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INDEX
Abdominal breathing, 73; compression, 95; muscles, 73; wall, 82
Accents, 110
Accompaniment, defined, 57; dependency upon, 57, 67
Acoustics, 123, 131, 142
Adam's-apple, 124
Adult vocal range, 150
Aesthetic, benefits, 61; effect, 132, 137, 141, 218, 238, 241
Ah vowel, 120, 194, 201
Air pressure, in lungs, 74, 88; tracheal, 105
Amateur singers, 68
Amplitude, 132, 101; issuing sound wave, 174; vibratory swing, 170
Analogies, acoustical, 102; bugle, 125, 174; guy wires, 127; horn player, 102; loud­speaker, 137; mouthpiece, 102, 129, 138; musical instrument, 101,129; nozzle, 127; open tube, 138; player's lips, 138; reed instrument, 102; siren, 102; stringed in­strument, 100, 102; violin, 180; wheat-field, 131; wind instrument, 89, 96, 102,
138, 17° Analysis of technical problems, 62 Annotations, 13, 266 Anticipation, defined, 112 Anxieties, mental, 165 Appogiatura, 232 Aria, rendition of, 93, 229 Arpeggios, practicing, 160-161 Articulation, 101, 190, 196, 197; defined,
190 Artist singers, 42, 110, 218, 220, 235, 237,
242; vibrato characteristics, jio Artistic, deviations, 121, 188, 218; perform­ance, criteria of, 28, 72, 94, 95, 127, 214,
218, 235, 236-238 Artistic rating, 168 Arytenoid, cartilages, 98,104,106, 107,124;
muscle, 151 Attack, 74, 85, 113, 122, 196, 241; defined,
120; evenness of, 92,121; first vocal vibra-
tions, 58; gliding, 121, 219; high tone, 159; improvement of, 120, 121; moment
Of, 83, 02, 93, 121
Audience comprehension, 78, 215, 227
Auditory sense, 178,182
Auditory visualization defined, 180
Aural concepts, 200; visualization, 112, 196
Authorities disagree, 4, 122
Authors, complaints of, 3; diversified view­points, 60, 245; pretentious claims, 59; their reputations, 12, 59
Bach's songs for breathing exercises, 78
Baritone, 147
Bass, 147
Basso-profundo, 149
Beginners, 56, 68, 171, 184, 185, 227, 228, 229; advice to, 23, 61, 89; defined, 49; exercises, 78, 160; first lessons, 51, 66; handling, 49, 65
Behavior, bodily, 101
Bel canto, 9, 24, 25, 31,44,58,84,141, 173, 180, 181, 192, 200, 206, 232,237-
Bellows, 85, 86
Bibliographic information on card, 12; pe­riod, 10
Bibliographies, reference to, 1, 2,4, 14
Bibliography, annotated, 14, 245, 266
Bone conduction, 100, 153
Bones as resonators, 137
Breast bone, 82
Breath, 47, 72, 101; capacity, 69, 88; econ­omy of, 47, 77, 85, 88, 89, 90, 91; endur­ance, 79, 94; energy, 170; experimental study, 92; focusing the, 95; gradual re­lease, 90; in diction, 212; intake, 121, 75; renewal, 69, 88, 92; retention, 83, 86, 90, 93; "supply, 76, 138, 174; support, 73, 75, 84, 88, 91, 170; suspension, 73-74* ^B" tained, 93; quantity of, 85, 88, 8§
Breath control, artistic, 236; by hearing, 180; in infancy, 75; in sleep, 75; interpre-tational, 75, 78; methods of cultivating.