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TRAINING THE SINGING VOICE
382.--------- Vocal Ensemble Exercises. G. Schirmer, New York, 1936.
Twelve short singing exercises based on nonsense syllables. A few vocal comments are included as text.
383.  McAE, Reginald Ley. Practical Church School Music; Methods and Train-
ing. The Abingdon Press, New York, 1932.
Both instmmental and vocal practice are discussed with a few notes on music theory.
384.  Mdntyre, Ian. "Mind* the Body and the Emotion from the Singer's Stand-
point" Musician, New York, January, 1932, Vol. 37, p. 25.
Mind, voice and body must be trained to act in unison in any singĀ­ing act Deviations and incoordinations set up emotional conflicts.
385.---------"The Place of Psychology in Vocal Artistry/' Musician, New York,
August, 1931, Vol. 36, p. 16.
Qualifications for success in a vocal career are discussed.
386.  McLean, Cameron. **Vocai Interference and Its Elimination/* Music
Teachers National Association Proceedings for 1936, Oberlin, Ohio, 1937, Vol. 31, p. 172.
Mental and physical controls are juxtaposed, the former being advocated. Timing in voice production is also discussed.
387.  Medonis, Vincent Xavier. Rise and Fall of the Voice. The author, Pitts-
burgh, 1933.
The title is taken literally for the author deals entirely with pitch variations and vocal inflections throughout the vocal range. There is little text
388.  MelcMor, Lauritz. "The *Heldentenorf or Heroic tenor." (An interview.)
Etude, Philadelphia, 1937, Vol. 55, p. 429. Breathing and practice methods are discussed.
389.  Merritt, Grace. **Vocal Secrets Found in Nature." Musician, New York*
March, 193s, Vol 37, p. 8.
The "Svana** system of corrective vocal exercises is briefly endorsed but not described.
390.  Metfessel, Milton. "Effects of Removal of Fundamental and Certain Over-
tones on Vocal Pitch and Quality-" Psychological Bulletin, Princeton, New Jersey, 1931, Vol. 28, p. 212.
A brief experimental report on the effect of acoustical filters applied to vocal tone.
ggi.---------"Emotional Values of Deviations from Exact Pitch and Rhythm."
Bulletin American Musicological Society, New York, August, 1942, p.
34-An interesting experimental summary. ^gg.---------"The Vibrato in Artistic Voices.** (In: The Vibrato; University of
Iowa Studies in the Psychology of Music) University of Iowa Press,
Iowa City, Iowa, 1932, Vol. 1, p. 14. An exhaustive experimental study of the physiology, psychology and
physics of the vocal vibrato in singing, in which the fact that the
vibrato Is* an ingredient of all celebrated voices is conclusively setded. 393*---------**Vibrato in Celebrated Voices." Scientific Monthly, Lancaster,
Pennsylvania, 1929, VoL 28, p. 217.