Hints on singing [Unknown Binding]

Manuel Garcia (Author)

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Publication Date: 1970

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Text: English, French

Product Details

• Unknown Binding: 75 pages
• Publisher: Summit Pub. Co (1970)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0877860009
• ISBN-13: 978-0877860006
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,230,239 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy it here!!, May 4, 2004

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This review is from: Hints on singing

You can get it from the publisher for 7.95 plus 4.30 shipping plus 3.00 handling charge. The publisher has several hundred copies in stock. Joseph Patelson Music House, New York.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A bad edition for a good book, October 2, 2010

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This review is from: Hints on Singing (Paperback)

I've been very disappointed by this edition of Manuel Garcia's thoughts. The edition is not very clear, with continuous mistakes in spelling that, in certain parts, makes it really difficult to understand. It needs urgently someone to revise and correct all the misprints.

2 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not good at all for learning how to sing, May 5, 2004

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T. Sparfeld (Miami, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hints on singing

Published in 1894, this guide has been easily surpassed by a good deal of literature on vocal pedagogy written in the 20th century.

Although it was probably helpful in its day, much of what it teaches is not effective, and some is downright wrong. In order to make sure a singer keeps their chin back, the book suggests pinning a band of paper around the neck and in front of the chin. Several other "hints" also seem to be ineffective or harmful to the voice.

What's more, much of the book is taught in the silly old style of question/answer. For example:

"Q. While the faults of emission are mending is there any other study to be pursued?
A. The acquirement of agility.
Q. How is this to be obtained?
A. By the study of diatonic scales, passages of combined intervals, arpeggios, chromatic scales, turns, shakes, light and shade.
Q. How long will this study take?
A. Not less than two years."

And so on. Modern books on vocal pedagogy put this book in their lengthy bibliographies, and you will probably want to read this book if you are working on a dissertation of vocal ped. history. Perhaps professional singers could benefit from this book, provided they knew enough to know what parts of the book to ignore. Otherwise, stick to the books by Richard Miller, Clifton Ware, Larra Henderson, and the like.