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01. Quality
02. Articulation
03. Phonation
04. Respiration
05. Goals
06. Comparative Methods
07. Psycho-Physiological
08. Objective Approach
09. Lesson Plans
10. Audible Errors
11. Techniques
12. Stage Deportment
13. Interpretation
14. Repertoire
15. Educational Psychology
16. Acoustics
17. Vocal Tract
18. The Ear

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

  1. Bartholomew, W. T. The Role of Imagery in Voice Teaching.   Vol. of Proceedings.   Music Teachers National Assoc. 1935 Page 79. 2nd paragraph.
  2. Russell, G. O. Speech and Voice.   The MacMillan Co. New York. 1931.   Page 246.
  3. National Association of Teachers of Singing.   Fundamental Requirements for Teachers of Singing. 1948.
  4. Gates, A. I., Jersild, A.T., Challman, R. C, McConnell, A. T. Educational Psychology.   The MacMillan Co. New York. 1949. Page 319.   Goals.
  5. Judson, L. S. and Weaver, A. T. Voice Science.   F. S. Crofts and Co., New York. 1942.   Page 10-12.   The Diaphragm.
  6. Ibid.   Page XVI.   Phonation.
  7. Ibid.   Page 131.   Line 6.   Articulation.
  8. Ibid.   Page 90.   Line 15.   Resonation.
  9. Gates, Jersild, McConnell, and Challman, Educational.Psychology.   The MacMillan Co., New York.   1949. Page 344.   Line 5.   Guidance.
  10. Ibid.   Page 347.   Line 7.   Learning as a whole.
  11. Bartholomew, W. T.   The Paradox of Voice Teaching.   Journal of the Acoustical Society of America..   Vol. 11, No. 4.   Page 446. 1940.   Nasal resonance.
  12. Kaltenborn, A. R.   An X-ray Study of the Velopharyngeal Closure in Nasal and Non-nasal Speakers.   M. A. Thesis.   Northwestern University.   1948.
  13. Ross, W. E.   Sing High, Sing Low - A General American School of Singing.   Publ. by author.   1948.   Page 68, foot-note.   Terms describing quality.
  14. Isted, L. M. Some Relationships of Physical Measurements to the Critical Judgment of Violin Playing.   Ph. D. Thesis. 1952.
  15. Conn, C. G. Ltd. , The Inside Story of Brass Instruments, Elkhart, Indiana. 1956. Pages 11-12.
  16. Bartholomew, W. T.   The Role of Imagery in Voice Teaching.   Page 81.   Large throat.
  17. Ibid.   Page 81.   Low formant.
  18. Ibid.   Page 93.   Head voice.
  19. Bartholomew, W. T.   The Paradox of Voice Teaching.   The Acoustical Society of America. Vol. 11, No. 4.   April 1940. Page 445.   Imagery.
  20. Ibid.   Page 444.   Humming
  21. Russell, G. O. X-ray pictures taken by Dr. Russell of members of the Metropolitan Opera Co. during the act of singing.   In research library of the Indiana University School of Music, Bloomington, Indiana.
  22. Judson and Weaver.   Voice Science.   Page 131.   Line 6.   Articulation defined.
  23. Wooldridge, W. B.   The Nasal Resonance Factor in the sustained vowel tone in the singing voice.   Ph. D. thesis.   Indiana Uni­versity, Bloomington, Indiana. 1954
  24. Judson and Weaver.   Voice Science.   Page XV.   Foot-note.   Phonation and articulation.
  25. Ross, W. E.   Sing High, Sing Low, Page 82.   Conclusion.   Rule for diction.
  26. Waring’s Tone Syllables.   Shawnee Press, Inc. East Stroudsburg, Pa. 1945.
  27. Whitehall, H. Lectures in American.Dialects, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
  28. Judson and Weaver.   Voice Science.   Page 179.   Line 12.   Unstressing the vowel sounds.
