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INTRODUCTION 1

I. THE VOCAL INSTRUMENT 6

II. THE SPEAKING VOICE AND PRONUNCIATION 16

III. BREATH CONTROL 23

IV. BREATHING EXERCISES 33

V. REGISTERS 38

VI. RESONANCE IN GENERAL 43

VII. HEAD AND NASAL RESONANCE 51

VIII. PLACING THE VOICE 56

IX. THROAT STIFFNESS 74

X. SOME GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS 77

XI. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF VOCAL CULTURE 82

BOOKS CONSULTED 86

INDEX 89

RESONANCE

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SINGING AND SPEAKING