Barbershop Craft

• Contest Preparation -- A Year Long Commitment These tips are not limited to contest preparation! This could be a feature article, or divided into several reminders for publication in different bulletins.

• Five Steps to Good Vocal Technique - Series by Bill Biffle, well known and respected director, judge and Society Board Member.
  • Posture
  • Inhalation
  • More on inhalation!
  • Singing
  • Facial involvement

• Five Steps to Quality Tone - Series of articles by Bud Miller of Cherry Hills, NJ
  • Body alignment
  • Abdominal-costal breathing
  • Attacks
  • Sustaining the tone
  • Releases

• How To Learn Your Music Quickly by Nick Papageorge

• Music basics The REAL basics -- tongue in cheek article for beginners.
• Music basics - part 2
• Music basics - part 3

• Performance Objectives

• The Very Best Vocal Coach

• Vowel Matching

• Singing In Tune - Special series of articles by Freddie King - conveniently separated into nine sections for easy inclusion in your bulletin by Tom Wheatley, editor of the Dundalk, MD Charivari.
  • Chapter 1
  • Chapter 2
  • Chapter 3
  • Chapter 4
  • Chapter 5
  • Chapter 6
  • Chapter 7
  • Chapter 8
  • Chapter 9

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