  29. Kenyon, J. S. and Knott, T. A.   A Pronouncing Dictionary of American English.  G. C. Merriam, Publ. Springfield, Mass. Preface, page xm.   The vowels.
  30. Ross, W. E. Sing High, Sing Low, Page 19.   Line 10.   Vowel placement.
  31. Bartholomew, W. T. Acoustics.   Prentice Hall Inc. New York. 1940 Page 141.   Line 2.   The harmonic and formant theories.
  32. Bell Telephone Laboratories.   High Speed Motion Pictures of the Vocal Cords.  See 44.
  33. Negus, V. E.   The Mechanism of the Larynx.   Wm. Heineman, Ltd. London, 1929.  Page 446.
  34. Howell, W. H. Physiology.   W. B. Saunders Co. Phila. Pa. London. 14th Ed. 1940.
  35. Ibid.   Page 652.   Line 2.   Abdominal press.
  36. Ibid.   Page 652.   Abdominal press in micturation, defecation, and parturition.
  37. Fields, V. A. Listing of Comparative Methods or Schools given in lecture at Nat. Assoc. of Teachers of Singing Workshop at Univ. of So. Calif. , Los Angeles, Calif. Summer 1952.
  38. Stagner, R. Psychology of Personality.   McGraw Hill Book Co. New York 1948.   Page 239, under summary.   Man - a psycho-physiological unit.
  39. Seashore, R. H. Psychology of Musical Talent.   Silver Burdette and Co. Chicago, 111. 1919. Page 59-60.
  40. Ross, W. E. Sing High, Sing Low.   Page 68.
  41. Russell, G. O. X-ray pictures of the tongue and palate showing nasal port closed by a high position of the velum in good singing.   See No. 21.
  42. Russell, G. O. Film:   The Human Voice.   Taken with Dr. Russell's laryngoperiskop.   Available for rental through Audio-Visual Aids Div. Indiana University.
  43. Ross, W. E.   The High Voice Mechanism.   National Assoc. of Teachers of Singing.  Bulletin:   May 1956.   Pages 14-15.
  44. Bell Telephone Research Laboratories.   High Speed Motion Pictures of the vocal cords.   Available for rental through Educational Film Libraries.
  45. Negus, V. E.   The Mechanism of the Larynx.   Wm. Heine man Ltd. London 1929.   Page 423.
  46. Coffin, Berton.   The Singer's Repertoire.   Scarecrow Press.   New Brunswick, New Jersey. 1956.
  47. Gates, Jersild, MeConnell and Challman.   Educational Psychology. Pages 284-411.   Teaching and Learning.
  48. Ibid.   Page 788.   Theoretical analysis and actual practice.
  49. Ibid.   Page 342.   Quality of a good performance.
  50. Ibid.   Page 340-411.   Guidance.
  51. Ibid.   Page 449-479.   Problem solving.
  52. Ibid.    Page 331.   Relatedness.
  53. Ibid.   Page 516, end of paragraph.   Transfer is not automatic.
  54. Ibid.   Page 315-316.   Trial and error.
  55. Melton, A. W. "Learning"   Encyclopedia of Educational Research.The MacMillan Co. 1941.   Pages 667-687.
  56. Bartholomew, W. T.   The Role of Imagery in Voice Teaching.   Page 79.
  57. Thorndike, E. L. Educational Psychology. Vol.1 Psychology of Learning.  Teachers College of Columbia Univ. New York. 1913.   Pages 20-24.
  58. Ibid.   Vol. 2.   Pages 108-122.   Original nature of man.   Imitation.
  59. Gates, Jersild, McConnell, Challman.   Educational Psychology.Page 379.   Practice.
  60. Thorndike, E. L. Educational Psychology  Vol. 2, Pages 192-194. Memorization.   Page 488.   Memory.
  61. Ibid.   Pages 85-123.   Emotion.
  62. Fields, V. A.   The Singer's Glossary.   Boston Music Co. 1952.

