Description

This is the best voice book I have ever read! Draws on Alexander technique work and a lot of insights about building power with a relaxed voice.Here is his Website:http://dimoninstitute.org/In this innovative book, Theodore Dimon, EdD, shows how each part of the vocal organ (breathing, larynx, throat, and so on) works as part of a larger musculoskeletal system that is often interfered with, and how identifying this larger system and understanding in a practical way how it works allows a person to train and improve the voice, whether speaking or singing. Traditional vocal training methods, says Dimon, cannot be effective without restoring the functioning of the musculature that supports the voice. Enhanced with over 50 detailed full-color illustrations, the book discusses the fallacy of traditional breathing exercises and explains that the key to efficient breathing lies in the expansive support of the trunk and rib cage. Investigating the elements needed to produce a strong supported tone, Dimon describes the importance of voice “placement,” or directing the sound to a part of the body in order to produce a fully rounded, resonant tone. He identifies harmful patterns of speech and singing, and offers helpful methods for reestablishing the natural function of the vocal mechanism. Individual chapters cover elements of the whispered “ah,” producing a pure sung tone, vocal registers, the suspensory muscles of the larynx, and more.This is an OCR of the book. I am going to convert it to an ebook later. They dont have an ebook of it on Amazon. I like this book so much I paid to have it professionally scanned. I thought they did a nice job —  here is their Website:http://bookscan.us/index.htmlBookscan says it is only $1 a book, but actually, they add a bit for formatting the pictures. Its totally worth it once you have worked out how to do it at home on a consumer scanner.