Category: Music
_Author of "Truths of Importance to Vocalists," "The Voice from a Practical Stand-Point," "Voice-Training Exercises" (a study of the natural movements of the voice), "Vocal Reinforcement," "Position and Action in Singing," etc., etc._
Remove all obstruction by seeking the level of the tone through flexible action. Think the tone forward and high. Place by impulse, and never by local effort. Have the sensation...
1. Part 1_Author of "Truths of Importance to Vocalists," "The Voice from a Practical Stand-Point," "Voice-Training Exercises" (a study of the natural movements of the voice), "Vocal Rein...
3. Part 3Knowledge comes through experience; and my experience in studying both sides of this question has convinced me that there is but one way to develop physical, mental and emotiona...
4. Part 4_Theory._--The singing breath should be as unconscious,--or, rather, as sub-conscious,--as involuntary, as the vital or living breath. It should be the result of flexible action...
2. Part 2In this age of progress and knowledge of laws and facts, the new school, under the influence of Nature's laws and common sense, with the aid of flexible movements and vitalized...
6. Part 6It is true that with many, articulation is a difficult matter, and this is especially true on the high tones of the voice. No one who has heard the majority of the average opera...
7. Part 7Suppose you take a new song--one you have never seen before. Do not sit at the pianoforte, and play at it and sing at it until, after a fashion, you know it. This way of learnin...