Terminology.

  1. Bartholomew, W. T. Acoustics.
  2. Ibid.   Pages 67-70.   Reverberation.
  3. Ibid.   Pages 132-142.   Vocal mechanism.
  4. Ibid.   Page 140.   Pitch.
  5. Russell, G. O. Speech and Voice.   The MacMillan Co. 1931.   Page 230.   The vocal cords:   not cords but sharp edged wedges.
  6. Negus, V. E.   The Mechanism of the Larynx.   Pages 419, 427.

Registers.

  1. Bartholomew, W. T. Acoustics, Pages 7, 203-247.   Loudness.
  2. Ibid.   Pages 12-26.   Tone quality.
  3. Ibid.   Pages 15-19.   Vibration form.
  4. Ibid.   Pages 15-19.   The  formant theory of tone quality.
  5. Stanley, D. Your Voice.   Pitman Publ. Co. New York 1945.   Page 36.   Vowel formants.    See table 1.
  6. Bartholomew, W. T. Acoustics, Pages 145-149.   The singer's formant.
  7. Ibid.   Page 146, line 1.   High formant probably the result of laryngeal resonance.
  8. Rshevkin, S. N. Some results of the analysis of the singing voice. Moscow State Univ. Moscow, U.S.S.R. Acoustical Soc. of America.   1956.   Vol.28.   Page 790.
  9. Cunningham, D. J. Text Book of Anatomy.   Oxford Univ. Press. London.   Ninth Ed. 1951.   Page 685.   Respiration.
  10. Ibid.   Pages 700-704.   Thorax.
  11. Ibid.   Pages 700-704.   Trachea.
  12. Judson and Weaver.   Voice Science.   Page 5.   Bifurcation.
  13. Cunningham, D. J.   Text Book of Anatomy.   Pages 711-722.   The Lungs.
  14. Best, C. H. and Taylor, N. B.   The Physiological Bases of Medical Practice.    6th Ed. Williams and Williams Co. Baltimore 1955.   Pages 348-353.
  15. Ibid.   Pages 351-353.   The diaphragm.
  16. Ibid.   Pages 351-354.   Intercostal breathing.
  17. Ibid.   Page 343.   Breath inhaled by diaphragmatic action:   a possible 60%.
  18. Ibid.   Pages 353-354.   The mechanism of exhalation.
  19. Cunningham, D. J.   Text Book of Anatomy.   Pages 454-463.   Muscles of Exhalation.
  20. Ibid.   Pages 685-695.   The larynx.   The larynx.   The cartilaginous framework.
  21. Negus, V. E. The Mechanism of the Larynx.   Pages 451-454. Intrinsic muscles of the larynx.
  22. Ibid.   Pages 456-459.   The vocal cords.   Double voice.
  23. Ibid.   Pages 438-441.   The process of phonation.
  24. Ibid.   Pages 423-424.   Falsetto.
  25. Cunningham, D. J. Text Book of Anatomy.   Pages 559-561.   The Mouth Cavity.
  26. Ibid.                Pages 561-563.   The lips.
  27. Ibid.                Pages 563.   The Cheeks.
  28. Ibid.                Pages 424-426.   Muscles of the mouth.
  29. Ibid.                Page 431.   Muscles of Mastication.
  30. Ibid.                Pages 574-579.   The tongue.
  31. Ibid.                Pages 206-207.   The hyoid bone.
  32. Ibid.   Pages 438.   Extrinsic muscles of the tongue.
  33. Ibid.   Pages 438-439.   Intrinsic muscles of the tongue.
  34. Ibid.   Pages 563-566.   The palate.
  35. Ibid.   Pages 441-445.   Muscles of the palate.
  36. Ibid.   Pages 586-593.   The pharynx.
  37. Ibid.   Pages 441-441.   Muscles of the pharynx.
  38. Ibid.   Pages 156, and 191-200.   Nose and Nasal sinuses.
  39. Judson and Weaver.   Voice Science.   Pages 91-92.   The resonators.
  40. Ibid.   Pages 94-104.   The human resonators.
  41. Best and Taylor.   The Physiological Bases of Medical Practice.Pages 1185-1194.   The ear.
  42. Cunningham, D. J. Text Book of Anatomy.   Pages 1180-1184.   The outer ear.
  43. Ibid.   Pages 1184-1192.   The middle ear.
  44. Ibid.   Pages 1193-1200.   The inner ear.
  45. Best and Taylor.   The Physiological Bases of Medical Practice.Pages 1195-1204.   Hearing.
  46. Ibid.   Pages 1211.   Hearing tests.
  47. Ibid.   Page 1195.   Theories of hearing.
  48. Ibid. Page 1205.   The harp theory.
  49. Ibid.   Page 1202.   The telephone theory.
  50. Judson and Weaver.   Voice Science.   Page 313.   The displacement theory.
  51. Ibid.   Page 314.   The Ewald theory.
  52. Ibid.   Page 317.   The piezoelectric theory.
  53. Best and Taylor.   The Physiological Bases of Medical Practice.

