Product Description

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 author’s 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. An especially valuable feature is the book’s accompanying CD that contains fourteen male and female voice samples of the various vocal faults 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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #18382 in Books
• Published on: 2005-02
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 216 pages

From the Publisher
Titles of related interest available from Waveland Press: Emmons-Sonntag, The Art of the Song Recital (ISBN 9781577662204) and Stanton, Steps to Singing for Voice Classes, Third Edition (ISBN 9781577661351).

About the Author
James C. McKinney (1921–1998), late Distinguished Professor of Voice and Dean of the School of Church Music of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, has an established reputation as an authority in the area of voice pedagogy. A former president of the National Association of Teachers of Singing and member of the American Academy of Teachers of Singing, Dr. McKinney has ten publications to his credit.

Customer Reviews

Out Dated
What McKinney doesn't know about modern vocal style and pedagogy could fill many more books. If you are taking a vocal pedagogy course and they are using this book, find another school. Out with the old and in with the new already.

Woth buying but...
This is one of the best books on vocal pedagogy ever written. I just got this edition in order to have the CD which I hadn't purchased with the first edition I had bought. The CD pinpoints vocal faults clearly. However, the sound quality of the recording is LOUSY. And to top it all off, this edition is really a reprint of the 1994 revised issue. So far so good, but the quality of both the paper and the printing is awful: on some pages the printing is REALLY blurry. If you can get the 1994 edition, do it, for it is much easier to read.

Great gift!
I actually bought this book as a gift for my best friend. She was going to start conducting a choir this semester, and she's planning on doing her masters on vocal pedagogi. She had this book in her wish list, and she had been always talking 'bout how much she wanted that book ASAP. So, I got it for her as a gift. Ever since it arrived, and I gave it to her, she has it with her ALL THE TIME!! Every little chance she gets to read, she picks up that book! And now she's always talking about how great the book is, and it's perfect, and has so many great things that she's learning. I would say she's extremely satisfied! So, I guess it's a great book and I can say I recomend it to all of those who want to learn about vocal faults, great to have in your personal libraries. Enjoy!