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15 Easy Folksong Arrangements for the Progressing Singer (High Voice).(Brief Article)(Book Review)(Sound Recording Review)
15 Easy Folksong Arrangements for the Progressing Singer (High Voice), edited by Richard Waiters. Hal Leonard Corporation (7777 W. Bluemound Rd., P.O. Box 13819, Milwaukee, WI 53213), 2004. 64 pp. and CD. $16.95. Beginning to intermediate.
15 Easy Folksong Arrangements presents melodies familiar to voice teachers, with accompaniments that are supportive, challenging and delightfully surprising. The accompaniments are designed to begin by doubling the melody line of the singer and then gradually withdrawing that support in subsequent verses. The songs presented in this volume are American/European in origin, and the texts are in English. A low-voice edition is available, and the two editions make this volume accessible to teachers of beginning to intermediate students, from high school through college to adulthood.
This volume includes a CD containing both the full performance and accompaniment-only recordings of each selection. There are a couple concerns with the ...
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