On the art of singing [electronic resource] / Richard Miller (2024)

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Machine generated contents note: 1.Imagery and the Teaching of Singing -- 2.Five Principles for the Successful Teaching of Singing -- 3.Covering in the Singing Voice -- 4.The Open Throat (La gola aperta) -- 5.Breath Management, Diction, and the Vocal Legato -- 6.Diction and Vocal Technique -- 7.The Performer as Voice Teacher -- 8.Pedagogical Clothing for the Emperor and Empress -- 9.The "Tricky" Teacher -- 10.Woofy Baritones and Tinny Tenors -- 11.McPedagogy -- 12."What You Need Is More Support!" -- 13."Simplicity" in Singing -- 14.Teaching Hearing the Voice -- 15.Si canta come si parla? -- 16.How Singing Is Not Like Speaking -- 17.Thinking Phonetically (Values and Pitfalls of the IPA) -- 18.A Parable of the Foolish Baker -- 19.The Choral Conductor as Teacher of Vocal Technique -- 20.The Law of Contingency and Vocal Pedagogies -- 21.To Admire or to Teach? -- 22.Patching the Vocal Garment -- 23.Mysteries and Miracles -- 24.The Flat-Earth School of Vocal Pedagogy -- 25.Sharpening Up Some Old Pedagogical Saws -- 26.Open Windows -- 27.Purely a Matter of Taste -- 28.The Two Poles of Bel Canto -- 29.Singing the melodie -- 30.Self-perception and Performance Reality -- 31.Liederwurst -- 32.Seit ich ihn gesehen ... kann ich jedoch singen! -- 33.Words or Sentences? Notes or Phrases? -- 34.Sentiment or Sentimentality? -- 35.Singing the Recitative -- 36.Reality and Art -- 37.Pop Music, Non-Western European Vocal Styles, and Efficient Vocal Function -- 38.How Is Legato Achieved in Singing? -- 39.Rhythm versus Beat -- 40.Large and Small Strokes -- 41.The Gilda-in-the-Sack School of Singing -- 42.The Demise of the "Studio Baroque" Vocal Sound -- 43.Vocal Coach or Vocal Technician? -- 44.Vocal Tea Parties of the Private and Public Sorts -- 45."As the Old Italians Said-" -- 46.The Lively Dying Art of Singing -- 47.The Sense of Immediacy in Singing -- 48.The Seven Pillars of Performance Success -- 49.Wrapping Up the Performance Package -- 50.What to Do on a Performance Day -- 51.Warming Up the Voice -- 52.The Technique of Marking -- 53.The Vocal Contestant and the Judges -- 54.Twenty-one Proven Ways to Alienate Competition Judges -- 55.Beginning with Another Teacher -- 56.Early and Late Bloomers -- 57.Creative Practicing -- 58.A Stroll Past the Practice Rooms -- 59.What Technical Work Have You Done Today? -- 60.The Lonely Soccer Player -- 61.How to Really Bomb a Master Class -- 62.Developing Independence in the Student -- 63.Is There a Cure for Performance Anxiety? -- 64.Please Tell Me My Fach -- 65.The Aging Singer -- 66.The Wisdom of the Body in Singing -- 67.Studio Procedures -- 68.Truth in Advertising (A Critical Look) -- 69.The Practicality of Creativity -- 70.The Singing Teacher in the Age of Voice Science -- 71.On the Invasion of Vocal Pedagogy by Science -- 72.The Invisible Instrument? -- 73.Have You Read the Literature? -- 74.Taming the Terrible Triplets of the Vocal Tract: Tongue/Hyoid Bone/Larynx -- 75.The Three Musketeers of Tension: Tongue, Neck, and Jaw -- 76.Gorillas, Giraffes, Lions, and Gazelles -- 77.Male and Female Created He Them -- 78.In Search of the Tenth Rib -- 79.Teaching Voices of the Opposite Gender -- 80.Instinctive, Artistic Singing -- 81.Let's Build a Straw Man! (The Technique-versus-Artistry Debate) -- 82.The Misuses of "Scientific Information" in the Teaching of Singing -- 83.Relax and Sing? -- 84.Easily, Not Lazily (Tonicity in the Singing Instrument) -- 85.The Effect of Tongue Position on Spectra in Singing -- 86.The Role of the Jaw in Singing -- 87.The Incorrupt Jaw and Tongue of Saint Anthony of Padua -- 88.How Big Is the Big Sound? -- 89.Feeling, Hearing and Seeing the Voice -- 90.Spectrographic Analysis of the Singing Voice -- 91.Vowel Definition in a Performance by Jussi Bjoerling of Vesti la giubba -- 92.Spectral Components of Five Cardinal Vowels in the Soprano Singing Voice Considered by Means of the Sequential Vowel Diagonal -- 93.A Brief Spectral Study of Vowel Differentiation and Modification in a Professional Tenor Voice -- 94.What the Vocal Arts Laboratory Can and Cannot Do -- 95.The Singer and the Otolaryngologist.

Summary:

Covering all facets of vocal performance, this book considers in detail established comparative vocal techniques, the specifics of interpretation and communication, the factors that contribute to career preparation and maintenance, and the application of functional information to the art of singing. Topics that most frequently concern singers and teachers at all levels of accomplishment are reviewed.

Subject(s):

• Singing—Instruction and study
• Singing—Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.)
• Singing—Vocational guidance
• Voice

ISBN:

9780190268374 (ebook)

Note:

New and previously published essays, in part revised.

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.