The Application Of Vocal Literature In The Correction Of Vocal Faults

Popular for more than two decades among college voice teachers and their students, this outstanding, authoritative vocal pedagogy text is an invaluable manual. It thoroughly examines the vocal problems prospective voice teachers will encounter daily in the teaching studio and choral rehearsal. The author’s approach is a unique one, based in large part on diagnostic procedures similar to those used by doctors. As each vocal fault is presented, its identifying characteristics or symptoms are stated, its possible causes are discussed, and corrective procedures are suggested. An especially valuable feature is the book’s accompanying audio files (available here for download) that contains 14 male and female voice samples of the various vocal faults discussed in the text, enabling students to better identify basic characteristic sounds associated with each fault. Current and prospective choir directors and voice teachers who need help in improving the vocal sounds of choir members or students will find this practical guide-book to be an ever-present help in time of trouble.

Practical reference manual and accompanying audiotape deal with the vocal problems encountered daily in the teaching studio and choral rehearsal Accompanying audiotape contains 14 voice samples cross-referenced to text Male and female voice samples help to identify basic characteristic sounds associated with each fault

Excerpt from Vocal Faults and Their Remedies Thereis no denying that hundreds of voices have been ruined by bad teaching. There is faulty training in every br anch of education, but the results are rarely so tragic as in sing ing. The vocal apparatus is so delicate that it can be irretrievably injured by straining and bad habits. The efforts of every man, therefore, who strives to dismiss dangerous fallacies and make public the results of recent and original research should be welcomed, and it is because I believe this book will be to many as a light in darkness that I write this Preface. I should add, perhaps, that my belief is based upon my having had for over twenty years to investigate the various methods of vocal production, not as a teacher but as a critic, and, consequently, have had countless opportunities of watching the effects of the methods on public singers. I have been as a man on a hill who watches the strife, and sees the results of the struggles of the warriors in the vale of achievement. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Young classical singers, particularly recent graduates of music programs, need not only considerable artistic ability but also intelligence and an acute business sense to navigate the world of professional singing. In this book, author Susan Mohini Kane has created a user-friendly guide for these recent graduates. Kane combines the benefits of an instructional manual with those of a self-reflective workbook to provide emerging classical singers with both practical and inspirational advice.