This manual provides a unique database of objectively obtained results by phonetography, documenting the evolution of the professional voice in adult singers and actors.A selection of 76 Figures and 18 Tables, deduced from a recently enlarged database of more than 1.000 phonetograms (Voice Range Profiles) from professional voice users (singers, actors and dancers) of both genders, of ages between 47 and 107 years offers the possibility to objectively evaluate the capacities of a given voice and provides practical cues for voice education and voice therapy, with emphasis on the generally estimated period of vocal decline.
Dr Hugo Lycke has worked as a vocal coach and speech and voice therapist for many European opera and musical theatre companies. He specialized in casting and testing, education and voice therapy. He obtained 7 university degrees, all based on the study of the voice phenomenon, including a PhD in biomedical sciences, with a doctoral thesis on voice classification by phonetography, proving for the first time the existence of three natural voice groups for each gender. He has presented his new Eclectic Therapy Method at more than 100 conferences, seminars and workshops in different countries.
