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INDEX
337
128, 184, 188; movement, 157; music, in­tensity range, 168; orifice, 140; power, abuse of, 175; release, 207; science, 2, 26,
31
Vocal study, prerequisites of, 22, 49, 61, 95; when to begin, 23, 61
Vocal teaching, bound by tradition, 8; cor­rective nature of, 52; profession, 2; sim­plicity of, 25, 33
Vocal tract, 98, 132; absorption of tone in,
Vocal training period, 23, 24
Vocalises, 42,56, 200, 201, 202, 225, 235, 242; defined, 55; justification of, 54
Vocational benefits, 61
Voice and singing, 17
Voice, acoustical composition, 132; charac­teristics, 133, 239; consciousness, 181; con­trolled by ear, 178; defined, 16, 17; emo­tional characteristics, 221; placement, 140; proper use, 23
Voice culture, 60; defined, 20, 21
Voice-on-the-breath formula, 91
Voice production, functional aspects, 187
Vortex theory, 102
Vowel, and consonant, interrelated, 196, 207; factors in diction, 192; formant, 132, 194; practice, 199; purity, 138; shaping,
119,194, 201,202, 204; spectrum, 132,194 Vowels, 47, 192, 204; ah and o®, 202; ah* 120,194, 201; altered,.proa and cons, 205, 206, 213: attack, 119, 204; characteristics, 132, 193, 194; connecting, 204, 232, 240; covered, 205, 206, 213; defined, 192-193; ee, 201; front and back, 201; importance of, 193, 212; open, 202; sustained, 204; the vehicle of voice, 192, 205; theory of, 192, 194* 205; time value, 208, 209
Warming up, 49, 67, 93,141, 227
Weak voice, 168
Whisper, as a device, 119,199; audible, 171
"Whole" concept of singing, 14,62,123,145
Whole methods of instruction, 213
Whole versus part methods, 14, 53, 6§
Windpipe, 69
Wobbly tones, 163
Word and tone, interrelated, 195, 225
Words, as vehicles of tone, 223; meaning
and mood, 79, 197, 214; of song, 190;
structure of, 235; their Importance, 192
X-rays, 106,117,122,134* I4°* l Yawning, and deep breathing 75; as a de­vice, 118, 119; defined, 119