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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786531903321

Autore

Kayes Gillyanne

Titolo

Singing and the actor / / Gillyanne Kayes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, , 2013

©2004

ISBN

1-4081-1652-9

1-4742-6102-7

1-4081-4968-0

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Disciplina

783

Soggetti

Singing - Instruction and study

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Section 1: HOW THE VOICE WORKS; 1 How do I make the notes?; 2 My voice won''t come out at auditions; 3 But I thought I wasn''t supposed to feel anything!; 4 What exactly is support?; Section 2: TRAINING YOUR VOICE; 5 Developing the three octave siren; 6 The nasal port; 7 Dynamic control and projection; 8 Tuning the oral resonator; 9 Twang, the singer''s formant; Section 3: WORKING THE TEXT; 10 Putting it together; 11 Singing the text; 12 Creating voice qualities; 13 The act of singing; Afterword; Glossary; A; B; C; F; G; H; I; L; M; N; O; P; R; S

VList of exercises and song assignments; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Index of song titles

Sommario/riassunto

<P>Classical singing training is no longer relevant for the theatre performer today. So how does an actor train his singing voice? </P> <P>Now in its second edition, this practical handbook takes the reader through <B>a step-by-step training programme relevant to the modern singing actor and dancer</B>. A variety of contemporary voice qualities including belting and twang are explained, with exercises for each topic. </P>