just joined a local choir I needed something to help me understand all the intricacies of the world of singing for pleasure that I just don't understand.....this book and the accompanying cd is great for me. If your needs are similar then I feel sure you cannot go wrong. I bought it on the strength of recommendations on Amazon which were all first class.

[Mike Parkes · Rating 3 out of 5]

Signed this out from the library, and unfortunately it was missing the accompanying CD that included lots of vocal exercises. I didn’t find the text alone all that helpful, but probably not fair to review without the CD.

[Wiseman · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think it did help me sing better!

[Gina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pretty thorough and well-organized with lots of examples.

May be more information than you need.

[Sah · Rating 1 out of 5]

i think this book really does not help you with singing because most of the time, instead of singing your reading which kinda weird because supposedly when you desire to sing you'd practice it on hand instead of reading it and nothing seems to help you improve your singing but words written on a book describing what is the proper way of singing.

Well, this book is boring and nothing does help me to improve my voice.

And what's more this book has too many words, too many flowery words that makes you want to close the book forever. The author say to much, is it to inspire you? well, that is not what happened to me, it annoys me and wanted to skip those parts.

[Eszter Beáta · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a very useful book for everyone who want to learn to sing. You can find a lot of good tips for every type of singing, for the practicing, for the breath and for all the activities which have to do something with singing. You will receive answers for you questions about singing.

[Elizabeth Fama]

I only skimmed parts of this to try to improve my voice for our Boswell Sisters band.

[Barbee]

High time I learn the lingo and the how's of what makes my voice do what it does. Maybe I could then teach this stuff... I love helping people learn!

[Tammy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book it helped me a lot!

[Sierra · Rating 3 out of 5]

It does exactly what it says it does. I feel like it leaves out a few techniques that are especially important to the demographic of folks who would read these. Although, I didn't expect an encyclopedia on vocal techniques so I consider it forgivable.