About Tracks
A learning track is a set of recordings of one person singing all the parts to a song. There will be a separate track for each part with the desired part isolated. So for example, if a baritone singer wants to learn their part, they can listen to the “Baritone” track and hear their part on its own and/or how it fits into the arrangement. This allows someone who may be a little weak at reading music to learn complicated arrangements quickly on their own without relying on a director to plunk out parts on a piano during rehearsal.
Meaning: you can spend your valuable rehearsal time on Artistry rather than individual learning!
Additionally, I go to great lengths to make sure that all the tracks demonstrate proper singing technique, good tone quality, dynamic expression and detailed musicianship, as well the correct notes and words, of course. As such, many customers continue to use the tracks as a practice tool long after the basic notes and words have been committed to memory.
Types of Tracks
Here is an audio demonstration of the types of learning tracks available from WolfStudios.net
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Standard Option)
For my customers I always provide the following types of tracks.
- A Full Mix track – This is a recording of the song balanced out to sound like a standard quartet recording. This can be listened to through any system that you normally listen to music through and will be a representation of what the song should sound like once it’s learned.
- “Part Left” tracks – I will provide four of these, one for each part. In these tracks the desired part is panned all the way into the left speaker and the other three panned to the right. This provides a number of methods for the learner to use the track. Using headphones, they can take the right side off and only hear their part, or take the left side off and practice with the other three parts. The same can be done on a stereo system, computer or car stereo by panning to the left or right.
Additional Options)
I can also provide the following types of tracks for no extra charge. However, most people prefer the “Part-Left” tracks so I don’t spend the time to make them unless specifically requested:
- Part Predominant tracks – These tracks contain a mono mix (all sound out of both speakers equally) with the desired part turned up to a higher volume and the other three very quiet.
- Part Only tracks – Exactly like it sounds, these tracks are purely a recording of the desired part with nothing else.
- Part Missing tracks – Again, exactly like it sounds. These tracks are a recording of three parts without the desired track so the learner can practice with “the ensemble” without their part present in the sound.