The Diagnosis and Correction of Vocal Faults: A Manual for Teachers of Singing and for Choir Directors - Softcover

James C. McKinney

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1577664035 ISBN 13: 9781577664031

Publisher: Waveland Pr Inc, 2005

Synopsis

Popular for more than two decades among college voice teachers and their students, this outstanding, authoritative vocal pedagogy text is an invaluable manual. It thoroughly examines the vocal problems prospective voice teachers will encounter daily in the teaching studio and choral rehearsal. The author's approach is a unique one, based in large part on diagnostic procedures similar to those used by doctors. As each vocal fault is presented, its identifying characteristics or symptoms are stated, its possible causes are discussed, and corrective procedures are suggested. Fourteen male and female voice samples of various vocal faults are discussed in the text, enabling students to better identify basic characteristic sounds associated with each fault. Current and prospective choir directors and voice teachers who need help in improving the vocal sounds of choir members or students will find this practical guidebook to be an ever-present help in time of trouble.

Titles of related interest also available from Waveland Press: Davids-LaTour, Vocal Technique: A Guide for Conductors, Teachers, and Singers (ISBN 9781577667827); Emmons-Sonntag, The Art of the Song Recital (ISBN 9781577662204); McClosky, with members of the McClosky Institute of Voice, Your Voice at Its Best: Enhancement of the Healthy Voice, Help for the Troubled Voice, Fifth Edition (ISBN 9781577667056); Melton-Tom, One Voice: Integrating Singing and Theatre Voice Techniques, Second Edition (ISBN 9781577667711); and Stanton, Steps to Singing for Voice Classes, Third Edition (ISBN 9781577661351).

About this title

About the Author:

James C. McKinney (1921–1998), late Distinguished Professor of Voice and Dean of the School of Church Music of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, has an established reputation as an authority in the area of voice pedagogy. A former president of the National Association of Teachers of Singing and member of the American Academy of Teachers of Singing, Dr. McKinney has ten publications to his credit.

Review:

"[A] unique and welcome addition to the literature.... A highly recommended reference for all involved with this business of singing."

About this edition

• Publisher: Waveland Pr Inc
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1577664035
• ISBN 13: 9781577664031
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 216