Pages 1200-1202.   Methods of hearing Bibliography for Comparative Methods

Bel Canto

Clippinger, D. A. Fundamentals of Voice Training, Oliver Ditson Co.
1929. Duey, Phil, Bel Canto and its Golden Age, King's Crown Press.   New York 1950. Kelly, Thomas, First Principles of Voice Production, Vincent Music Co. London, 1893. Klingsted, Paul, Common Sense in Vocal Pedagogy, Edwards Brothers Ann Arbor 1946. Lamperti, Francesco, The Technique of Bel Canto, G. Schirmer, Inc.
The Art of Singing 1890. Maybee, Harper C. Vocal Ensemble Exercises, G. Schirmer, Inc.
1936. Massell, James, To Sing or Not to Sing, Pub. by Author, Los Angeles, 1926.
Randegger, Alberto, Methods of Singing, Theo Presser, Phila. Reid, Cornelius, Bel Canto, Coleman-Ross, New York 1950 Shaw, W. Warren, The Lost Vocal Art and its Restoration, J. B. Lippincott Co. Phila. 1914.

Emotional

Daviess, David T. F., Singing of the Future, J. Lane, London and
New York.      1920 Woodside, James, Style of Singing and Song Interpretation, Haywood
Institute, New York.    1931

Inter pretational

McNeilly, George, Aesthetics, Sidney MarchantCo. 1941. Waters, Crystal, Song, G. Schirmer, Inc. New York 1930. Woodside, James, Style of Singing and Interpretation, Haywood In­stitute, New York 1931.

Natural

Conklin, Maurice, Fundamentals of Voice Technique, Dorrance Co. Phila. 1936.
Dengler, Clyde, Read This and Sing, Theo. Presser 1945. Dossert, Deane, Sound Sense for Singers, J.  Fischer and Bro. 1932. Muckey, Floyd S. The Natural Method of Voice Production, C. Scribner's Sons 1915. Proschowski, Franz, The Way to Sing, C. C. Birchard & Co. Boston 1923. Samoiloff, Lazar, The Singer's Hand-Book, Theo. Presser Co. Phila. 1942.
Savage, Paul, Creative Singing, Petross Press, New York 1931. Shaw, W. Warren, Authentic Voice Production, J. B. Lippincott Co. Phila. 1930.
Wilcox, John, The Living Voice, C. Fischer, New York 1935. Wither spoon, Herbert, 36 Lessons in Singing, Miessner Institute, Chicago 1930.

Psychological

Bach, Albert, Musical Education and Vocal Culture, W. Blackwood and Sons, London 1884. Baker, George, This Singing Business, Hopkins and Crew, London 1947. Downing, William B. , Vocal Pedagogy, Carl Fischer Inc., New York 1927. Drew, William S. , Singing, the Art and Craft, Oxford Univ. Press
London 1937. Duff, Sarah R. , Simple Truths Used by Great Singers, Oliver Ditson Co. 1919. Fracht and Robinson, Sing Well, Speak Well, Rensen and Robinson Brooklyn 1948. Freemantle, Frederic, High Tones and How to Sing Them, Freemantle   1946. Gould, Julia S., Successful Singing, Axelrod Publications Providence R.I. 1943. Haywood, Frederick, Universal Song Book #1, G. Schirmer Co. New York 1932. Hinman, Florence L., Slogans for Singers, G. Schirmer Co. New York 1934.
Kagen, Sergius, On Studying Singing, Rinehart Co. New York 1950.
Key, Pierre, This Business of Singing, Pierre Key Publ. Co. New York
Lehman, Lilli, How To Sing, MacMillan Co. 1903               1937
Marchesi, Blanche, The Singer's Catechism & Creed, J. M. Dent & Sons, London 1932. Ranske, J. B., Voice and Nerve Control, F. A. Stokes Co. New York
1915. Shakespeare, Win., The Art of Singing, Putnam 1910.   Plain Words on Singing, Putnam London 1938.
Streeter, Horace R., Voice Building, White and Goulland Boston 1871. Wronski, Thaddeus, The Singer and His Art, Appleton & Co. New York
1921

