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Singing & Singing Teaching

Singing and Teaching Singing A Holistic Approach to Classical Voice, Janice L. Chapman & Ron Morris, Fourth Edition

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James Platt Contriubting Author

The fourth edition of Singing and Teaching Singing A Holistic Approach to Classical Voice or as we like to call it “SATS” has recently been published. James has contributed to a significant number of chapters (outlined below) and is also the assistant editor for the fourth ediiton. 

Chapter Four – Breathing and Support – Janice L. Chapman, Ron Morris, and James Platt

A significant update to breathing and support pedagogy including:

  • Re-interpreting historic vocal pedagogy considering modern findings
  • Defining the appoggio and the lutte vocale
  • Defining the co-contracting diaphragm technique, the support diamond, and the role of diaphragmatic breaking. 
  • Stabilising the torso and the role of the quadratus lumborum, latissimus dorsi, and serratus anterior in supported singing
  • The Muscles of Forced Exhalation and the role of the diaphragm and the transversus abdominis
  • Epigastric Locking 
  • From Accent Method Breathing into Supported Singing
  • the link between the transversus abdominis muscle and the pelvic floor and the role of the pelvic floor in breath management for singing
  • The SPLAT in-breath and the degrees of SPLAT (Singers Please Loosen Abdominal Tension)
  • The role of the LAPS and the Pelvic Floor in breath management training
  • New exercises in Breathing into Supported Singing

Chapter Five – Phonation and the Speaking Voice – Janice L. Chapman, Ron Morris, and James Platt

Updates

  • Actions of the vocal folds
  • The stages of phonation (prephonation, onset, vibration, offset)
  • Onsets and Offsets Updated. 
  • Glottal adduction and the Phonatory Adductory Range
  • An update on the myoelastic-aerodynamic theory of singing
  • An updated body-cover model (ligament, body, cover) with the mapping of the laryngeal mechanisms: M1, Mx1, Mx2, M2, M3
  • The Mucosal Wave
  • An updated definition of vocal fold vibration by Chen (2016) refining Hirano’s original model.
  • Phonation Types (Breathy, Flow, Pressed)
  • New sections on the Phonatory Adductory Range and Vocal Fold Closure and Medial Compression
  • The False Vocal Folds

Chapter Six – Laryngeal Registration – Janice L. Chapman, Ron Morris, and James Platt

  • A new chapter on laryngeal registration which defines the laryngeal mechanism of the laryngeal mechanisms (M0, M1, M2, M3 etc.)
  • The Vocal Folds: Body-Cover Conditions
  • An introduction to laryngeal mechanisms (M0, M1, M2, M3) and their common pedagogical descriptors (vocal fry, chest, falsetto, whistle)
  • The voix mixte and defining Mx1 and Mx2
  • An update of the Singing Voice Registers with the edition of Mx1 and Mx2
  • New sections on Laryngeal Register Overlap Areas (Voix Mixte) and Higher Range Training for Sopranos
  • High-speed cinematography images of the vocal folds in M1, Mx1 and M2, Mx2
  • New sections on Lower Range Training for the Female and Countertenor Voice and Upper Range Training for Male Voices

Chapter Seven – Resonance – Janice L. Chapman, Ron Morris, and James Platt

  • The Singer’s Formant Cluster, Squillo and Twang
  • The Open Throat and Collar Connection
    • A wide pharynx and a raised tongue dorsum
    • A high soft palate
    • A Low Larynx combined with a high soft palate
    • Maintaining Pharyngeal Width
    • Breath Management, Semi-Occluded Vocal Tracts, and the Open Throat
    • The Open Throat and the Importance of Pharyngeal Tuning
    • Exercises to achieve the various open-throat components

Chapter Eight – Articulation – Ron Morris and Janice L. Chapman; James Platt contributed to the section on Pedagogical Application.

  • A new schematic of the vocal tract vowel locations by James Platt
  • Inability to Role an “R”
  • The Gross Oral Posture for Singing
  • Tongue Twister Exercises

Chapter Nine – Applied Vocal Acoustics and Acoustic Registration – James Platt and David M. Howard

A new chapter reviewing the pedagogical applications of vocal acoustics.

