A leading exponent of Estill Voice Craft, Gillyanne Kayes runs a vocal consultancy, trouble-shooting for teachers and choral directors. Many West End and pop artistes have already benefited from her accurate and practical information about the singing voice. She is much in demand as a seminar leader and workshop facilitator
Contents Acknowledgements v Foreword vii Section 1: HOW THE VOICE WORKS 1 1
How do I make the notes? 2 2 My voice won't come out at auditions 10 3 But
I thought I wasn't supposed to feel anything! 17 4 What exactly is support?
27 Section 2: TRAINING YOUR VOICE 41 5 Developing the three octave siren 45
6 The nasal port 57 7 Dynamic control and projection 71 8 Tuning the oral
resonator 90 9 Twang, the singer's formant 110 Section 3: WORKING THE TEXT
119 10 Putting it together 120 11 Singing the text 134 12 Creating voice
qualities 153 13 The act of singing 175 Afterword 190 Glossary 191 List of
exercises and song assignments 193 Index 197 Index of song titles 200
