You, the Singer

This text is designed to introduce you to the art of singing and to increase your awareness of singing as a valuable inroad to a better "you". All types of singers are welcome to this study. The basic mechanics are the same for everyone. Style is explored as a means to achieving your own special kind of performance. The singer anxious to perform is challenged; the beginner afraid to stand and make a sound is given tools to increase self-confidence. It is hoped that this boo will become your friend, that in tears to come, you will refer to it and grow in your understanding of its contents, and that it will lead you to new avenues of vocal growth beyond its scope. Contents: 1. Singing Is You; 2. The Singer's Brain; 3. Posture and Exercise; 4. The Creation and Care of Vocal Sound; 5. Breathing; 6. Breath Support; 7. Find Your Singing Voice; 8. Resonance; 9. Voice Registers Range Classifications; 10. Vowels Consonants Words; 11. Prepare to Perform; 12 The Performance; 13. The Private Teacher; 14. Is a Singing Career in Your Future?. With self-tests, vocal control vocalizes, warm-ups for the voice, music reading primer, scat-singing primer, American folksong repertoire, solo repertoire, vocabulary, bibliography, and form for evaluation of vocal solos as appendices.