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The use and training of the human voice : a bio-dynamic approach to vocal life / Arthur Lessac ; foreword by Frank Langella.

By: Lessac, Arthur.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Mountain View, CA : Mayfield Pub., 1997Edition: 3rd ed.Description: xv, 291 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 1559346965.Subject(s): Voice cultureDDC classification: 808.5
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This introductory text details Arthur Lessac's proven procedures for understanding, training, and improving the voice and speech of the performer by exploring the varied qualities of the physical energies associated with producing sounds.

Includes index.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Part I Seeding The Soil And Building The Foundation
  • 1 Theatre As a Laboratory
  • 2 Don't Envy a Good Voice . . . You Have One!
  • 3 The Duality of Breathing and Posture
  • 4 The Energy of Relaxation: The Creative Art of Resting
  • Part II Organically Cultivating The Body'S Vocal NRG States
  • 5 The Dynamics of Consonant NRG: The Music of the Consonants
  • 6 The Dynamics of Tonal NRG: The Music of the Voice Itself
  • 7 The Dynamics of Structural NRG: The Music of the Vowels
  • 8 The Four Neutrals: The Musical Feel of Staccato and Syncopation in Speech
  • Part III Reaping What We Sow
  • 9 Exploring Creative Vocal Life: General Exploring and Discovering
  • 10 Exploring Creative Vocal Life: Specific Exploring and Discovering
  • 11 Exploiting Your Creative Vocal Life Onstage
  • 12 What about a Standard?
  • Appendices
  • Appendix A A Comparative Guide to Pronunciation
  • Appendix B Some Related Comments
  • Appendix C Some Relevant Anatomical Illustrations
  • Glossary