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Head First
The Language of the Head Voice
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2007
Summary
Denes Striny's international singing career brought him to the major opera houses of the world in leading roles. At the same time, he was evolving his vocal technique in a quest to find his full vocal potential. This book documents his struggles and successes with himself, teachers, coaches, and other singers. Striny, while maintaining his singing career, also had a full studio of singers studying with him in New York City.
In this his first book, Striny confronts and explains the universal problem in singing today. This problem is at the center of an important dilemma in the world of opera today-namely, where have all the great operatic voices gone? Striny dissects the problem and offers the solution, which is a return to singing in the "Head Voice," the only true operatic sound. For the past sixty years, the knowledge that there are thirty-two muscles, bones, ligaments, and sinewy masses of tissue located around the larynx led teachers and students to chase this anatomical knowledge in search of answers to vocal theories. However, they have not learned the basic fundamental truth-those who sing in the head voice are the only true operatic voices.
The late Birgit Nilsson, international opera legend and long-time friend, mentor, and teacher to Striny, shares her insights with Striny and the reader throughout the book. Head First is a must for teachers, students, professional singers, and opera lovers who will gain valuable insight into the "voice of opera."
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Copyright year
2007
ISBN-Print
978-0-7618-3671-1
ISBN-Online
978-1-4616-2652-7
Publisher
Hamilton Books, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
151
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Table of Contents No access
Forward: A Letter from Birgit Nilsson No access
Preface No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction: Singers and How They Get That Way No access
1. Head Voice and Chest Voice: Registers and Voices No access
2. Breathing—No Big Deal No access
3. All the Stuff You Want: Pitch, Text, Musicality, Carrying Power No access
4. Everyday Voices: Speaking, Shouting, Belting, and Vocal Self-image No access
5. Vocal Constriction and Health No access
6. Bel Canto and Head Voice: What Happened? No access
7. The Passaggio: From What? To What? No access
8. Finding a Voice No access
9. About Teachers No access
10. Getting in the Zone No access
11.In the Final Analysis, Do You Deserve It? No access
12.The Learning Process and the Exercises No access
Exercises No access Pages 107 - 112
Appendix No access Pages 113 - 144
Index No access Pages 145 - 151
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