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TRAINING THE SINGING VOICE
56.  Booker, Otto, "Throat and Jaw Stiffness/* The Techne Magazine, Pittsburg,
Kansas, September-October, 1939, Vol. 13, p. 10. The most frequent obstacle to good singing is discussed in a short
article.
57.  Borchers, Orvilie J. "The Relation between Intensity and Harmonic Struc-
ture in Voice." Psychological Record, Bloomington, Indiana, 1939, Vol.
3» p. 59.
Report of an experiment in which acoustic spectra of three tones of the same artist singer and vowel were analyzed at different intensity levels, with interesting results.
gg.-------- "Vocal Timbre in its Immediate and Successive Aspects." Music
- Teachers National Association Proceedings for 1941, Pittsburgh, 1942, Vol. 36, p. 346.
Experimental findings pertaining to vocal pitch, intensity and vowel components are discussed. 59. Bowlly, AL Modern Style Singing. Henri Selmer and Company, London,
19M-A conventional method is used for developing microphone and
crooning techniques. 6a Brainard, Paul P, "Psychology Analyses Musical Appeal in Song Interpreta­tion.** Musician s New York, 1936, Vol. 41, p. 125.
Words are Joined to music to intensify the message imparted by the song. Hence sincerity of interpretation is always paramount in singing. 61- Bralne, Robert. ''Voice and Violin." Etude, Philadelphia, 1935, Vol. 53, p. 242.
Ear training for the singer can best be accomplished by listening to good violin playing, since the*violin most nearly resembles the human voice. 62. Bramerd, Jessie. "How to Preserve the Voice/* Etude, Philadelphia, 1938, Vol. 56, p- 609.
Eight suggestions are given embodying rules of vocal health and hygiene. §3. Brines, Mrs. John Francis- "Supreme Test of Singing." Etude, Philadelphia, 1930, Vol, 48, p. 816.
Making the song interesting h the supreme test of good singing. All technical requirements subserve this end. Interpretation is a type of story telling.
64.  BnxiOlet, Georges A. Voice Manual Bruce Humphries, Incorporated, Bos-
ton, 1936. A **natuial voice** method Is superficially treated.
65.  Brown, Hubert, The Principles of Expression in Song. Oxford University
Press, London, 1928.
A compact but useful reorientation for the finished singer but of little scientific value,
6§.---------Success in Amateur Opera. William Reeves, London, 1939.
Instructions on auditions, rehearsals, conducting and training soloists are the main features. Superficially treated. 67. Brown, William larL "Achieving Vocal Action by Instinct." Musician, New York, August, 1932, VoL 37, p. 6.