The Evolving Singing Voice : Changes Across the Lifespan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brunssen, Karen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Voice--physiology.

Singing--physiology.

Voice Disorders--diagnosis.

Age Factors.

Aging.

Medical Subjects:

Voice--physiology.

Singing--physiology.

Voice Disorders--diagnosis.

Age Factors.

Aging.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (353 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

San Diego : Plural Publishing, Incorporated, 2018.

Summary:

This book examines how the human vocal instrument transforms from infancy through old age. Synthesis of this unique and comprehensive approach is beneficial to singers, voice teachers, and voice professionals across a broad spectrum of ages. A deeper understanding of chronological development offers a "lifetime perspective" for optimal, realistic potential for optimal, realistic potential at every age.

Contents:

Intro

Acknowledgments

Contributors

Reviewers

1. Introduction

2. Newborn, Infant, and Child

Respiration

Vibration

Resonance

Expectations

Baby and Toddler Sounds

Time for School

Voice Lessons for Children

From the Teachers

Robert Edwin

Sara Westermark

Nikki Loney

Summary

References

3. The Adolescent Years

Hormones

History

Timbre

Level 2 Source-Filter Interactions

Orthodontics

First Lesson

Getting Started

Voice Teacher 1. Marianne Wilumsen Lewis

Voice Teacher 2. Ken Donovan

Voice Teacher 3. Catherine DeLanoy

Voice Teacher 4. Kyle Sackett

Voice Teacher 5. Chadley Ballantyne: Four Student Examples

4. Young Adult

Introduction

Education

Voice Lessons

Vocal Health

Classical Repertoire

Choir

Music Theater and CCM

Tying It All Together With Language and Speech Motor Control (by Chadley Ballantyne)

Evaluation and Adjudication

First Gigs

Many Styles - Many Techniques

From the Students

5. Adult

Avocation or Career

6. The Senescent Singer

Hormonal Senescence

The Sound of the Voice

Laryngeal Framework

The Vocal Folds

Vocal Fold Oscillation

Presbyphonia

From the Teacher

Example 1

Example 2

Example 3

Example 4

Example 5

Example 6

7. Medical Assessment Across the Lifespan: Laryngeal Imaging, Perceptual, and Acoustic/Aerodynamic Assessment

A Review of Anatomy and Physiology Across the Lifespan

Presbyphonia.

Clinical Assessment and Laryngeal Imaging of the Aging Voice

Adult Voice Disorders Assessment: The Role of the Speech-Language Pathologist

Team Approach

Evaluation of Voice Disorders in Adult Populations - Assessment by a Speech-Language Pathologist

Pediatric Voice Disorders Assessment: The Role of the Speech-Language Pathologist

Evaluation of Voice Disorders in Pediatric Populations Assessment by a Speech-Language Pathologist

Common Voice Complaints in Pediatrics

The Pediatric Voice Evaluation

Case History

Perceptual Assessment

Acoustic Measures

Aerodynamic Measures

Quality of Life Measures

Laryngeal Imaging

Pediatric Voice Therapy

8. Training Tools Across the Lifespan

The 5-Day Mini-Challenge

5-Day and 6-Week Rule

Onset Exercises

Pharyngeal Stretches

Support Feedback From a Chair

Falsetto/Giggedy-Gaggedy-Goo Sequence

Creaking

Learning and Teaching Styles

Tactile/Kinesthetic

Analytic/Spatial

Visual

Auditory

The Five Textures of Singing

Semi-Occluded Vocal Tract Exercises (by Chadley Ballantyne and Karen Brunssen)

Straw Phonation

Buzzing Cards (From Mary Ann Hart)

Finger Kazoo

Humming

Cow and Calf

Tongue-Out Phonation

Chadley's "Weird" Exercise

Fifty Quick Comments to Share With Singers

Vocal Evaluation

Exercises

11. For Children

12. Articulation

13. Semi-Occluded Vocal Tract Exercises

14. Onset Exercises

15. Staccato

16. Support

17. Textures

18. Legato

19. Coloratura

10. Arpeggios

Vocal Bundling

Infant Vocal Bundle

Toddler Vocal Bundles

Children Vocal Bundle (Younger)

Children Vocal Bundle (Older)

Adolescent Vocal Bundles (by Chadley Ballantyne)

Young Adult Vocal Bundle

Adult Vocal Bundle

Senescent Singer Vocal Bundles

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-63550-044-3

OCLC:

1085232497