  • An introduction to sound production
  • Harmonics
  • Vocal Tract Resonances (Formants)
  • Vocal Tract Mechanics
  • The Vowel Formants
  • The Vowel Space
  • Formant Tuning
  • Vowel Identification
  • Psychoacoustics
    • Auditory Roughness
    • Pitch
    • Absolute Spectral Tone Color
    • Under-Vowel, Over-Vowel, and Singer’s Formant Cluster
  • The Piriform Sinuses
  • Acoustic Pedagogy
    • Acoustic Registration
    • Formant-Harmonic Interactions
  • Vowel Modification
    • Passive
    • Active
  • Acoustic Registers
    • Open Timbre
    • Close Timbre
    • Yell Timbre
    • Whoop Timbre
  • Male Upper Voice Training
    • Negotiating the Upper Male Range: “The Turn”
    • Vowel Turning Points
  • Negotiating the Female and Countertenor Upper Range
    • Vowel Opening for Pitch Ascent in Female and Countertenor Voices
  • Whoop Timbre and Beyond – An Acoustic Analysis
  • Acoustic Register Charts (Bass, Baritone, Tenor, Alto, Soprano)

Chapter Ten – The Exercises – Janice L. Chapman, Ron Morris, and James Platt

A new chapter included all of our current exercises and a description of their pedagogical application. 

  • The Singing Lesson
    • The Lesson Format
    • The Warm-Up
    • Voice Building: Technical and Voice Function Exercises
    • From Exercises to Repertoire
    • The Cool Down
    • The Dreaded “P” Word: Practice
  • Breathing & Support Exercises
  • Semi-Occluded Vocal Tract Exercises
    • Steady and Fluctuating SOVTs
    • Combined SOVT Exercises
    • SOVTs and Pitch Change
    • SOVTs and Airflow
    • SOVTs and Singing Repertoire
  • Collar Connection
  • The “ng” Exercise
  • The Puffy Lips/Cheeks Exercises (updated)
  • Exercises for the closing of the velar port
  • Onsets and Offsets
  • Resonance and Articulation Exercises
    • Dial-a-Vowel (updated)
      • Finding the tongue’s “sweet spot”
      • The Vowels, Pharyngeal Shape, and Larynx Height
    • The Retroflex “r”: An additional approach for Finding the Tongue’s Resonant Sweet Spot 
    • Tongue Twisters (updated)
      • Tongue Twisters: Part Two: Optimal Articulation with Legato
      • The Advanced Use of Tongue Twisters
    • Monitor of Tongue Root Tension (TRT)
    • Monitor for Pharyngeal Tension
    • Finding Squillo
      • Finding Pure Twang or Squillo
      • Finding Twang in the Classical Voice
      • Twang with a Lower Larynx
    • The Ultimate Release for a Retracted Tongue: The Anti-Gag Tongue Pull
  • Effort Levels
    • Staccato Exercises
  • Laryngeal Registration Exercises
    • The Yodel Exercise (M1 to Mx2)
    • Laryngeal Register Transitions
      • Female Voices [Modal to Middle (M1-Mx2)] and Countertenor Voices [Modal-Falsetto] (M1/Mx1-M2)
      • Chromatic Voix Mixte (M1/Mx2) Exercise
  • Bass, Baritone, and Tenor Register Transition Exercises
    • Modal/Chest Register (M1) to Head Register (Mx1)
    • The French “oo” Exercise
    • Mx1 (Head Register) to M2 (Falsetto)
    • Exercises to reduce Jaw Dependancy in the Upper Range (Male Voices)
    • Jaw Dependancy in Treble Voices (Soprano, Mezzo, and Countertenor) 
    • Upper Passaggio Training in Male and Female Voices
  • Vowel Modification
    • Passive and Active Vowel Modification
  • Coloratura Techniques
    • Coloratura Runs
      • Articulated and Legato Coloratura
    • The Trill
    • Leaps

Appendix. Glossary of Terms – James Platt

A new glossary is added to this addition which also includes common pedagogical, anatomical, scientific and medical terms. Pedagogical terms are related to the SATS pedagogy. I have also explained historical pedagogical terms using SATS pedagogy.

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