The New Voice Pedagogy

Marilee David

doi:10.5771/9780810881419

Summary

The simple but vital premise behind this important book is that a healthy voice is a beautiful voice, and a clear tone and pleasant sound will arise from a healthy vocal technique. Based on the concepts of voice therapy, laryngology, and voice science, The New Voice Pedagogy presents a no-nonsense look at the ways knowledge gained through modern science can be applied to teaching voice. Marilee David, an experienced teacher and performer, first explains the physiology of the voice, then examines individual aspects of singing, such as breathing, mouth position, phrasing, tone quality, pitch, resonance, and registration, and offers instruction and exercises appropriate to each component. David also considers the effects of different lifestyle factors and situations on the voice, such as singing with a cold or illness, common medications, obesity, hormones, and aging. She describes symptoms and treatments of common voice problems, including hoarseness, laryngitis, types of dysphonias, and examples of abuse and misuse, giving an overview of voice therapy and diagnostic tools. An important chapter on ethics, unique to this book, uses case studies to examine ethical questions that arise in the voice studio. New to this second edition are expanded sections on posture and kyphosis, HIV and AIDS, and the aging voice, and a helpful glossary of terms used in voice therapy, laryngology, and voice science is included. The bibliography of over three hundred books and articles provides a supplemental reading list for those interested in learning more, and a new final chapter summarizes the pedagogical concepts explored.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2008
ISBN-Print: 978-0-8108-6042-1
ISBN-Online: 978-0-8108-8141-9
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 253
Product type: Book Titles

1. Table of Contents No access
2. Figures No access
3. Preface to the Second Edition No access
4. Acknowledgments for the Second Edition No access
5. Acknowledgments No access
6. Introduction No access
1. Cartilages of the Larynx No access
2. External cartilages No access
3. The Laryngeal Folds No access
4. Suspension of the Larynx No access
5. Extrinsic Muscles of the Larynx No access
6. Intrinsic Muscles of the Larynx No access
7. Innervation of the Vocal Cord No access
8. The Structure of the Vocal Cord No access
9. Phonation No access
10. Pitch No access
1. 1. Kyphosis No access
  2. Exercise to Improve Posture No access
2. 1. Laryngeal Massage No access
  2. Atmosphere No access
3. 1. TM Joint No access
4. 1. Physiology of Respiration No access
  2. Types of Respiration No access
  3. Controlling the Exhaled Air No access
  4. Support No access
1. 1. Ending the Phrase No access
2. 1. The Elevated Larynx No access
  2. Harsh or Strident Tone Quality No access
  3. Breathy Tone as a Therapeutic Tool No access
  4. Tongue Position No access
  5. The Breathy Voice No access
  6. Volume or Intensity No access
  7. Vibrato No access
1. 1. Registration No access
  2. Improper Registration No access
  3. Register Transition No access
  4. The Use of Falsetto No access
  5. Singing in the Wrong Range No access
  6. Voice Classification No access
2. 1. Tone Focus or Placement No access
  2. Placement in the Nose and Sinuses No access
  3. Placement and Registration No access
  4. Covering No access
3. 1. Hypernasality No access
  2. Hyponasality No access
1. Case Studies No access
1. The Speaking Voice No access
2. Programs of Vocal Hygiene No access
3. Warming up and Warming Down No access
4. Singing with a Cold or Allergies No access
5. Medications No access
6. When not to Sing No access
7. Surgery and the Professional Voice User No access
8. Laryngeal Surgery No access
9. HIV and AIDS No access
10. Irritating Substances No access
11. Exercise No access
12. Obesity and Dieting No access
13. Fatigue No access
14. Cheerleading No access
15. 1. Hormones and the Female Voice No access
  2. Thyroid No access
16. 1. Age-related Changes in the General Population No access
  2. Changes in the Lamina Propria of the Vocal Cords No access
  3. Changes in Fundamental [Speaking] Frequency (fo) No access
1. 1. Instruments of Assessment No access
  2. Muscle Function No access
  3. Examining the Vocal Cords: Videostroboscopy No access
  4. Therapy Approaches No access
  5. Voice Rest No access
  6. Traditional Voice Therapy No access
  7. "Modem" Voice Therapy: Vocal Image No access
  8. The New Voice No access
2. 1. Types of Dysphonias No access
  2. Abuse and Misuse No access
  3. Hyperfunction and Hypofunction No access
  4. Symptoms of Dysphonia No access
  5. Hoarseness No access
  6. Laryngitis No access
  7. Mucosal Tears No access
  8. Edema, Reinke's Edema No access
  9. Submucosal Hemorrhage No access
  10. The Breathy Voice: Paralysis, Bowed Cords/Glottal Chink No access
  11. Myasthenia Larynges No access
  12. Additive Lesions No access
  13. Nodules No access
  14. Polyps No access
  15. Cysts and Pseudocysts No access
  16. Contact Ulcers No access
  17. Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) No access
  18. Other Lesions No access
  19. Dysphonia Plicae Ventricularis: Ventricular Dysphonia No access
  20. Spasmodic Dysphonia (SD)/Laryngeal Dystonia No access
  21. Problems of Mutation No access
8. Pulling It All Together: The Road to Technical Freedom No access Pages 187 - 196
Glossary of Terms No access Pages 197 - 210
Appendix: IPA Symbols No access Pages 211 - 214
References No access Pages 215 - 236
Index No access Pages 237 - 252
About the Author No access Pages 253 - 253