Resonance

Baker, George, This Singing Business, Ascherberg, Hopkins & Crew London 1947.
Bar bardaux-Parry, Vocal Wisdom, Christopher Publ. Boston 1941. Fillebrown, Thomas, Resonance in Singing and Speaking, Oliver Ditson Co. New York.     1911

Speech

Bairstow, Edward C., Singing Learned from Speech, MacMillan & Co.
London 1946. Barrows and Pierce, The Voice:   How to Use It, Expression Co.
Boston 1938. Bowen and Mook, Song and Speech, Ginn & Co. Boston 1952.
Witherspoon, Herb., Singing, G. Schirmer Co. New York 1925.   Thirty-Six Lessons in Singing, Miessner Institute, Chicago 1937.
Maurice-Jacquet, The Road to Successful Singing, Oliver Ditson Co., Phila. 1947.

Coordination

Westerman, Kenneth, The Emergent Voice, Published by author Ann Arbor 1947.

Local Effort

Behnke, Kate, The Technique of Singing, J. Williams and Nor gate, London 1945
Behnke, Emil, The Mechanism of the Human Voice, J. Curwen Co. 1897
Field-Hyde, The Art and Science of Voice (Singing Class Teacher) Ox­ford Univ. Press London 1950.
Guttman, Oskar, Gymnastics of the Voice, E. S. Werner, Albany, New York 1884.
Haywood, Frederick, Universal Song, G. Schirmer, New York, 1933, 1942.
Judd, Percy, Vocal Technique, Sylvan Press, London 1951.
Manchester, Arthur, 12 Lessons in the Fundamentals of Voice Pro­duction, Ditson & Co. New York 1936.
Myer, Edmund, Vocal Reinforcement, Boston Music Co. 1911.

Modern Scientific

Bartholomew, Wilmer, Acoustics of Music, Prentice Hall New York 1940.
Holmes, Gordon, The Science of Voice Production, Chat to & Windus, London 1880.
Stanley, Douglass, Your Voice, Pitman Publ. Co. Chicaeo. 111. 1945

Phonetic Placement

Witherspoon, Herbert, Singing, G. Schirmer, New York 1925.
Stanley, Chadbourne & Chadbourne, Singer's Manual, Stanley Society, Boston, Mass. 1950-1952.

Psycho-Physiological

Browne and Behnke, Voice, Song, and Speech, J. P. Putnam & Sons 1894.
Garcia, Manuel, Hints on Singing, C. Ascherberg & Co. London 1894.
Ross, William E. , Sing High, Sing Low, Publ. by author Bloomington, Ind. 1948.
Stanley, Chadbourne & Chadbourne, Singer's Manual, Stanley Society, Boston, Mass. 1950, 1952.
Shaw and Linsay, Educational Voice Technique, Theo. Presser, Phila. 1936.
Vennard, Wm., Singing, Publ. by author Los Angeles 1950.

Register

Stanley, Douglass, The Science of Voice, Carl Fischer Inc. New York 1929.

Respiration

Dodds and Lickley, The Control of the Breath, Oxford Univ. Press London 1935.
Harper, Ralph M. , The Voice Governor, E. C. Schirmer, Boston. 1940
Harper, Ralph M., G-Suiting the Body, E. C. Schirmer, Boston 1945.
Kofler, Leo, The Art of Breathing, E. S. Werner New York 1889. Manchester, Arthur, 12 Lessons in the Fundamentals of Voice Pro­duction, Oliver Ditson & Co. New York 1936.

Survey of Comparative Methods

Fields, Victor A., Training the Singing Voice Kings Crown Press, New York 1947

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