Age-related evolution of the professional singing voice : prevention, voice testing and voice therapy / Hugo Lycke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lycke, Hugo, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Voice disorders--Treatment.

Voice disorders.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (324 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, [2023]

Summary:

This book discusses the age-related evolution of the professional singing voice. The book features 124 Figures and 40 Tables, and provides specific examples of the vocal evolution of student singers and professionals of both genders, from 8 to 88 years old.The author hopes that his unique professional experience of 60 years as speech and voice therapist/vocal coach in the worlds of musical theatre, opera, and music conservatories, will inspire all people involved in voice phenomena, providing them with new ideas for their own practice with ageing voices.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Foreword

Introduction

Chapter 1

1.1. Introduction

1.2. Own procedure for voice testing

1.3. Results

Chapter 2

2.1. Introduction

2.2. The complex process of aging

2.3. The aging process of the human phonation

2.3.1. Older data

2.3.2. More recent research

2.3.3. Age-related changes in the respiratory system

2.3.4. Age-related changes in the mechanism of phonation

2.3.5. Changes in the acoustical/perceptual featuresof phonation

2.3.5.1. Pitch

2.3.5.2. Intensity

2.3.5.3. Quality (timbre)

2.4. Relation larynx function/physiology of the body

2.5. Strategies of intervention

2.6. Own procedure for voice testing

2.7. Results

Chapter 3

3.1. Introduction

3.2. Own procedure for voice testing

3.3. Results

3.4. Age-related results

3.5. Voice intensity: Results and Discussion

3.5.1 Male voices

3.5.1.1. Results of maximum intensity measurements of each tone of the vocal range.

3.5.1.2. Results of minimum intensity measurements of each tone of thevocal range

3.5.1.3. Results of the differences between the maximum and minimumintensity measurements of each tone of the vocal range (dynamic range)

3.5.2 Female voices

3.5.2.1. Results of maximum intensity measurements of each tone of thevocal range

3.5.2.2. Results of minimum intensity measurements of each tone ofthe vocal range

3.5.2.3. Results of the differences between the maximum and minimumintensity measurements of each tone of the vocal range (dynamicrange).

3.6. Voice quality: Results and Discussion

3.6.1. Male voices

3.6.1.1. Results of maximum intensity measurements of the singing formant of each tone and of the vocal range.

3.6.1.2. Results of the differences between the maximum intensity measurements and the maximum intensity measurements of the singing formant of each tone of the vocal range in males

3.6.2. Female voices

3.6.2.1. Results of maximum intensity measurements of the singing formant of each tone of the vocal range

3.6.2.2. Results of the differences between the maximum intensity measurements and the maximum intensity measurements of the singing formant of each tone of the vocal range in females

3.7. Register location

3.8. The Eclectic Therapy Method

3.8.1. Case Studies

3.8.1.1. Male Voices

3.8.1.1.1. Age group under 18 years

3.8.1.1.2. Age group 18 - 29 years

3.8.1.1.3. Age group 30 - 52 years

3.8.1.2. Female Voices

3.8.1.2.1. Age group under 18 years

3.8.1.2.2. Age group 18-29 years

3.8.1.2.3. Age group 30 to 49 years

Chapter 4

4.1. Introduction

4.2. Male voices: Age group above 50 years

4.3 Female voices: Age group above 50 years

Chapter 5

5.1. Results

Chapter 6

References

Figures and Tables.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Print version: Lycke, Hugo Age-Related Evolution of the Professional Singing Voice

ISBN:

1-5275-1889-2