The craft of singing / Garyth Nair, M.A. ; illustrations by Garyth Nair.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nair, Garyth, author, illustrator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Singing--Instruction and study.

Singing.

Voice culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (913 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

San Diego, California ; Oxford, England ; Brisbane, Queensland : Plural Publishing Inc., 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Borrowing from voice science but staying firmly centered in the studio or classroom, this book helps the reader with a raw vocal ability understand the function and care of their vocal instrument. In the second part, the book begins a carefully graduated approach to cement into place good singing habits. Three songs, comprising works in Italian, English and German, are used to produce exemplary vowels and consonants and wonderful songs.

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Teacher's Guide; 1. On Studying Voice-I; The Two Templates; Nature/ Burture and Vocal Study; Success Can Be Defined in Multitudinous Ways; Our Approach; 2. On Studying Voice-II; Teaching the Brain How to Sing; The Vocal Pedagogy Process; KR; The Psychological Realm; Singing for the Class; 3. Sound; Definition of Sound; Basic Attributes of Musical Sound; Resonance-One More Variable; Our Tone Generator-The Larynx; Basic Laryngeal Anatomy: The Framework; The Symphony of Motion-Sustained Oscillation; Final Thoughts-A Holistic Approach

4. Singer's PostureDefinition; The ""Proud Posture""-The Elongated Spine; Posture, Region by Region; 5. Respiration-Instinctive Breathing; Types of Breathing; Physics of Respiration; The Respiratory System; Tidal Respiration: Our Life-Giving Instinct; Exertive Tidal Breathing; Respiration for Singing: The Instinctive Solution; 6. Singer's Respiration and Support; Background; Abdominal Anatomy and Physiology; SRS: Singer's Respiration and Support; Singer's Inhalation; Singer's Exhalation; Support; The Opposite Paradigm: The ""Pear Down"" Method; Summary: Elements of SRS

7. Resonance, Tone, and DictionTwo Resonator Types; Review of Complex Periodic Vibration; Timbre; Differences Between One Instrument Type and Another; Resonance and Language; Source Filter Theory; IPA-In Earnest; Vowels; Consonants; Phonemes and Meaning; Tone; Vowel Tone; Optimizing Vocal Resonance Region by Region; Coupling the Instrument to the Room; The Relaxed Application of Power; Learning from the Yawn-The Resonance Checklist; Diction and Language: Language at the Phoneme Level ; 8. Singing the Songs; Our Carefully Graduated Approach; Singer's IPA Table; About Songs; Tools For Learning

Exercise ToolsIconic Tools; 9. Italian Vowels; Vowel Development Exercises; Vowel Considerations for All Languages; Italian Vowels in General; Cavalli's Sospiri di Foco; Italian Vowels-Specifics; Singing Our Italian Song on the Vowels-TVV; 10. Consovowels-Italian; Consonants and Consovowels in All Languages-I; Consovowels in General; Italian Consovowels by Class; 11. Consonants WIthout Pitch-Italian; Adding Two More to Our Arsenal; Consonants in All Languages-II; Italian Consonants; Sing the Song; 12. Vowels-English; Vowels Review; More Feedbacl Aids

Our English Song-The Welsh Air, All Through the NightEnglish Vowels; The Wealth of Wonderful Detail in Figure 12-26; TVV IPA For All Through the Night; 13. Consovowels and Consonants-English; Consonat Production; English Consovowels; Consonants; Full IPA for All Through the Night; 14. German Vowels; Power Spectrum II PS and Psb; Preparing to Singer Our German Song; German Vowels; Schubert Song IPA for the TVV; 15. German Consovowels and Consonants; German Consovowels; German Consonants; 16. Registration I Beyond the Middle Voice

Basics; The Nature of this Chapter

Again, Slow Building is Required

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-59756-841-4

OCLC:

910446975