The Diagnosis and Correction of Vocal Faults: A Manual for Teachers of Singing and for Choir Directors

The Diagnosis and Correction of Vocal Faults: A Manual for Teachers of Singing and for Choir Directors by James C. McKinney. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781577664031.

Popular for more than two decades among college voice teachers and their students, this outstanding, authoritative vocal pedagogy text is an invaluable manual. It thoroughly examines the vocal problems prospective voice teachers will encounter daily in the teaching studio and choral rehearsal. The authors approach is a unique one, based in large part on diagnostic procedures similar to those used by doctors. As each vocal fault is presented, its identifying characteristics or symptoms are stated, its possible causes are discussed, and corrective procedures are suggested. Fourteen male and female voice samples of various vocal faults are discussed in the text, enabling students to better identify basic characteristic sounds associated with each fault. Current and prospective choir directors and voice teachers who need help in improving the vocal sounds of choir members or students will find this practical guidebook to be an ever-present help in time of trouble. Titles of related interest also available from Waveland Press: Davids-LaTour, Vocal Technique: A Guide to Classical and Contemporary Styles for Conductors, Teachers, and Singers, Second Edition (ISBN 9781478640226); Emmons-Sonntag, The Art of the Song Recital (ISBN 9781577662204); McClosky, with members of the McClosky Institute of Voice, Your Voice at Its Best: Enhancement of the Healthy Voice, Help for the Troubled Voice, Fifth Edition (ISBN 9781577667056); Melton-Tom, One Voice: Integrating Techniques across Performance Disciplines, Third Edition (ISBN 9781478647898); and Stanton, Steps to Singing for Voice Classes, Third Edition (ISBN 9781577661351).