The No Scales, Just Songs Vocal Workout, Vol. Two: Baritone/Soprano Version

The follow-up to Susan Anders' popular original vocal workout, Vol. Two uses the same effective method with eighteen new songs and a new guidebook. This workout is the same format and level of difficulty as Volume One-- Volume One is not a prerequisite for Volume Two.

Vocal coach Susan Anders writes in the introduction to Vol. Two:
"Several years ago I created a vocal warm up method that didn't use scales, arpeggios or other exercises. One reason I did this was because I'd worked with many voice students who just hated singing exercises and wanted to get right to singing songs. I'd also watched many other singers master their exercises during their singing lessons but still have difficulty applying good vocal technique to actual songs. What seemed to work best for them was to start with fairly easy songs that allowed them focus on technique, then move to harder songs. So I created a sequence of songs that gradually increased in difficulty, and I matched the songs with vocalese sounds that I knew were good for warming up and developing the voice. As the songs progressed, the singer would cover many important aspects of good vocal technique, including correct breathing, resonance, range expansion and navigation, diction, and more."

Beginning singers can learn how to sing correctly and develop their voices by singing through the workout at their own pace, with or without the guidebook. Experienced singers can skip the audio singing lessons and use the workout to warm up and maintain their vocal technique and strength.

Volume Two includes:
-- Two CDs of 18 fully produced songs and audio singing lessons. CD #1 includes vocals and instructional introductions. CD #2 has the same songs without vocals followed by a section on how to stylize the songs.
-- A 76-page guidebook including detailed vocal technique information, troubleshooting hints, and vocal stylizing ideas for each song, as well as chapters on dealing with colds, allergies, the environment, and aging.

Sing the Warm-up Set of ten songs to loosen up, breathe correctly, increase your range, and to build control, resonance and better tone.
Sing the Workout Set of eight songs to increase your volume, vocal endurance, sustenance, belting ability, and pitch dexterity.

Songs:
I Hope You Dance
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Don't Know Why
I Can See Clearly Now
Dear Prudence
Cry
Alison
Get Here
Tracks of My Tears
One Of Us
Why Don't You Do Right?
You're Still the One
Thank You (Dido)
Sunday Kind of Love
You Gotta Be
Summertime
Ms. Celie's Blues (Sister)
I'm Beginning To See the Light

Range:
Alto/Bass version: Eb-Eb (two octaves)
Baritone/Soprano version: Ab-Ab (two octaves)