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Secrets of Singing: Female Voice (Low & High Voice) (Book & Audio CD)

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I've owned this book for several years now. I take weekly vocal lessons, but whenever I start daily practice with the CD's everyone notices a tremendous improvement in my sing ability. The exercises are great! Regular practice helps strengthens your diaphragm muscles, the foundation of good singing, as well as increasing your range. I don't know that I would make use of everything in the book, but I would buy the book for the CD's. As one singer once said: "If I skip a day of practicing I know it. Two days, the critics know it. Three days, the audience can tell." These CD's are great for daily practicing, even if you do it in the car.

Mr. Allen didn't step over anything when he wrote this book. He describes how it feels so accurately and explains the whys and wherefores in a succinct understandable way. It helps my students remember what works especially when their lessons are taped.I like his take on registers.

This is an excellent book for anyone who wants to learn how to sing. The daily excercises are fabulous! This book has taken the place of my voice instructer, $44.00, versus, $20.00 per 30 minute lessons! Basically, what we practiced is in this book!

Great investment!

This book will help the beginning singer understand the importance of correct breathing, resonance, range, posture and focus. The book is complete with diagrams, poster (which I liked enough to hang on the wall in my voice lesson studio), vocal exercises, descriptions and demonstration CD. It follows a clear path of development and I think most beginners will learn a lot from this book. I suspect that most beginning students will have difficulty mastering any of these concepts or exercises without the assistance of a voice teacher. A more advanced student would likely have already covered this material with their private voice teacher. I would recommend this book as a good source of fundamental knowledge for the beginning student.

I bought this book to supplement my voice lessons and have found the exercies and information very helpful. The book is written in a logical matter-of-fact way. It presents ideas and techniques in easy to understand text and diagrams. The progression of lessons does help to build your knowledge and expertise. I'm glad I purchased it.

Great book. Really helps easily clarify issues about singing that seem obvious only after you learn them. It comes with a CD that provides you with singing exercises. The format of the book is easy to read and doesn't weigh you down with lengthy explanations or jargon. I can't afford singing lessons and this book/cd feels like having my own voice coach. I would especially recommend this book to someone like me who has been singing their entire life, but doesn't feel like they have it "quite right."

Here is everything you will need (if you aren't in the area for a private lesson with Mr. Allen) to learn proper technique. The book is well written, clear and well worth the price. I highly recommend it.

My life's work is vocal coaching, vocal production seminars, acapella singing, etc... I have ready many books on the voice, how to sing and ways to approach healthy singing. Jeffrey Allen's Secrets of Singing is, hands down, the very best book I've seen. If you are in need of information for the amateur singer and/or for how YOU can approach ways of teaching the amateur singer...this is THE book for you! I love it.

The Secrets of Singing (for Sopranos) package of a book and CD of voice exercises, was recommended by a voice instructor (Jill Switzer). It is an excellent resource!

Frankly disappointing. I wish I had return it straight away.
The voice on the audio is just horrible ! Makes you want to turn the cd player off, off with your great ambition to improve your singing technique !
Save your money and go by a nice record of your favorite female singer to sing along with her.