How to Kazoo - Softcover

Stewart, Barbara

Softcover

ISBN 10: 089480605X ISBN 13: 9780894806056

Publisher: Workman Publishing Company, 1983

Synopsis

Learn kazoo lore, history, tips, and technique in this complete users guide and practitioners manual. The book covers practice exercises for dynamics and breath control, several methods of achieving fry tones and vibrato, a panopoly of noises, tunes, calls, and snorts, techniques for playing different musical styles on the kazoo, such as Jazz, Country & Western, 50s Rock, and Symphonic kazooing. And, of course, How to Kazoo comes with a kazoo itself, free with each copy. Keep America humming. Give this book to your friends. And remember: hum, don't blow.

About this title

Book Description:

Hum, don’t blow! Revised and expanded with 50% new material, THE COMPLETE HOW TO KAZOO promises to turn a whole new generation on to the joys of the kazoo. There’s never been so much kazoo between two covers. Beginning with the all-important lesson of humming, it covers: kazoo history (it is arguably the first musical instrument invented in the United States—in Macon, Georgia, in the 1840s); fingering and embouchure (i.e., the best way to hold it in your mouth); instrument maintenance; how to recruit players for a kazoo orchestra; the power of “doo” (kazooing for inner wellness); kazooing for families, including the kazoo’s natural gift for entertaining babies; and even kazoo marching band formation. But perhaps best of all are the songs you can kazoo— amply demonstrated— including folk, rock, jazz, and even hip-hop. “The seminal work,” is how The New York Times described HOW TO KAZOO when it was originally published in 1983. And the public responded. Nearly 300,000 copies were sold, and the author, Barbara Stewart—leader of the Kazoophony, hailed by the Wall Street Journal as “the world’s premier kazoo group”—kazooed her way through the media, appearing seemingly everywhere. Isn’t it time to get America humming again?

From the Back Cover:

KEEP AMERICA HUMMING

The users guide and practitioners manual that contains more helpful information on the kazoo than you may have thought possible.

The instrument itself has no musical capabilities, so everything depends on the kazooist. If you can hum, sing, or talk, you can successfully kazoo. Just remember: Hum. Don't blow.

Including:

• Practice exercises for dynamics & breath control

• Several methods of achieving fry tones & vibrato

• A whole panopoly of noises, tunes, calls & snorts

• The techniques for Jazz, Country & Western, 50s Rock & Symphonic kazooing.

About this edition

• Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
• Publication date: 1983
• ISBN 10: 089480605X
• ISBN 13: 9780894806056
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96