This book is addressed to everyone that uses his voice in a professional way, like singing or speech teachers and students, singers, actors, spokesmen, teachers, presenters, journalists.
It is also addressed to everyone that has the desire to get to know his voice and how the human vocal instrument works like common people, educators, school teachers, researchers, and to people whose professions are connected with human voice like sound engineers, psychologists, voice and speech doctors.
Briefly the most important issues presented in the book:
General issues |
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- Why voice changes during puberty and what do we need to take care of during this change?
- What do we need to know in order to speak better, more effective and more relaxed?
- What are the differences between male and female voice?
- Simple vocal advices: What do we need to take care of and what to avoid in order to maintain the health of our vocal system and vocal folds?
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Physics, Sound, Acoustics |
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- What are sound waves, how do they react and propagate?
- What are the sound and acoustic characteristics of the human vocal system?
- How is the sound produced, developed and affected inside it?
- What are phonetic models and how are they related with sound tubes?
- How does the human ear perceives sound and moreover human voice?
- What are the characteristics of frequencies?
- How do chords react (vocal folds and chords in general) when excited?
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Medical issues (Breathing, Anatomy, Physiology - Voice disorders, Prevention, Advices) |
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- Everything about anatomy, physiology and function of the human vocal system.
- What do we need to do in order to maintain the health of our vocal system and to prevent its damage?
- What are the most common voice disorders? What should we do to prevent them and how do we take care of them.
- Useful guidelines and advices for the protection of our vocal system and vocal folds.
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Singing, professional singers, voice teachers and students |
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- What should professional singers be aware of? What are the most common mistakes and what should they do to prevent them?
- What's the significance of the repertoire and how important is its right choice?
- What are phonetic types/categories and how many are they?
- What are registri, passaggi and formants?
- How do they affect voice production?
- How can we take advantage of our vocal advantages in order to achieve a powerful, brilliant and dynamic sound singing more relaxed?
- What are the differences in articulation between speaking and singing?
- What are the most common problems and difficulties during vocal teaching?
- How should singing teachers and students deal with those problems in order to overcome them and have a productive and successful cooperation?
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Speech, Dialogues, Presentations, Teaching |
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- What do we have to do in order to achieve a brilliant, dynamic and enunciative speech?
- How can we speak and communicate better and more effective?
- What are the characteristics of a successful speaker?
- How can we participate successfully in dialogues and conversations?
- How important is the right way of speaking in the health of our vocal folds?
- How important is articulation, body position and right voice placement for affective speaking;
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Voice and Psychology |
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- What is the Language Acquisition Device (LAD) and when is it active?
- What is the relation between hearing, psychology and phonation?
- How and why personality and psychology affect phonation?
- Why scene stress is created and how can we overcome it?
- What are the main voice and speech disorders?
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Nutrition and Voice |
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- How nutrition affects the health of our vocal system?
- What should we take care of in our nutrition, which foods increase and which decrease voice performance?
- What should we eat before speeches, presentations, concerts etc., in order to improve our performance and avoid stomach problems?
- What are the most common disorders of oesophagus and stomach and how do we take care of them?
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