Resonance in Singing and Speaking
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Efforts to develop my own voice, and the voices of my patients after operations for cleft palate, aided by anatomical study, resulted in a plan for the focusing and development of the human voice quite different from any other yet published, or, so far as I know, yet proposed. This plan has proved so successful in my later life that I feel emboldened to offer it for the consideration of speakers and singers.While twenty-five years ago few of the principles here described were acknowledged or even recognized, within the last decade almost all have been advocated separately by different teachers...
Chapters (213)
- RESONANCE
- IN
- SINGING AND SPEAKING
- THOMAS FILLEBROWN, M.D., D.M.D.
- THIRD EDITION
- To the memory of
- WILLIAM HASKELL STOCKBRIDGE
- PUPIL OF VANNUCCINI AND MY FIRST INSTRUCTOR IN VOICE CULTURE, THIS VOLUME IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- Resonance
- in
- Singing and Speaking
- INTRODUCTION
- PRINCIPLES ADVOCATED
- CHAPTER I The Vocal Instrument
- ELEMENTS
- TIMBRE
- THE LARYNX
- THE VOCAL CORDS
- THE EPIGLOTTIS
- THE PHARYNX
- THE UNDER JAW
- THE SOFT PALATE
- THE HARD PALATE AND TEETH
- THE NASAL AND HEAD CAVITIES
- INFLUENCE OF THE RESONANCE CAVITIES ON THE PITCH OF THE TONE
- THE TONGUE
- THE LIPS
- THE NOSTRILS
- THE FACE
- CHAPTER II The Speaking Voice and Pronunciation
- DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SINGING AND SPEAKING
- PRONUNCIATION
- THE SINGER'S SCALE OF VOWEL SOUNDS
- LIP POSITION
- CHAPTER III Breath Control
- THE MUSCLES OF RESPIRATION
- THE DIAPHRAGM
- THE LUNGS
- INSPIRATION
- EXPIRATION
- CORRECT METHOD
- BREATH CONTROL
- A CURE FOR NERVOUSNESS
- NECESSITY OF BREATHING EXERCISES
- CORRECT BREATHING ILLUSTRATED
- ECONOMY OF BREATH
- THE INITIAL USE OF BREATH FORCE
- RESERVE BREATH POWER
- BREATH MASTERY
- CHAPTER IV Breathing Exercises
- PRELIMINARY SUGGESTIONS
- ATTITUDE
- Exercise I
- Exercise II
- Exercise III
- Exercise IV
- Exercise V
- Exercise VI
- Exercise VII
- Exercise VIII
- CHAPTER V Registers
- THE VOICE AND INSTRUMENTS COMPARED
- TWO CASES
- CHAPTER VI Resonance in General
- Experiment I
- Experiment II
- Experiment III
- Experiment IV
- Experiment V
- Experiment VI
- Experiment VII
- CHAPTER VII Head and Nasal Resonance
- CHAPTER VIII Placing the Voice
- WHEN IS THE VOCAL ACTION CORRECT?
- EXERCISES FOR PRACTICE
- Preliminary Exercise
- IMPORTANT DIRECTIONS
- Exercise I
- EXERCISES FOR SPEAKERS
- Exercise II
- Exercise III
- Exercise IV
- Exercise V
- Exercise VI
- VIa
- Exercise VII
- Exercise VIII
- Exercise IX
- Exercise X
- Exercise XI
- Exercise XII
- Exercise XIII
- Exercise XIV
- CHAPTER IX Throat Stiffness
- CHAPTER X Some General Considerations
- THE NATURAL VOICE
- AGE TO BEGIN
- IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- ARTISTRY
- LIFE'S PERIODS
- APPLICATION OF ESSENTIALS
- REPOSE AS A PREPARATION FOR VOCAL EXERCISE
- THE VIBRATO
- CHAPTER XI The Psychology of Vocal Culture
- THE SINGER BEHIND THE VOICE
- FREEDOM
- DETERRENTS
- CONCLUSION
- BOOKS CONSULTED
- INDEX
- THE MUSIC STUDENTS LIBRARY
- THE MUSICIANS LIBRARY
- PIANO VOLUMES
- SONG VOLUMES
- FOOTNOTES
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