★★★★★ The Best Guide To Your Voice!

eTipbook Vocals is a highly accessible 246-page guide to the singing voice. It helps you to understand and extend the possibilities of your most personal instrument, and to appreciate and evaluate input from voice teachers and coaches. An essential tool for beginners, a source of inspiration for advanced singers in any style, from classical to rap and jazz – really!

The best guide to your instrument
Tipbook Vocals brings you the combined knowledge and expertise of some twenty singers, voice teachers, and other experts. They introduce you to singing in tune, breathing techniques, singing loudly without hurting your voice, and a host of other subjects. The book also sheds a light on various singing methods, it explains the concept of registers (and why some experts reject that very concept), and provides dozens of handy tips on voice care, memorizing lyrics, and pronunciation.

Audio and video Tipcodes
Non-classical singers will appreciate the chapter on microphone selection and technique, while a chapter on reducing stage fright will be helpful for singers in all styles, at all levels. The glossary turns the book into a handy reference guide, and our unique Tipcodes and direct YouTube links even let you hear what you're reading about!

Press quotes ☆☆☆☆☆
'Even for the well-trained professional this Tipbook may offer an alternative view or serve to refresh a stale bag o’ tricks.' Bella Voce, ACDA Michigan

'There’s something for all kinds of singers, teachers, therapists and doctors, whether your interest in singing is artistic, anatomical or both. I loved it and it’s a book I’d have been proud to have written myself.' Jayne Comins, The Singer

'Factual content presented in a clear, concise manner.' Journal of Singing

'Interesting, brief, clearly written; Useful information in an extremely well-condensed, abbreviated and accessible form. The opinions expressed in the book […] generally reflect high-quality standards of practice accepted throughout the international community of voice experts.' Robert Sataloff, MD, DMA, Journal of Voice

'An adequate source for singers and a solid foundation on which to build.' Mark Boyle, Notations

'There are no fewer than twenty-one acknowledged experts, all offering their particular areas of expertise, yet none of them claiming to know all of the answers. Quite a refreshing change! This book is a veritable giant of information, and should be in every teacher’s and professional’s library as well as the advanced student’s. I’m happy to recommend it.' Australian Music Teacher Magazine

'A convenient guide for singers in any style of music and at any level or age with easy to grasp chapters, and a great glossary and index of musical words, terminology and definitions... The book's Tipcodes are a big help in understanding the many new concepts you'll learn.' Music Connection


TOPICS EXPLAINED:

A cappella
Adduction
Altus
Articulation
Articulators, articulatory system
Arytenoids
Attack
Back-electret
Bass
Baritone
Bell register
Belting
Breath support
Breathing
Cardioid
Castrato
Chest register
Chest resonance
Chest voice
Condenser microphone
Counter tenor
Cricoid
Diaphragm
Dynamic microphone
Epiglottis
Falsetto register
Fundamental pitch
Glottal attack, glottal initiation
Glottis
Head register
Head resonance
Head voice
High C
Hypercardioid
International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)
Larynx
Legit, legitimate voice
Light register
Lyrical
Messa di voce
Mezzo-soprano
Mutation
Omnidirectional
Onset
Overtone singing
Overtones
Passaggio
Polyp
Pop filter
Proximity effect
Pulse register
Register
Register transition
Release
Sensitivity field
Soprano
Supercardioid
Tenor
Thyroid
Trachea
UHF
Unidirectional
VHF
Vibrato
Vocal cords
Vocal folds
Vocal fry
Vocal microphone, vocalist microphone
Vocal nodes, vocal nodules
Vocal tract
Voice box
Voice types
Vowel modification, vowel mutation
Warm-up
Whistle register
Windshield