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Solutions for Singers: Tools for Performers and Teachers
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 783.04
EAN: 9780195160055
ISBN: 0195160053
Label: Oxford University Press, USA
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: January 08, 2004
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Studio: Oxford University Press, USA
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Editorial Review:
While many texts and courses on the art of singing offer comprehensive overviews of technique and performance, few have time to delve into the specific questions they spawn. Solutions for Singers explores these unanswered questions, filling in gaps that professional performers, students of singing, and voice teachers have long sought to close.
Fielding over 200 questions, distinguished teacher and performer Richard Miller tackles problems raised during hundreds of his master classes and pedagogy courses. He deliberately avoids abstract generalities, concentrating instead on specific, recurring questions: What are some good exercises to loosen or relax tension in the back of the tongue? Do you apply the same principles regarding breathing to a younger student that you do to older students? What is meant by voiced and unvoiced consonants? Is there a female falsetto? Through such specialized questions, Miller probes the very essence of artistic expression.
The questions are organized under ten broad topics, which Miller considers from various angles. He couples traditional and modern philosophies to present the most relevant and precise solutions. The result is an invaluable handbook for singers, which, read either sequentially or selectively, provides a unique and pragmatic approach to vocal artistry and technique.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - List of contents more impressive than actual contents
I ordered this book after reading through its impressive-looking list of contents and on the strength of Miller's excellent earlier books on singing technique. I was slightly disappointed that the text turned out to be somewhat superficial, repeating much of what the author has written in more extensive detail in his earlier books. It may be a useful book to buy if you don't already own his other manuals but it's overpriced and redundant if you do. It's really a sort of extended FAQs or troubleshooting ... Read More
Rating:  - Very Helpful, For Advanced Singers and Teachers
As a professional singer and teacher of singing, I truly enjoyed this book. Miller brings up a great deal of food for thought. He has created a book that not only answers many questions, but prompts you to do some thinking on your own.
I understand Miller has written a number of books on singing. This is the first one that I have read. This is one of the first discussions of singing that I have seen that tackles the science and anatomy of the singing voice. Miller prefers specific discussion ... Read More
Rating:  - Less would have been more
Richard Miller's `The structure of singing" greatly impressed me so I blindly ordered this one, expecting more properly arranged advice and actual information. I was unpleasantly surprised to find "Solutions for singers" just a scrapbook (thrift shop) of questions that were put to the maestro sometime in his life, and the answers he has given. Solutions ? Tools ? If this book was on cooking it would be one of those where the chef uses page after page for delivering personal anecdotes and totally self absorbed ... Read More
Rating: - Solutions for Singers is Amazing
Solutions for singers is an amazing tool and reference book for any vocal issues or concerns one may have as a student or teacher of voice. Miller truly explains things in an intelligible way that will spark interest and mental imagery within the mind of the reader to relate to given topics on an intimate level. His approach to pedagogy is largely ecclectic (both holistic and mechanistic) because he not only explains the science behind the madness of singing, but also concludes that the intrinsic muscles of the ... Read More
Rating: - Semplicemente fantastico
Un'opera seria e approfondita per gli insegnanti di canto. Da non perdere. Ho ordinato anche il libro sulla tecnica vocale di Richard Miller.
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