Designed for both the teacher and student, this guide provides a complete review of techniques used in countertenor singing. With illustrated diagrams and exercises, the vital aspects of resonance, different registers, breathing, and vocal agility are explored.
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Designed for both the teacher and student, this guide provides a complete review of techniques used in countertenor singing. With illustrated diagrams and exercises, the vital aspects of resonance, different registers, breathing, and vocal agility are explored.
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Drawn from his long experience as a cathedral lay clerk and solo singer, Peter Giles provides a comprehensive guide, from the making of the first sounds to acquiring the complete technique. The vital aspects of resonance, different registers, breathing and vocal agility are all carefully explained, in words and also with special drawings created by the author. There are graded vocal exercises to encourage the production of the sounds that have been so thoroughly explained - it is in fact the complete manual for the teacher and the would-be countertenor.
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This is an excellent book; I purchased it in England four years ago and it has been my teaching mainstay.
About the Author
Peter Giles began as a boy chorister in London, later studying voice production and specialist singing with the countertenor John Whitworth. His first professional appointment was at Ely Cathedral, then at Lichfield Cathedral, finally becoming Senior Lay Clerk at Canterbury Cathedral. He also resumed advanced vocal study with Arthur Hewlett, specialising in White's Technique (Sinus Tone Control). He has written a number of definitive books on the male high voice and articles on the countertenor and falsetto for The New Grove.
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