Keep Your Singing Voice Healthy!

The Doctor's Guide to Vocal Vitality and Longevity

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

AvAnthony F. Jahn,Youngnan Jenny Cho

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Many common vocal health problems may be successfully self-managed by singers. Even when a visit to the doctor is needed, an understanding of how the voice works, and, more importantly, when, and why it doesn't work, empowers the singer, and can make a medical visit more effective. Written by two prominent laryngologists with many decades of experience in treating singers, Keep Your Singing Voice Healthy! is a practical self-help manual that shows all singers, from beginner students to seasoned professionals, how to take charge of their vocal health. The authors demystify medical terms, explain the anatomy and function of the vocal apparatus, and give simple advice on managing common health issues, dealing with doctors and medications, and maintaining good health--all from the singer's perspective.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2024-10-18
Mått140 x 210 x undefined mm
Vikt770 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor216
FörlagOUP USA
ISBN9780197629666

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Klassisk musik, konstmusik och orkestermusik inom Kultur
Opera inom Kultur
Arbetsterapi inom Medicin

Anthony F. Jahn is Professor of Clinical Otolaryngology at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He is the author of more than 100 scholarly papers and several textbooks on vocal health. He has had an association with the Metropolitan Opera for more than 40 years and is also Adjunct Professor of Vocal Pedagogy at Westminster Choir College in Princeton.Youngnan Jenny Cho, MD is Assistant Professor of Clinical Otolaryngology at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. She has lectured internationally to both singers and physicians on disorders of the professional voice and is on the faculty of the Bel Canto Institute in Florence. Dr. Cho oversees health services at three Lincoln Center performing venues, including the Metropolitan Opera, where she is Director of Medical Services.

Preface1. The Vocal Apparatus2. From Function to Performance3. Examining Your Instrument: A Hands-On Tour4. Monitoring Your Voice5. The Glissando Test: A Simple Vocal Check-Up6. Hearing and Singing7. Muscle Tension and the Voice8. Frequent Complaints, Common Sense Solutions9. A Practical Approach to Allergies10. Visiting the Voice Doctor11. Common disorders of the Larynx12. Vitamins, Supplements, Medications13. Alcohol, Coffee, and Tobacco14. Cortisone and the Voice15. Voice Rest16. Mindful Practice: A Medical Perspective17. Diet and Singing18. Exercise and Vocal Health19. The Living Instrument: The Voice Over Time20. The Singer: Artist and ArtisanAppendix 1. Ten Simple Tips for Keeping Your Voice HealthyAppendix 2. Anatomic Intermezzo: What Do You Call That Thing? Index

This is the clearest explanation I have ever read of the basic mechanics and physiology of singing. The authors avoid any medical or scientific jargon, yet what they say checks out when read by someone who also knows that jargon. They put their extensive clinical experience at the service of the reader without ever claiming too much certainty and with constant respect for the variability of voices and circumstances. All the while, they don't try to make the book a substitute for a doctor or a voice teacher, a temptation not avoided by everyone who writes about these topics. Dr. Jahn and Dr. Cho are experts both musically and medically, and have the additional gift of writing in straightforward English, with a good sense of narrative and crystal-clear organization. Every singer should read what they have to say.