• Correct breathing, use of the diaphragm, head and chest voice, falsetto and vibrato
• Over 30 comprehensive vocals warm up exercises
• Essential music theory made easy
• Singing from scripture and spontaneous song
• Harmony construction, backing vocals and working with a band 

Volume 1

• Introduction to singing
• Pitch exercises and warm ups
• The pathway of singing and vocal elevation
• Simple harmonies
• The major scale and counting
• Vibrato
• Plus tips on preparing to sing, choosing keys and vocal health

Volume 2

• Warm ups
• The head and chest voice
• Tones, semitones, intervals and arpeggios
• Male and femail complementary harmonies
• Dynamics and leading vocally
• Identifying vocal techniques
• Plus tips on teaching new songs, using hymns in worship and band communications

Volume 3

• Warm ups
• Singing psalms and liturgy
• Adding vocal colour
• Advanced harmony skills
• Identifying vocal techniques
• Rhythm and blues singing
• The role of the backing vocalist
• Plus tips on choosing songs, pitching a song without instruments, song writing and musical training

Volume 4

• Warm ups
• Advanced harmony skills
• Vocal cushion
• Spontaneous and prophetic singing
• Chords and chord construction
• Using arpeggios to find a key
• Gospel singing
• Plus tips on preparing to sing, harmonies, getting strong sound and microphone technique

Also consider purchasing The Essential Musicademy Vocals Warm-Up CD containing many of the vocals warm-up exercises taught on the DVDs on CD. Its very helpful to have all the exercises together in one place in a format you can use in the car, at church or wherever you are.

Four DVDs with a total running time of over eight hours.

Each DVD contains approximately two hours of vocal coaching from professional singing teachers, warm-up, breathing and vocalisation exercises. There are additional hints, tips and advice by Musicademy's Andy Chamberlain as well as worship leaders Brenton Brown, Vicky Beeching, Tim Neufeld (Starfield), Tommy Walker, Leeland Mooring, Lloyd Wade (XFactor, Eliza Doolittle, Take That) 
and Noel Richards.

Songs used on this course include:

• How Great is Our God
• What a Friend I've Found
• How Great Thou Art
• In Christ Alone
• Here I am to Worship
• Over the Mountains
• We Fall Down
• All Heaven Declares
• He is Exalted
• Amazing Grace
• Oh Happy Day

Who is it for?

This course starts with the basics so is suitable for complete beginners. You don't need to have had any previous vocal training to use it. As the DVDs progress, the teaching gets more complex so there is plenty for singers at all ability levels.

There is teaching suitable for both men and women. Whilst Kate Silber teaches the majority of the content, bringing in material from the Worship Vocals Course she runs at Nexus (Europe's leading worship training college), there are also lessons by Lloyd Wade (X-Factor, Eliza Doolittle and Take That) and Jenny Moore.

What else is available to help me practice?

We have a DVD called Worship Backing Band - Musicians Practice Tracks which contains 54 worship songs that you can play along with. Practice is a lot more fun with other people! You can select to take the vocals out of the mix so you are effectively the singer with a pro band. Its like high quality worship karaoke. The DVD shows on-screen words and chords so if you play an instrument you can also play along as you sing. 

We also have two warm up and work-out CDs which are an excellent accompaniment to the DVD set. The Essential Musicademy Vocals Warm-Up CD contains many of the vocals warm-up exercises taught on the DVDs. Its very helpful to have all the exercises together in one place in a format you can use in the car, at church or wherever you are. The Advanced Vocals Work-out CD goes a step further with a variety of hard core exercises to really train your voice. You'll see a marked improvement in vocal tone, range and power as well as an improvement in your ability to hear and sing harmonies.

I want to learn harmony skills. Will this DVD set help me?

Yes, this set does cover basic harmonies, however we have another pair of DVDs dedicated solely to harmony and backing vocals skills. If you've not had vocals lessons before we would definitely suggest getting the Worship Vocals Course and working through that before attempting the Harmony & Backing Vocals Course. Like this you can be sure that you are singing correctly with proper breath control.

Will the DVDs work on my DVD player?

The DVDs are NTSC and coded Region 0 which means they will play anywhere in the world.

Can I get a refund if I don't like the DVDs?

Yes, you are also covered by our 100% customer satisfaction guarantee if having received the DVDs you do not feel they are right for you.