VOICE TECHNICAL WORK – YEAR 11
Technical requirements
Scales should be sung unaccompanied from memory in four different keys suited to the student’s vocal range using solfa or scat syllables. The starting note will be sounded.
Scales to the 8ve
Scales to be in straight or swung 8th notes (legato) onlyto the 8ve, with the exception of the Chromatic scale which should be sung to the sharpened 5th.
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Major (Ionian) (=100)
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Major pentatonic (=80)
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Minor pentatonic (=80)
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Aeolian/natural minor (=100)
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Blues (=80)
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Dorian (=100)
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Mixolydian (=100)
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Chromatic (up to sharpened 5th) (=60)
Arpeggios
The tonic (and chord) will be sounded. Arpeggios should be sung from memory in straight or swung quavers to the 7th
Tempo: = 80
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Major 7th
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Minor 7th
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Dominant 7th
Dynamics – all scales and arpeggios
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p, mp, mf, f, crescendo, decrescendo
Improvisation – compulsory Jazz activity as appropriate to repertoire
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demonstrate improvisation skills over Blues form
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ad-libbing over chorus
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melodic improvisation in verse over song where appropriate
SUGGESTED TECHNICAL WORK – YEAR 12
Technical requirements
Scales should be sung unaccompanied from memory in four different keys suited to the student’s vocal range using solfa or scat syllables. The starting note will be sounded.
Scales to the 9th
All scales should be sung in straight or swung 8th notes (legato) only to the 9th with the exception of the Blues scale, which should be sung to the flattened 10th and the chromatic scale which is sung to the 8ve
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Major (Ionian) (=120)
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Dorian (=120)
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Mixolydian ( =120)
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Aeolian/natural minor (=120)
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Jazz minor (=120)
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Major pentatonic (=100)
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Minor pentatonic (=100)
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Blues to flat 10th (=100)
Arpeggios
The tonic (and chord) will be sounded. Arpeggios should be sung from memory in straight or swung quavers to the 10th. Tempo: crotchet=100
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Major 7th
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minor 7th
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Dominant 7th
Dynamics – all scales and arpeggios
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p, mp, mf, f, crescendo, decrescendo
Improvisation – compulsory Jazz activity as appropriate to repertoire
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demonstrate improvisation skills over Blues form
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adlibbing over chorus
-
melodic improvisation in verse over song where appropriate
TECHNICAL WORK – SUGGESTED REPERTOIRE
Scat singing and vocalise
Anita Wardell
Al Jarreau
Bobby McFerrin
Eddie Jefferson
Ella Fitzgerald
Jon Hendricks
Kurt Elling
Lambert, Hendricks and Ross
Mark Murphy
Sarah Vaughan
Jazz and Contemporary
Jim Snidero Jazz Conceptions
Aebersold Guide for Jazz and Scat Vocalists
Bob Stoloff Rhythm Etudes
Seth Riggs Singing for the Stars
Anne Peckham Contemporary Singer
Michelle Weir Vocal Improvisations
Trinity Exams Rock School
NB: Some studies from Western Art Music are recommended for Jazz and Contemporary singers as well.
Ear training: Jazz and Contemporary (improvisation)
(Intervals: improvisation: phrasing: ornamentation: syncopation)
Bob Stoloff: Diatonic exercises and the rest of the book!!
Jim Snidero: tracks 1–6 (maybe 7):
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to understand chord progressions
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jazz phrasing
Aebersold: Guide to Jazz and Scat Vocalists
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practical procedures for memorising chord progression
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soloing
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ear training
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intervals
Phonation: Jazz/Contemporary
(Vowels: consonants: articulation: scat: onset: ornamentation: flexibility: arpeggios)
Jazz Conception Jim Snidero: Groove Blues, Amen, A Doll–Diction, Scat – all have written scat syllables
Michele Weir Vocal Improvisation: scat syllables that pertain to particular rhythms
Registration: Jazz/Contemporary
(Passagio: tilt: range)
Seth Riggs Singing for the Stars: Ex 1 – Bubbling and trilling Patterns: working through ‘the mix’ (passagio)
Anne Peckham Contemporary Singer – various exercises
Rock School Syllabus
Breathing: Jazz/Contemporary (more phrasing)
(Phrasing: alignment: breath support: messa di voce: flexibility)
Jazz Singers Handbook: Sections 5 and 6 – Colouring melody and phrasing
Rhythm Etudes, Bob Stoloff – 1–4
Counting Exercises
Vocal resonance: Jazz/Contemporary
(Tone colour: vowels)
Listening to particular ‘styled’ singers
SUGGESTED REPERTOIRE – YEAR 11
Students are required to prepare six songs, with at least one from each of the four Jazz styles: Ballad, Blues, Jazz Standard and Latin.
Ballad
Body and Soul
Lover Man
Misty
My Funny Valentine
Blues
Goin’ to Chicago
Now’s the Time
Stormy Monday
Why don’t cha do right?
Jazz standard
All of Me
Autumn Leaves
Bye Bye Blackbird
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
God Bless the Child
Honeysuckle Rose
How High the Moon
I Got Rhythm
Impressions
It Don’t Mean a Thing (if it ain’t got that swing)
Lullaby of Birdland
Softly As in a Morning Sunrise
Stormy Weather
Summertime
Take the A-Train
Time after Time
What Is This Thing Called Love?
Latin
How Insensitive
Meditation
One Note Samba
Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars
Slightly Out of Tune – Desifinado
Additional
All of Me
Alright, OK You Win
AMEB Contemporary and Popular Music (CPM) Step 2
AMEB CPM Step 3
Autumn Leaves
But Not for Me
Feelin’ Good
Fly Me to the Moon
Georgia on my Mind
Honeysuckle Rose
How Insensitive
It Had To Be You
It’s Only a Papermoon
Love is Here to Stay
Nice Work if You Can Get it
Now’s the time (with lyrics: based on the Eddie Jefferson version)
September Song
Stormy Monday
Sugar (with lyrics)
Sweet Georgia Brown
The Nearness of You
SUGGESTED REPERTOIRE – YEAR 12
Students are required to prepare six songs, with at least one from each of the four Jazz styles: Ballad, Blues, Jazz Standard and Latin.
Ballad
Body and Soul
Lover Man
Misty
My Funny Valentine
Blues
Goin’ to Chicago
Now’s the Time
Stormy Monday
Why don’t cha do right?
Jazz standard
All of Me
Autumn Leaves
Bye Bye Blackbird
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
God Bless the Child
Honeysuckle Rose
How High the Moon
I Got Rhythm
Impressions
It Don’t Mean a Thing (if it ain’t got that swing)
Softly As in a Morning Sunrise
Stormy Weather
Summertime
Take the A-Train
Time after Time
What Is This Thing Called Love?
Latin
How Insensitive
Meditation
One Note Samba
Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars
Additional
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
Almost Like Being in Love
Beyond the Sea
Blue Skies
Corcovado
Cry Me a River
Dindi
East of the Sun and West of the Moon
Lullaby of Birdland
Misty
Moanin’ (with lyrics: refer to versions recorded by Sarah Vaughan and Anita Wardell)
My Funny Valentine
On the Street Where You Live
One Note Samba
Round Midnight
Route 66
So Nice (Summer Samba)
Softly as in a Morning Sunrise
Someone to Watch Over Me
Stardust
Take the A-Train
You Don’t Know What Love is
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