Rosemary Clooney
There’s so much good music that it’s hard to know where to begin. I’ll start with something I used today. It was the last class in the summer session for Mountain View students, and I used some old standards for warm-up.
If you click the “Play” button below, you can hear 30 to 60 seconds of the song. On the playbar that comes up, volume control is just to the left of the graphic that looks like a speaker. It’s a vertical fader. I’ve reduced the volume of these songs in hopes they won’t be too loud. The default volume setting is in the middle of the fader, so you can make the volume louder yourself.
If you don’t close the playbar, it will go on to the next song (when you’re viewing the entire post). This music-playing applet is available from Yahoo and it’s free. Click where it says “learn more” for details.
The Amazon graphic takes you to Amazon’s website, where you can hear a different sample from the same song. Same for the iTunes button.
Peggy Lee – I’ve got the world on a string
From the album: Great Ladies Of Song / Spotlight On Peggy Lee
Warm up One (2:21)
Play: Peggy Lee – I’ve got the world on a string
iTunes has a different vocal version of the song and you can only buy the whole album.
Steve Tyrell – It had to be you
From the album: Standard Time
Warm up One or Two (3:25)
Play: Steve Tyrell – It had to be you
Same song on iTunes:
Rosemary Clooney – Route 66
From the album: Songs from the girl singer vol 2
Warm up Two (4:37)
The version of the song on this album is actually longer than 4:37. For use in classes, I removed a portion of the long instrumental section with a software called CD Architect.
Play: Rosemary Clooney – Route 66
“Route 66” isn’t on Amazon. Here’s “You make me feel so young.”
The song isn’t on iTunes either. Here’s the Rosemary Clooney page on iTunes.
What I call Warm up One and Two are similar to what my teacher, Theresa Garcia, calls Slow Warm-up and Warm-up. If the rhythm of the music is so irresistible that you can’t keep the pelvis from moving (Warm up Two music), and you ask students to do only arm movements, the hips are distracting. For me, that’s the difference between Warm up One and Two.
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