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Breathing
for singing and its vocal pedagogy: a critical review
By Elizabeth
McNaughton
Booklet and posters
A review of the literature on breathing for singing in order to understand and advance the skills necessary to teach singing and voice effectively.
Published
by Phoenix Again
Booklet includes bibliography
Posters have the same material but without bibliography – suitable
for school, college, studio or clinic wall display.
Booklet £3.75
+ p&p 50p
ISBN 0-9543165-0-9
Set
of 2 A2 posters £7.75 + p&p £1.50
ISBN 0-9543165-1-7 (poster 1)
ISBN 0-9543165-2-5 (poster 2)
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Reviews
Breathing for singing and its vocal pedagogy: a critical review
Voice
Matters – Newsletter of the Voice Care Network UK Winter 2002
Jane Oakshott writes:
'This A5 booklet gives a fascinating overview of the widely divergent opinions of some of the greatest singers, teachers and medical experts. It’s a welcome overview for teachers of the spoken voice as well as of singing. It is well set out and easy to read. The engaging illustrations add a light touch to a subject which has caused much controversy and angst in the field of voice teaching. The open-minded and non-judgemental approach retains interest by juxtaposing contradictory facts and theories.’
Communicating Voice – Newsletter of the
British Voice Association October 2002
Ivor Flint writes:
'The beauty of this booklet lies in its conciseness and thorough research. What is of vital importance is that singing teachers (and also singing students) become aware of all the possibilities and remain open-minded. The value of this short book or the posters is that they neither proselytise nor evangelise, there is no ‘this is the way to do it’. Rather the reader is given access to all the data and made to think for her /himself.’
Jacob Lieberman, DO, MA Registered Osteopath & Psychotherapist,
specialist in voice disorders writes:
'I read this booklet with great interest since it provides an excellent and comprehensive review about breathing issues related to singing. While this subject is of utmost importance to the professional voice user, there is very little good quality physiological research into the subject. This leaves a wide gap in knowledge thus providing ‘fruitful’ grounds for myth and unfounded theories. Some might even be damaging in the long run as they have no physiological rationale. The booklet covers a lot of those concepts and encourages readers to go back to the sources. I find the references list an excellent source for further reading.’
'Singing’ Magazine of the Association of Teachers of Singing No. 43 Winter 2002 Book Review Gordon Stewart writes:
'It summarises different views on breathing, (some of them interestingly unlikely) and if it concludes that this core subject needs more investigation and research, there is nevertheless plenty to get hold of in these few pages and you should certainly end up wishing to know more. As a stimulus to find out more, and first steps down the road to discovery, you may well find its attractive format useful for students. It is not a text book; it is a well-researched shot in the battle to breathe.’
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