Hearing Singing provides a wealth of discoveries at the intersection of voice perception, voice production, functional voice teaching, and functional listening, while providing exercises and actionable steps for singers and teachers.
Ian Howell starts with a broad exploration of how science and voice teaching intersect, investigating the reasons voice teachers and singers encounter scientific ideas in the manner they do. He dives into current models to consider the intersection of voice acoustics, perception, and the physical means of voice production, revealing gaps in common models used in a voice pedagogy and vocology.
The book provides a groundbreaking, new framework to hear singing with actionable detail, well-supported by scientific literature. Howell proposes a model that better aligns what we hear with how we imagine the voice works and offers a framework to apply these ideas within a cohesive approach to functional voice teaching, encouraging the application of the functional listening skills explored throughout. Also included are lab assignments and discussion questions.
?
?Reply Forward
HP
Ian Howell provides a fresh, actionable framework for the perception of the singing voice which will help guide singers toward efficient and expressive singing. The book dives deeply into the connections between voice acoustics, biomechanics, aerodynamics, functional listening, perception, and pedagogy.
Muu info
Ian Howell provides a fresh, actionable framework for the perception of the singing voice which will help guide singers toward efficient and expressive singing. The book dives deeply into the connections between voice acoustics, biomechanics, aerodynamics, functional listening, perception, and pedagogy.
Brief Contents
Acknowledgements
Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2 How We Got Here
Chapter 3 Refining Models for Understanding the Singing Voice
Chapter 4 What is Timbre?
Chapter 5 Pitch
Chapter 6 Time and Pressure Domain Considerations of Pitch and Timbre
Chapter 7 Perceptual Qualities of Auditory Roughness and Pitch Resolution
Chapter 8 Tone Color and Brightness
Chapter 9 Absolute Spectral Tone Color
Chapter 10 How To Annotate A Spectrum: Where Are Pitch, Auditory Roughness, And Tone Color?
Chapter 11 How to Teach Singing
Chapter 12 Pedagogic Practices and Functional Listening Examples
Appendix A: How to Read Graphs Related to Voice Production
Appendix B: List of Labs and Website URL
Index
About the Author
Ian Howell was previously faculty at the New England Conservatory of Music where he directed the graduate voice pedagogy program. He has taught at the Acoustic Vocal Pedagogy Workshop and was the recipient of the 2022 Van L. Lawrence fellowship.
