Technique - Tips, Links, Resources
General info | Head voice, Chest Voice | Tone and Emotion | Breathing for Singers | Performance: Staying in the Present Moment
BOOKS:
Solutions
for Singers: Tools for Performers and Teachers Recommended on Amazon.com -
talks about breath management, posture, laryngeal functions, resonance, nasals
and consonants, vibrato, registration, healthy singing, pedagogy issues, and performance
concerns.-
The Contemporary Singer : Elements of Vocal Technique (Berklee Guide)
- If you're singing in contemporary musicals with pop/rock score, this book could help.
- For a long list of books: SHOP at Amazon.com: Helpful Books on Voice, Singing, etc
General
- Article: Singing at the Speed of Thought
- Techniques and training tips - Voicetraining.com
- Tips and comments Voicelessonsny.com
- From StephenSchwartz.com Forum: Idina Menzel's Voice, voice teacher, notes hit, etc. A long discussion on Idina's voice
- Back to the main Training - for links to products, sites, etc.
Head voice, chest voice
An explanation of different voices - at vocalrelease.com
Should I Sing This with a Head Voice or Chest Voice? article from vocalists.org.uk
http://www.singermagazine.com article on uses of voice types
Excerpt from Using Your Full Range: When there's a song you're working on, decide what you want your voice to express. Is it tender and intimate? Is it aggressive? The lower end of your chest voice has more warmth and more bass tones-it tends to sound sexier, more vulnerable or personal. . . .As you work up toward the higher end of chest, the sound becomes more urgent, more intense.
Tone and Emotion
http://www.vocalist.org.uk/tone_emotion.html
Breathing for singers
http://www.vocalist.org.uk/breathing101.html
http://www.voicelessonsny.com/breathing.htm
Performance: Staying Present in the Moment
The
Inner Game of MusicExcerpt: "When you pay more attention to how you feel as you are doing something, it heightens your sensitivity to the feedback you are receiving. This increased sensitivity helps you to learn more rapidly and allows you to adjust your performance to help you achieve your goal..." p. 27
Acting technique
A Practical Handbook for
the Actor
Inside Flap Copy
6 working actors describe their methods and philosophies of the theater. All have
worked with playwright David Mamet at the Goodman Theater in Chicago.
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