Care of the Professional Voice: A guide to voice management for singers, actors and professional voice users

D Garfield Davies and Anthony F Jahn

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An introductory, practical guide for everyone who uses, or trains others to use, their voice professionally, whether for acting, singing or public speaking.

This essential self-help resource gives the performer a good general understanding of the conditions – environmental and psychological as well as medical – that affect vocal performance, and offers clear practical advice on both treatment and prevention.

• Concise practical guide to the essential aspects of vocal care
• Authors are both leading medical practitioners, with extensive experience of clinic and performance problems in music, theatre, media and public speaking
• Expert advice on how to manage the voice to enhance performance
• Illustrations show both normal anatomy and the effect of various medical conditions on the vocal folds
• All the information needed for successful longterm care and management of the professional voice

The chapters in this book are:

• Anatomy and physiology of the vocal mechanism
• Development of the larynx and the voice
• Age and voice
• Attributes of a good vocal performance
• Laryngeal disorders: diagnosis, treatment and prevention
• Anxiety, artistic temperament and the voice
• Popular music and the musical theatre
• Travel and the vocal performer
• Medications and the professional voice
• General medical considerations in the vocal performer
• A visit to the laryngologist
• Surgery and the vocal artist
• A singer’s guide to self-diagnosis

Product Details

Paperback 164pp, 2nd Edition
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0-7136-6795-8

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