How to liberate the singing voice voice that is within each one of us - a comprehensive instruction manual, full of practical exercises, which starts with overhauling our attitude to our voice From the Author's Introduction: 'This book will be of use to you whether or not you have any experience of singing...'This book will be of interest to anyone who is eager to find out more about the human voice, whether professional or amateur singer, actor, puppeteer or performance artist. It will be of interest to teachers of voice and singing as much as to their students...'This book does not offer tricks or short cuts - it offers a complete overhaul of your voice, first and foremost by looking at the way you think about it.' Among the sequence of topics covered are: Part One: Overcoming inhibition Part Two: Breath and the body Part Three: Sound and resonance Part Four: Using your imagination Part Five: Singing the song Part Six: Singing for others - including ten case studies: a housewife, a student actor, a professional singer etc Based firmly on the author's extensive teaching experience all over the world, and packed full of illustrations and exercises, Singing with your own Voice is the book for everyone who has always wanted to sing but has been too scared to try.
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Orlanda Cook was a member of the experimental Roy Hart Theatre in London and in France for ten years from 1972-82, since when she has worked extensively as a voice coach and director in Sweden, France, Belgium and Hungary, as well as in England. 'Working with Orlanda is full of enjoyment. She creates a safe climate around her which helps even the most shy to come forward and find new dimensions in his or her voice...' Suzanne Ostern, Director, Stockholm City Theatre.
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Singing, more than any other activity, has the ability to bring us totally into the present moment, with body and soul. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
magic cords, voice spectrum, vocal energy, root vowels, vocal muscles, vocal folds, singing sound Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Singing, more than any other activity, has the ability to bring us totally into the present moment, with body and soul. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
magic cords, voice spectrum, vocal energy, root vowels, vocal muscles, vocal folds, singing sound Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Vibrating Out-Breath, Multi-Variable Aperture, Primitive Vocal Energy, Alfred Wolfsohn, Fats Waller, Ira Gershwin, Vivien Leigh New!
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- Music: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) by Nicholas Cook on page 185, and Back Matter
- The Life of Birds by David Attenborough on page 23, and Back Matter
- Book of Sound Therapy by Olivea Dewhurst-maddock on page 35, and Back Matter
- How to Sing by Graham Hewitt in Back Matter
- Laban for All by Jean Newlove in Front Matter
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