Training Tenor Voices

Richard Miller

ISBN 10: 0028713974 / ISBN 13: 9780028713977

Published by Schirmer Books/ Macmillan Publishing, New York, 1993

About this Item

First printing with full number line. Illustrated with drawings, diagrams and musical notation. Inscribed by Miller on front flyleaf. "All best wishes to Manuel for much joy in music making, R. Miller." Minor edge wear to dust jacket. Other than signature, no further marks to inside pages. Not ex-library. Not a remainder. Binding is firm. 175 pages. s200.

Seller Inventory # EDB06296

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Training Tenor Voices
• Publisher: Schirmer Books/ Macmillan Publishing, New York
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0028713974
• ISBN 13: 9780028713977
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Performance demands on the tenor exceed those of every other vocal category, often necessitating more vocal stamina and greater dramatic subtlety. Moreover, teaching the several categories of the tenor voice presents teachers of singing with a series of problems not encountered with any other voice type. The tenor voice remains, in short, a mystery to most audiences and teachers alike.
Training Tenor Voices presents a unique combination of historical and pedagogical information on how tenors sing. Designed as a practical program for singers, teachers, and voice professionals, the book places emphasis on the special nature of the tenor voice and the proper physiological functioning that leads to the establishment of vocal proficiency. It supplies practical information on instruction for each category of the tenor voice; recommends the kinds of literature to sing and to avoid; and provides an effective system for voice building, including registration factors, techniques for breath coordination, vowel modification ("covering"), resonance balancing, range extension, the development of vocal agility, and maintaining the high tessitura and sostenuto. The book also includes dozens of technical exercises; numerous anatomical illustrations; musical examples; the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) symbols; unique spectrographic analyses of such famous tenors as Jussi Bjoerling, Franco Corelli, Placido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti; a glossary of terms; and a bibliography.