Profiling the jazz singer

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This paper presents new data extracted from the National Survey of Jazz Instrumentalists and Vocalists. The survey was administered to 209 professional jazz musicians who resided and performed in Australia during 2009-2010. Presented here are five statistically significant characteristics which differentiate vocalists' experiences from other jazz musicians. These are: the singers' preference for learning by imitation, their use of chords to find starting notes, their reliance on aural feedback, their greater sense of personal risk in improvisation, and their desire to be comfortable when performing lyrics. The results are accompanied by suggestions as to how jazz educators may respond to the findings. © Cambridge University Press 2013.

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Hargreaves, W. (2013). Profiling the jazz singer. British Journal of Music Education. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0265051713000107

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