Hear It and Sing It! Modal Jazz Niemack, Judy Method + CD / HL00001001 click for RealAudio clip Recorded by JUDY NIEMACK on Hear It and Sing It!  /   Tempo Arrangement Difficulty Solo Difficulty The book, written to accompany the CD, begins with instructions for singing the warm-up exercises. After a chapter covering the creation of modal jazz, there follows an introduction to music theory and the structure and functions of chords, then a discussion of the seven modes of the major scale and their uses in jazz harmony. The next chapter includes a short history of the evolution of scat syllables and suggestions for developing your own syllabic vocabulary. Finally, you'll find all of the modal improvisation exercises I've sung on the CD written out, so that you can read them as you sing along with the CD, and simultaneously improve your sight-reading. This modern method for learning to identify and improvise with the modes of the major scale was created by jazz vocalist Judy Niemack. In addition to an active performance schedule both in Europe and the United States, she is the first Professor of Jazz Voice in Germany at the Hanns Eisler Conservatory in Berlin. Judy has taught vocal technique, interpretation and improvisation throughout the USA and Europe for 25 years. Related Website http://www.judyniemack.com Hal Leonard Stock Number HL00001001 List Price $17.95 TO ORDER: take note of the publication's HL number and call Music Dispatch at 1-800-637-2852. Or go to one of the following online music stores: Music Dispatch Stantons Sheet Music Byron Hoyt Music Colony Music Penders Music Marina Music J.W. Pepper Sam Ash Music Sheet-music.com Sheet Music Direct Sheet Music Service Sheet Music Online Sheet Music Plus Or, order from your local music dealer. Click here to locate your local music dealer.