Members Resources
Pronunciation Guides
- German
- With Audio
- Alphabet
- Diphthongs and Consonant Pairs
- Letter Sounds in Words/“Similar Word” Pronunciation Pitfalls
- German Pronunciation Guidelines for English Speakers (PDF)
Singing Technique
- BBC – OneMusic How to… Improve your vocals
Tutorials with video demos - eHow.com: How to Do Breathing Exercises
- Voicetraining @ The Vocalist
Free tutorials for singers and singing coaches
Music Theory
- Basic Music Theory
- Music Notes – Note reading, intervals and scales
- Music Theory Net – from basic theory to advanced chord analysis
- About Music Theory
- Free text in music theory and orchestration
- Treasure Trove of Music – quick reference
- Practice Spot
These links provide good, simple tutorials.
- More Advanced Music Theory
- Music Theory Resources
Practice
Eartraining & Interactive Theory
Learn to recognise different intervals both when you see them in the score and when you hear them. Being able to recognise intervals and then reproduce them is the basic building block to sight singing.
- Big Ears – the original
- Teoria.com - excellent flash interactive exercises
- Sight Singing Resources
- Practice Spot Sightreading Chef
- Need more music to sight-sing? Practise on these:
- Bach Chorals
- Choral Public Domain Library
- Glossary of Musical Terms
- Glossary of Sheet Music Terms – simplified
- Music Glossary – extensive
- Music Glossary with samples
- Misc
- Metronome Online
Useful utility for gauging tempo.
Music Sources
- Sheet Music from the Choral Public Domain Library
- The Aria Database – midis and music
- Cyberbass: Midi Practice files for most major choral works
- The Silvis Woodshed: More Midis
- Dowload.com
- Classical Archives
- Classic Cat
Works
- Die Schöpfung Resources
- German Pronunciation Guide with audio
- Midi files for all voice parts
- Christmas Carols
- 2007: Deck the Halls & The First Noel (PDF)
- 2007: Carol of the Bells (PDF)
- 2007: I Wonder as I Wander (Midi)
- 2006: 100 Carols for Choirs | Star Carol | Jesus Child (Midi)