| Description |
177 pages : illustration ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-170) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Categories of the female voice -- 2. Registration events in female voices -- 3. Making a beginning -- 4. Breath energy in singing -- 5. Agility factor -- 6. Resonance in soprano voices : supraglottic considerations -- 7. Nasal continuants as assists in resonance balancing -- 8. Nonnasal consonants as assists in adjustment of the resonator tract -- 9. Sostenuto factor -- 10. Soprano vocal registration and vowel modification (aggiustamento) -- 11. Accomplishing dynamic control -- 12. Daily regimen -- 13. Wedding of emotion and skill. |
| Summary |
Designed as a practical program for singers, teachers, and voice professionals, it couples historic vocal pedagogy with the latest research on the singing voice, emphasizing the special nature of the soprano voice and the proper physiological functioning for vocal proficiency. Richard Miller supplies a detailed description for each of the nine categories of soprano voices. For each category he then surveys the appropriate literature and provides an effective system for voice building, including techniques for breath management, vibratory response, resonance balancing, language articulation, vocal agility, sostenuto, proper vocal registration, and dynamic control. The book concludes with a daily regimen of vocal development for healthy singing and artistic performance. It also features dozens of technical exercises, vocalization material taken from the performance literature, and numerous anatomical illustrations. --From publisher's description. |
| Subject |
Singing -- Instruction and study.
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Singing -- Instruction and study. |
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Sopranos (Singers) -- Training of.
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Sopranos (Singers) |
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Chant -- Étude et enseignement. |
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Sopranos (Chanteurs) -- Formation. |
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Training. |
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Stem. |
| ISBN |
0195130189 |
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9780195130188 |
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