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Learn a Swing Tune

It’s Oh So Quite is a song by American singer Betty Hutton. It was released in 1951 as a B-side to. the single “Murder, He Says”. It has been covered by Horst Winter, Ginette Garcin, the Jacques Hélian Orchestra and more recently by Björk.

The music was written by Hans Lang an Austrian composer and the German lyrics were written by Erich Meder. The English lyrics were written by Bert Reisfeld.

Stylistic Traits Jazz Swing Technical Vocal Jazz Swing
Syncopated rhythm
Precise, controlled harmonies
Percussive phrasing
Vices imitate instruments (brass)
Ad-libs / scatting
Big Band Instrumental sections
Strong breath support to aid vocal agility & long, percussive phrases
Bright tone across registers
Tone manipulation to imitate brass instruments
Short offsets to enhance percussiveness

Why not send me a message if you would like to learn this or any other swing tune on vocalteacherauveen@gmail.com

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