Training Soprano Voices

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Summary: A must for students and professionals
Review: I am a master's student currently preparing for an operatic stage career. If you are seriously persuing a pedagody degree and hope to teach or if you a soprano persuing a performance career, this book is an essential for your library. However, I don't recommend this book to novice singers -- the voice is a fragile instrument and a beginner can't tell what s/he sounds like (if the voice is tight, pushed, or out of tune, you won't know). It's best to begin study under a good teacher than with a book.

Rating:
Summary: Not for the average singer
Review: I am a purely recreational singer. I was looking for a text to help me improve my singing. What I found here was an overly technical book more suited to a college classroom. It contains diagrams and pictures of the vocal mechanism and I'm sure it is a useful reference for those studying to teach voice. I would not recommend it for individuals simply looking for tips on reaching their maximum vocal potential. A difficult read!

Rating:
Summary: Not for the average singer
Review: I am a purely recreational singer. I was looking for a text to help me improve my singing. What I found here was an overly technical book more suited to a college classroom. It contains diagrams and pictures of the vocal mechanism and I'm sure it is a useful reference for those studying to teach voice. I would not recommend it for individuals simply looking for tips on reaching their maximum vocal potential. A difficult read!

Rating:
Summary: A must for students and professionals
Review: I won't kid you, I am a semi-professional singer studying classical and musical theatre voice, so I am very serious about my singing. This book is magnificently detailed and well thought out for the SERIOUS vocal student. It avoids the annoying generalities about "soprano" voices that most other voice texts fall into. However, you do need a solid understanding of vocal technique, physiological structure and the like to get everything out of this. If you're a more beginning or amateur singer, looking for something to help you with specific problems or with more fundamental technique issues, it is most likely just going to seem daunting and overly complicated for your purposes. However, for a professional or pre-professional singer, it's a wonderfully written book that will give some great insights on training and using the different types of soprano voice.

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Summary: A tough read, but WORTH IT!
Review: I won't kid you, I am a semi-professional singer studying classical and musical theatre voice, so I am very serious about my singing. This book is magnificently detailed and well thought out for the SERIOUS vocal student. It avoids the annoying generalities about "soprano" voices that most other voice texts fall into. However, you do need a solid understanding of vocal technique, physiological structure and the like to get everything out of this. If you're a more beginning or amateur singer, looking for something to help you with specific problems or with more fundamental technique issues, it is most likely just going to seem daunting and overly complicated for your purposes. However, for a professional or pre-professional singer, it's a wonderfully written book that will give some great insights on training and using the different types of soprano voice.