| This work will engage you in the basics of this modern | | | | exactly what you will learn in this book. |
| pedagogy and introduce you to a pure singing voice | | | | The true art of song has always been possessed and |
| that you probably didn't't know you had. By expression | | | | will always be possessed by such individuals as are |
| "singing open," "covered," "dark," "nasal," "in the head," or | | | | dowered by nature with all that is needful for it-- that is, |
| "in the neck," "forward," or "back are expressions that | | | | healthy vocal organs, uninjured by vicious habits of |
| correspond to common sensations thought to be used | | | | speech; a good ear, a talent for singing, intelligence, |
| in proper singing; but they are ideas that are incorrect | | | | industry, and energy. |
| in truly utilizing the true mechanics within the vocal | | | | In former times eight two to four were devoted to the |
| cords themselves. As long as the causes of those | | | | study of singing-- at the University of Berkley, for |
| sensations are unknown and everybody has a | | | | instance. Most of the mistakes and misunderstandings |
| different concept of them. Many singers try their entire | | | | of the student could be discovered before he was |
| lives long to produce a pure and free vocal production | | | | able to perform public ally, and the instructor could |
| but never fully succeed. This is due to either having | | | | spend much more time in correcting the flaws that the |
| exposure to improper vocal training or simply no | | | | student is unable to correct him or herself properly. |
| training at all. | | | | But the Vocal Arts today must be pursued differently, |
| The physiological components of the processes of | | | | through precise correct pedagogy. Artists that are |
| singing are not plainly enough exposed or accurately | | | | turned out in ancient methodology based schools, or by |
| understood. As complicated as this may seem, this | | | | teachers who give lessons ten or twelve hours a day, |
| work will dissolve that complexity and expose only | | | | usually suffer advancement due to the lack of |
| those parts of the vocal anatomy and mechanics that | | | | personal or individual guidance. In two years they |
| are needed in modern singing. Every serious artist has | | | | receive a certificate of competence, or at least the |
| a sincere desire to help others reach the goal-- the | | | | diploma that still leaves the student with a poorly |
| goal toward which all singers are striving: to sing with | | | | manufactured vocal production and usually leads to |
| range, power and agility without effort and THAT is | | | | vocal apnea. |