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Singing - The Mechanism And The Technic, Fifth Edition

As the title indicates, this book is frankly mechanistic. It is an attempt to compile under one cover objective findings from various reliable sources and to relate them to the art of singing. There are those teachers who feel that applying science to an art is quackery, but I believe that our only safeguard against the charlatan is general knowledge of the most accurate information available. If you are one who has always preferred the empirical approach, perhaps you should read my last chapter first. You may then agree that the knowledge of literal fact is the only justifiable basis for the use of imagery and other indirect methods. Whether you are a singer or a teacher of singing, I hope you will find here truths which you may profitably add to your philosophy, or at least a rationale for harmonizing some of the apparent conflicts in our profession. The paragraphs above were written for the 1949 edition. Some time thereafter I had the good fortune to read "Keep Your Voice Healthy," by Friedrich S. Brodnitz. I was so impressed that I sought out the author, who introduced me to the whole world of current voice research. His valued friendship through the years led to my collaborat

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