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Vocal Pedagogy
MUEP 371 Syllabus Fall 2008
Class 1: Thursday, Sept 25
Course Mechanics: expectations; grading; student
teaching logistics
Alignment: introduction of alignment and structural support
necessary for singing; suspension system of larynx; Alexander Technique;
TMJ concerns; prephonatory tuning of vocal tract (lifted palate, relaxed
open throat, tongue forward)
Readings: “Structural Poise,” Bozeman: pp.
1-8.
Class 2: Tuesday, Sept 30
Breathing I: Anatomy & Physiology: the muscles of
respiration, their function and
relative contribution to breathing for singing; various strategies of
inhalation critiqued; pedagogical goals for respiration summarized.
Readings: Bozeman: “Respiration for Singing,”
pp. 9-16b. See Miller. The Structure
of Singing. Appendix 2: pp. 259-279 as needed
Class 3: Thursday, Oct 2
Breathing II: Respiratory Function: capacities, volumes,
recoil, system configuration, pressure management; phonation variables;
phonation equation.
Readings: Bozeman: “Respiration for Singing,”
pp. 16b-23.
Learn: Lung Volume, chart p 17.
Class 4: Tuesday, Oct 7
Breathing III: Practicum: images, directives, and exercises
to induce good alignment,
prephonatory tuning, healthy TMJ function, and efficient inhalation for
singing.
Readings: White. “On the Teaching of Breathing for the Singing Voice”
from Journal of Voice. Vol. 2., No. 1. pp. 26-29; Bozeman, “Respiration
for Singing,” pp. 23-27t.
Test #1 (take home, due next class)
Class 5: Thursday, Oct 9
Breathing IV: Discussion: “Support”: definition
of support; quantitative or qualitative?; physiology of “support”;
exercises and strategies; images; “belly in” vs. “belly
out” strategies; variation by body type.
Prepare: Support or Breath Management Practicum (on e-reserve).
Test #1 due.
Class 6: Tuesday, Oct 14
Vocal Onset: 3 kinds of onset; 3 modes of phonation;
phonation equation revisited; effect of
Bernoulli, inertia, and inertance on phonation; vertical phase difference;
use of onset exercises.
Readings: Miller. The Structure of Singing pp.1-19. Bozeman:
“Respiration for Singing,”
pp. 27-29.
Class 7: Thursday, Oct 16
Overview of Singing: head and neck anatomy; vowel and
consonant classification; introduction to vibrator, resonator function
and acoustics.
Readings: Rossing. The Science of Sound Chapter 15, pp. 311-328.
Class 8: Tuesday, Oct 21
Anatomy & Physiology of the Larynx: structures; muscles
and their function; introduction to vocal registers and registration pedagogy.
Readings: Miller. The Structure of Singing Appendix 1: 241-258. Rossing:
The Science of
Sound. pp.357-360.
Learn: Structures from Saunders: “The Larynx”
Plates I-IV from CIBA.
Class 9: Thursday, Oct 23
Voice Source Acoustics: basic acoustics, voice source
spectrum, flow glottogram,
amplitude and closing rate; acoustics of each phonation mode.
Readings: Baken . “The Voice Source” from
Professional Voice: the Science and Art of
Clinical Care: 19-39.
Test #2 (take home, Due Tuesday)
Class 10: Tuesday, Oct 28
Vocal Tract Acoustics: quarter wave resonator, formants
(vowel and singer’s formants), formant tuning, balanced resonance
Readings: Sundberg: "Vocal Tract Resonance"
from from Professional Voice: the Science and Art of
Clinical Care: pp. 49-68
Due: Test #2
Class 11: Thursday, Oct 30
Practicum on Vocal Resonance: aesthetic and practical
goals: timbral unity vs.
intelligibility; balanced resonance (chiaroscuro); efficiency/freedom
Readings: Miller: The Structure of Singing pp. 48-61,
69-76.
View: Normal Speech Articulation (25 min.)
Lesson Observation Reports: (first three hours due minimum)
Mid-Term Reading Period Nov 1-4
Class 12: Thursday, Nov 6
Lesson Practicum #1: pedagogical approaches; studio psychology/ethics
Readings: Fields. “How Mind Governs Voice.”
Fields. Excerpt from Training the Singing
Voice. Van Grove. “The Vocal Studio: Idols and Ideals.” Jorgenson
“The Mirror Image in Singing.” from the NATS Journal.
Test # 3 (take home, due Tuesday)
Class 13: Tuesday, Nov 11
Registration Pedagogy: the Primacy of the Laryngeal Adjustment;
definition of
terms; concepts of register: registration as the basis for pedagogy (Cornelius
Reid).
Readings: Austin: “Scientific Support for the Two-Register
Theory,” pp. 62-75.
Miller. The Structure of Singing. pp. 115-126, 132-136, 148, 287-292.
Due: Test #3
Class 14: Thursday, Nov 13
Registration Pedagogy: the Interaction of Resonation with Registration:
Non-linearity; passaggio phenomena, location and pedagogy; vowel modification;
Readings: Delattre. “The Radiography of Vowels
and Its Acoustic Correlations,” pp. 271-287, from
Coffin’s Sounds of Singing. Miller: The Structure of Singing,
pp. 150-160.
Class 15: Tuesday, Nov 18
Registration Pedagogy Continued: issues and strategies in male and female passagggio training
Readings: Boldrey and Caldwell. “Voice Categories”
from Singer’s Edition. pp. 1-11.
Class 16: Thursday, Nov 20
Vibrato and Vibrancy Pedagogy: definition; rate, extent,
“singleness of pitch” percept; pedagogical use/handling; early
music debate
Readings: Miller: From The Structure of Singing. Ch 14.
“Vibrancy in Singing.” pp. 182-
196. Sundberg. “Acoustic and Psychoacoustic Aspects of Vocal Vibrato,”
pp.38-62.
Class 17: Tuesday, Nov 25
Vocal Line & Phrasing: definition, requirements (linguistic
and vocal), pedagogy
Readings: Donaldson, Robert P. “The Practice and
Pedagogy of Vocal Legato” from The
NATS Bulletin. May/June 1973. pp.12-20.; Bozeman. “Vocal Line.”
(e-reserves)
Test #4 (take home, due Tuesday)
Thanksgiving Break Nov 26-30
Class 18: Tuesday, Dec 2
Vocal Health: Pathology, Medication, Abuse (guest speaker: TBA)
Readings: R.T.Sataloff: “Medications and Their
Effects on the Voice,” from the Journal of Singing (formerly the NATS Journal) Sept/Oct 1995, pp. 47-52. Familiarize yourself with the site: http://www.ncvs.org; skim their publication: Guide to Vocology: http://www.ncvs.org/pubs/vv/vocologyguide.pdf
Test #4 due
Class 19: Thursday, Dec 4
Vocal Health: Speaking Voice: use and abuse of speaking
voice; environmental,
physical, behavioral and psychological challenges to healthy voice use.
Readings: Cooper Article: “The Vocal Image and
Vocal suicide," from Voices: The Art and Science of Psychotherapy,
Special Issue: Unspoken Behavior, 6 (1971) pp. 26-28. Boone:
Excerpts from Is Your Voice Telling On You. pp. 1-7, 14-25.
Class 20: Friday, Dec 12, 8:30 a.m. (During our scheduled
Examination Time)
Lesson Preview: 1st lesson; lesson interview; voice assessment;
goals, pacing, manner; lesson reports; beginning repertoire
Lesson Observation Reports: (next three hours due)
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