The Psychology of Singing

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David C. Taylor. The Psychology of Singing

The Psychology of Singing

Table of 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

Part II

A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF MODERN METHODS

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

Part III

THE BASIS OF A REAL SCIENCE OF VOICE

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

Part IV

VOCAL SCIENCE AND PRACTICAL VOICE CULTURE

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

INDEX

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David C. Taylor

A Rational Method of Voice Culture Based on a Scientific Analysis of All Systems, Ancient and Modern

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As the present work demands a review of modern methods from the practical side only, it is not necessary to include a description of the vocal organs. It will be sufficient to describe briefly the manner in which scientific investigators of the voice treat the subject of the vocal organs.

The vocal mechanism consists of three portions—the breathing apparatus, the larynx with its appendages, and the resonance cavities. Vocal scientists apply their efforts to finding out the correct mode of action of each portion of the mechanism, and to formulating rules and exercises by which these correct actions can be acquired and combined for the production of perfect tones. The analysis of the traditional precepts also conforms to this general plan; each precept is referred to that portion of the vocal apparatus to which it seems best to apply. The outline of the principles of modern methods contained in the following chapters follows this general scheme.

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