Practical Vocal Acoustics: Pedagogic Applications for Teachers and Singers. (Vox Musicae: The Voice, Vocal Pedagogy, and Song)
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| Rating | : | 4.69 (796 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 157647240X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-07-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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He was awarded the Van Lawrence Fellowship by the Voice Foundation in 1994 for his interest in voice science and pedagogy and is the chair of the editorial board of the NATS Journal of Singing. John Passions, the Christmas Oratorio, the B Minor Mass, the Magnificat, and various cantatas of Bach, Handel's Messiah, Haydn
He is chair of the voice department at Lawrence, where he teaches voice, and voice science and pedagogy. He has both been a frequent presenter at voice science conferences (Voice Foundation; Physiology and Acoustics of Singing; Pan European Voice Conference) and universities and has written several articles on the topics of voice acoustics, especially as applied to male passaggio training. About the Author Kenneth Bozeman, tenor, Frank C. Mr. Bozeman has received both of Lawrence University's Teaching Awards (Young T
Voice teacher? Vocal pedagogy teacher? Singer? Buy this book. Buy it now. Ian Howell The acoustic realities of the singing body dictate the sound of a classically trained singer. Why do tenors and sopranos modify their vowels as they sing into their higher range? Why can basses and baritones find a resonant sound with ease while higher pitched voices struggle to find similar success? Why is belting heathy in certain pitch range and ruinous in others? The answers rest in the interaction of the vocal tract formants and the harmonics of the voice, and the resulting impact on vocal fold f. Essential for the singer and teacher In the interest of full disclosure, I was a student of Kenneth Bozeman's while studying voice at Lawrence University. He made me the singer I am today, and this book contains important parts of his teachings that have helped me and other singers throughout the years.Kenneth Bozeman presents here an accessible and intelligent guide to acoustics and voice science that can be used by singer and teacher alike. I certainly use it for both those things.As a voice teacher, this book has been very useful for . Nick Perna said Tremendous Resource. The most important aspect of PVA is its pedagogic application. The science presented in this book is not only easily understood, but is presented in such a way that it can be directly implemented into the singing teacher's toolkit. The material presented on both female and male acoustics of the singing voice is current and serves to further eliminate the guess work of voice teaching. The voice pedagogy community owes a huge debt to Kenneth Bozeman for the practicality and years of voice teaching exper
However, our scientific knowledge about and understanding of vocal acoustics has grown exponentially in the last sixty to eighty years, and will certainly continue to be refined by the growing number of ongoing collaborations between voice scientists and voice teachers interested in voice science. Practical Vocal Acoustics also includes appendices of clear, simple charts of acoustic events by voice type, guided explorations on the Madde voice synthesizer (a free downloadable shareware application), as well as a DVD of undergraduate students demonstrating all of the acoustic explorations cited in the text.Spiral-bound edition.. This book represents an attempt to distill from the science of vocal acoustics those factors that are essential for teachers at the beginning of the twenty-first century to understand, that are most likely to be productive for improving our pedagogic efficiency, and to present them in language that is generally accessible. With sophisticated yet inexpensive sound analysis technology now widely available, more voice teachers are curious about its potential value for the studio, and are seeing the need to understand and be well-informed about the acoustics of vocal registration-at the very least, as a means to more efficient pedagogy, but also as an essential element of voice pedagogy courses. Voice teachers have been addressing vocal acoustics in some manner for as lo