Bob by Hirschfeld

Scat!

Vocal Improvisation
Techniques

By

Bob Stoloff

128 pages and accompanying CD

Published by: GERARD and SARZIN PUBLISHING CO.

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Learn to scat-sing! A comprehensive approach to vocal improvisation with rhythmic and melodic exercises, transcribed solos, vocal bass lines and drum grooves, syllable articulation etudes, and more. The CD, made especially for non-readers, includes call-response exercises, demonstrations and sing-along chord patterns in Latin, jazz and hip-hop styles. The author is an internationally acclaimed clinician and performer. "There is hardly anyone in the whole world who knows more about scat singing than Bob Stoloff, and this book proves it. He takes out the terror!" Mark Murphy

Scat! Vocal Improvisation Techniques

Introduction: A History of Scat
Chapter 1: Rhythmic Considerations
Chapter 2: Melodic Considerations
Chapter 3: Melodic Considerations
Chapter 4: Melodic Solos
Chapter 5: Vocal Bass Lines
Chapter 6: Vocal Drum Articulation
Chapter 7: Solo A Capella Technique
Chapter 8: Sing-Along Patterns
Chapter 9: Vocal Drum Grooves
What's on the CD . . . Audio Sample 1 . . . Audio Sample 2 . . . Audio Sample 3

[ISBN 0-9628467-5-9]