TABLE of CONTENTS
My Adventurous Journey - from a lost 11 Speaking Voice to a Coloratura Soprano
Historical Roots of Opera Singing 40 Farinelli - Male Soprano & true Belcantist 49 Secrets of Opera Training, a Definition 55 of the Famous Italian A of Belcanto APPOGGIO - or How to Sustain the Voice 59 ATTACCA-Start & End of a Tone 62 AVANTI -the Front Position of the Tone 69 ALTO IN PALATO - The Raised Palate 75 Enrico Caruso & Luisa Tetrazzini - 77 Golden Throats or Perfect Voice Training? Singing by Natural Body Use - Teacher, 89 Therapy or Self Awareness?
Body - the Instrument of the Soul 95 Correct or Careless Posture - 96 Head, Neck and Body Activate your Pelvic Floor 103 The Navel Lift for Wellbeing & a Slim Line 105 Washboard with Navel Lift 107 From Lying Position to Standing Ovations 110 Squatting like Oriental Street Hawkers 117 A Trick of the Proud African - for the Head 120
http://d-nb.info/1025127552 Singer's Throat - the Human Bird 125 Voice Box - a Miracle of Creation - 125 a Short Anatomy of the Larynx Body Symmetry and a Balanced Throat 132 Tongue, Root of Tongue and Jaws - 137 Choir Members for the Tone Massage, Turn & Biter - the Remedies 139 for the Tongue Dumpling Moshe Feldenkrais'Tongue Turn 141 Kristin Linklater's Tongue Biter 143 Cork, Rubber & Key Tag - Some Tricks 146 to Relax your Jaws The High Palate - every Singer's Cathedral 154 Suck your Finger Tips instead of Biting your 156 Nails Avanti, Avanti - the Front Position of 160 the Voice - the Balcony of the Diva Harley Buzzer & Fluttering Lips for 164 'Avanti' & Legato Natural Facelifting & Good Vibes - 169 open your Umbrella Caruso's Egg to Bridle the Tongue: a Joke 171 Glottis Closure: Hiccup of Heroic Tenors 173 Correcting Frequent Misunderstandings 178 about the Connection of Body & Voice A Healthy Voice in a Healthy Body - 185 the Forceful Voice Disease in Opera Anatomy meets Physics: Overtones, 188 Singer Formants & Vocal Beauty Breath-Spark of Life & Toneless Voice 190
Breathe - and I tell you who you are! 192 Chee - Foo, Buddha's Breathing as 197 Antidote for Stage Fright Buteyko Breathing for a Free Nose - 201 Sinusitis & Ashtma, Good Bye! Nose Clip Test for Brilliant Overtones 207 Diaphragm, your Voice Trampoline 211 Tenors at the Stake - Belly Squeezer 213 Take the Train to Diaphragm Activation 214 Yogic Breathing & Voice Sustain from the 215 Navel or "Hara"
Emotional Marriage of Tone & Word 218 Speaking, Singing or Reciting - How to 220 Produce Recitatives & Arias? Ventriloquism & Belcanto are Twins - 227 the Mickey Mouse Training Messa di Voce - the Ultimate Voice Test 230 Broken Voices & Passaggio Problems 231 Emotions, Passion & Charisma in Singing 235 Scale of Emotions & Emotional Releasing 239 by Singing Vowel Balance - Bella Italia is greeting 254 Vibrato, Tremolo or Jelly with Wobbles 259 Maria Callas, Aris Christofellis & Iwan 261 Rebroff - Secrets of Voice Power The Dissemination of Italian Belcanto 271 Famous Teachers & the Dawn of Vocal Science
True Belcanto - the Secret Conspiracy 273 since the Renaissance Lodovico Zacconi's Prattica Musica: 274 the Start of Belcanto Teachings Manuel Garcia I & his Famous Children - 278 First Scientific Research on Opera Voices Francesco & Giovanni Battista Lamperti 283 Expert Tips from the Italian School Mathilde Graumann Marchesi: 290 Practice makes Perfect! Emma Diruf Seiler - the Dawn of Vocal 293 Science John Franklin Botume: Belcanto has 296 no method! Frederick Husler: A Modern Belcanto 299 Scientist, by Intuition
From Theory to Practice in Daily 307 Belcanto Training Masterclasses for Singers - Catalyst for 307 for Career or Torture Instrument? Voice Categories, Dramatic Voice 313 Changes Daily Voice Practice - Some Hints & Rules 316 Some Useful Books About Singing 331 for Students & Professionals with short comments