The Psychology of Singing / A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern
by David C. Taylor
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Contents
- Preface
- Chapter I. Tone-Production and Voice Culture
- Chapter II. Breathing and Breath-Control
- Chapter III. Registers and Laryngeal Action
- Chapter IV. Resonance
- Chapter V. Empirical Materials of Modern Methods
- Chapter VI. A General View of Modern Voice Culture
- Chapter I. Mechanical Vocal Management as the Basis of Voice Culture
- Chapter II. The Fallacy of the Doctrine of Breath-Control
- Chapter III. The Fallacies of Forward Emission, Chest Resonance, and Nasal Resonance
- Chapter IV. The Futility of the Materials of Modern Methods
- Chapter V. The Error of the Theory of Mechanical Vocal Management
- Chapter I. The Means of Empirical Observation of the Voice
- Chapter II. Sympathetic Sensations of Vocal Tone
- Chapter III. Empirical Knowledge of the Voice
- Chapter IV. The Traditional Precepts of the Old Italian School
- Chapter V. Empirical Knowledge in Modern Voice Culture
- Chapter VI. Scientific Knowledge of the Voice
- Chapter I. The Correct Vocal Action
- Chapter II. The Causes of Throat Stiffness and of Incorrect Vocal Action
- Chapter III. Throat Stiffness and Incorrect Singing
- Chapter IV. The True Meaning of Vocal Training
- Chapter V. Imitation the Rational Basis of Voice Culture
- Chapter VI. The Old Italian Method
- Chapter VII. The Disappearance of the Old Italian Method and the Development of Mechanical Instruction
- Chapter VIII. The Materials of Rational Instruction in Singing
- Chapter IX. Outlines of a Practical Method of Voice Culture
- Bibliography