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Articulation
Physical creation or positioning or words
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With what do voiced, nasal, and glide consonants assist?
They assist in resonance focus and intensity.
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With what do unvoiced consonants assist?
They assist in airflow maintenance.
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What determines consonant clarity?
The release
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Sieber
- 36 - 8 measure songs
- La-be-da-me-ni-po-tu
- Books by voice part
- Excellent for students who have minimum piano skills
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Vaccai
- Song vocalises
- English and Italian texts
- Various vocal skills (intervals, scales, trills, mordents)
- Books by voice parts
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Panofka
- 24 song-like vocalises
- Various vocal skills
- Books by voice part
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Concone
- 30 daily exercises
- Musical patterns & vocal skills
- High & Low voice parts
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Marchesi, Lutgen, Lamperti
- Musical patterns and song-like vocalises that address various vocal skills.
- Some are generic, some by voice
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Vocal Coach
- CD/mp3 -- Vocal Workout
- Purchase from www.vocalcoach.com
- High & Low voice
- Mostly for people who already sing
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Basics of Singing
- Jan Schmidt
- Textbook/Anthology
- High & Low of almost every song
- Background, IPA, and translations
- Folk, Musical theater, Art Songs
- Some have keyboard foldout
- CD Accompaniment Available
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Foundations in Singing
- Van Christy & John Glenn Paton
- Textbook/Anthology
- One key
- Background, IPA, and translations
- Folk, Musical theater, Art Songs
- Keyboard foldout
- CD Accompaniment available
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Adventures in Singing
- Clifton Ware
- Textbook/Anthology
- One key
- Background, IPA, translations
- Folk Musical Theater, Art Song
- CD Accompaniment available
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First Book Of...
- Multiple volumes for each voice type
- Progressive difficulty
- With and without CD accompaniment
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Publishers with Anthologies by Language, Composer, or Style
- International Music Co.
- Alfred
- Hal Leonard
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Popular American Publishers
- Hal Leonard/Schirmer
- Alfred
- International
- Theodore Presser/Oliver Ditson
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Popular British Publishers
- Boosey and Hawkes
- Dover Press
- Oxford Press
- Stainer and Bell
- Edition Peters
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Popular French Publishers
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Popular German Publishers
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Translation Websites
- Art Song Central
- Recmusic.org/lieder
- Babelfish.com
- Google Translations
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Website for obscure languages
Dictiondomain.com
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Free Music
- Artsongcentral.com
- sibeliusmusic.com
- CPDL.org
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Musical Theater Anthology
- Multiple volumes for each voice type
- With and without CD accompaniment
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Methods for Identifying and Classifying Vocal Disorders Based on Symptoms
- Visual, Auditory, & Sensory
- Hyperfunctional & Hypofunctional
- Funtional & Organic
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Visual Problems
Physical and typically easy to see
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Auditory Problems
- Heard in the voice
- Can include high pitches and intonation issues
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Sensory Problems
Refers to pain, fatigue, and difficulties in producing clear tones
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Hyperfunctional Problems
- Forced and tense
- Results in poor tone quality, intonation, vibrato , and inability to sing low dynamic levels
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Hypofunctional
- Weak and Breathy
- Vocal fatigue, especially in young singer
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Functional Problems
Psycological causes where no organic condition exists
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Organic Problems
Physical lesions on vocal folds
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Titze's 5 Major Factors that Account for Vocal-Fold Irregularities
- Mucus
- Food
- Airflow
- Vocal-fold Asymmetry
- Neurological Sources
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Major Disorders Caused by Hormonal Fluctuations
- Hypothyroidism
- Puberphonic Voice
- Menstruation
- Menopause
- Pregnancy
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Hypothyroidism
- Low thyroid function
- Low amount of thyroid-stimulating hormone
- Symptoms: vocal fatigue, range loss, feeling of a lump in throat
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Puberphonic Voice
Voice changes mainly found in male voices
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Menopause
- Depleted levels of estrogen
- Changes in mucus membranes throughout body
- Overall deterioration of voice quality
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Pregnancy
- Similar to alterations found during premenstrual
- Distension of abdominal muscles may impede vocal function in later months of pregnancy
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Serious Vocal Disorders
- Contact ulcers
- Nodules
- Polyps
- Cysts
- Reinke's Edema
- Vocal-fold Hemorrhage
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Principal ways of Treating and Preventing Voice Disorders
- Drug Therapy
- Surgery
- Vocal Therapy
- Psychotherapy
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Contact Ulcers
- Occur on posterior section of vocal folds
- Caused by vocal misuse/abuse
- Gastric Reflux can also cause
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Vocal Nodules
- Similar to calluses, but found on vocal folds
- Caused by viral infections and then aggravated by vocal misuse/abuse
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Vocal Polyps
- Single, unilateral, acute lesions
- Fed by vessels on vocal folds' superior surface
- Smokers are highly likely to get this
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Vocal Cysts
- Not usually caused by misuse/abuse
- Submucosal Lesion
- Must be surgically removed
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Reinke's Edema
- Mainly caused by smoking and hypothyroidism
- Mostly seen in pop singers
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Vocal-Fold Hemorrhage
- Ruptured blood vessel within vocal fold
- Caused by internal or external trauma
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Drug Therapy
- Must be careful, due to drying effect
- Very beneficial
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Surgery
- Must be carefully evaluated
- Seek several opinions
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Vocal Therapy
- Can be used in lieu of surgery
- Only choose the most qualified
- Recommendations from laryngologist
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Psychotherapy
This may be the case when no physical problems can be detected
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Vocal Do's
- Consume nutritious food, beverages, and vitamins
- Attain and maintain good physical fitness
- Obtain sufficient rest
- Use efficient vocal technique in speech and singing
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Vocal Don'ts
- Inhale or ingest harmful substances
- Pursue an overly stressful lifestyle
- Work or live in noisy or polluted environments
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