Singing and the Actor
Published on 1. November 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
170 pages
978-0-87830-106-5 (ISBN)
Description
Singing and the Actor takes the reader step by step through a practical training programme relevant to the modern singing actor and dancer. A variety of contemporary voice qualities including Belting and Twang are explained, with excercises for each topic.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
249 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-87830-106-5 (9780878301065)
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Gillyanne Kayes
Singing and the Actor
Book
11/2004
2nd Edition
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Person
A leading exponent of Estill Voice Craft, Gillyanne Kayes runs a vocal consultancy, trouble-shooting for teachers and choral directors. Many West End and pop artistes have already benefited from her accurate and practical information about the singing voice. She is much in demand as a seminar leader and workshop facilitator
Content
Contents Acknowledgements v Foreword vii Section 1: HOW THE VOICE WORKS 1 1 How do I make the notes? 2 2 My voice won't come out at auditions 10 3 But I thought I wasn't supposed to feel anything! 17 4 What exactly is support? 27 Section 2: TRAINING YOUR VOICE 41 5 Developing the three octave siren 45 6 The nasal port 57 7 Dynamic control and projection 71 8 Tuning the oral resonator 90 9 Twang, the singer's formant 110 Section 3: WORKING THE TEXT 119 10 Putting it together 120 11 Singing the text 134 12 Creating voice qualities 153 13 The act of singing 175 Afterword 190 Glossary 191 List of exercises and song assignments 193 Index 197 Index of song titles 200