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Being a Singer
Brian A. Roberts
Nov 19, 2013
Singers both rejoice and suffer under the weight of their instrument. It becomes not only a major part of their identity but, in many cases, it becomes their central or "master status" (Hughes, 1945). This research examines the...
Published by: Faculty of Education
The Effects of Singer Head Position on Listener Preferences and Perceptions of Vocal Timbre
Amelia A. Rollings
Aug 04, 2017
Some vocal pedagogy textbooks encourage singers to keep the head level with the ground (e.g., McKinney, 1994; Miller, 2004). However, other vocal pedagogy texts and articles recommend singers employ a slightly lowered head...
Published by: The Singing Network
The Effect of Instructor Postural Changes on the Posture of an Individual Singer
Jeremy Manternach
Oct 29, 2013
The purpose of this investigation was to examine the potential effect of instructor body positioning on individual singer (N=40) posture and vocal production. The instructor/researcher assumed different standing positions while...
Published by: Faculty of Education
The Effect of a Singing Protocol on Identified Vocal Inefficiencies of a Post-Menopausal Singer
Kathy Kessler Price
Oct 29, 2013
The purpose of this case study was to assess over the course of 12 weeks the effect of a researcher-designed singing protocol on the documented vocal inefficiencies of a 63 year old post-menopausal singer, as measured by pre-...
Published by: Faculty of Education
Association Rules Extraction From the Coronavirus Disease 2019
This research was aimed to extract association rules on the morbidity and mortality of corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The dataset has four attributes that determine morbidity and mortality; including Confirmed Cases, New...
Published by: IGI Global
Classifier Selection for the Prediction of Dominant Transmission Mode of Coronavirus Within Localities
The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is an ongoing concern that requires research in all disciplines to tame its spread. Nine classification algorithms were selected for evaluating the most appropriate in predicting...
Published by: IGI Global
Shaping and Sharing Techniques for Sight-Singing
Kathryn Smith Bowers
Nov 19, 2013
Between John Cabot's discoveries in the New World and the turn of the new millennium lay five hundred years of a remarkable English and American choral music tradition. The body of choral literature on which this tradition...
Published by: Faculty of Education
How Can the Jazz Singer Improvise Through Vocalecosystems?
Jeri Brown
Aug 04, 2017
Knowledge of vocal improvised music, whether demonstrated by high or low obscure pitch sounds, the beating of the chest while making music sounds, vocal pitch matching or vocal animation with or without the use of technology...
Published by: The Singing Network
“What Can I Do?”
Ruth Koleszar-Green
Dec 14, 2019
This article is reactionary to the current discourse about the inclusion of Indigenous content in social work education. I centre this discussion on the history of social work education and the contemporary responses to the...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
The Nature of Children's Singing Voices
Joanne Rutkowski
Nov 19, 2013
Singing is often the window to the young child's musical life. Children sing during play, alone and with others, and group singing activities are encouraged in day care centers and preschool settings. However, some children seem...
Published by: Faculty of Education
Using Digital Technology in a Voice Lesson
David Bell
Nov 19, 2013
Traditional practices from the past are deep rooted and slow to change. Today's technology being then unknown made development of the singing voice entirely dependent upon the ear, the good taste in style, and the musicality of...
Published by: Faculty of Education
Mentoring the Artistic Side of the Singer
George R. Tibbetts
Apr 09, 2013
Published by: Faculty of Education
The Effects of Shoe Heel Heights on Postural, Acoustical, and Perceptual Measures of Female Singing Performances
Amelia A. Rollings
Jan 30, 2014
Voice professionals hold varying opinions about whether shoe heel heights affect vocal performance, but to date no empirical study has addressed this matter. The purpose of this investigation was to determine the effect, if any...
Published by: Faculty of Education
Review of Music in Conflict
Louis Brehony
Nov 12, 2021
The intensification of both Zionist repression and grassroots resistance across historic Palestine in May 2021 starkly contrasted Israel’s indiscriminate colonial terror with a revolutionary surge of young people embracing their...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
A Diagnosis of Schizophrenia
Joanna Ruth Fox
Jun 23, 2015
I reflect on how lived experiences that are derived from service user expert knowledge have the potential to confront stigmatization, which is encountered widely by people who have a diagnosis of schizophrenia. The implications...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Choral Confidence
Michael Bonshor
Jan 30, 2014
An exploration of confidence issues amongst adult amateur choral singers is an in-depth, qualitative study based on a series of focus groups and semi-structured interviews with active participants in organized amateur singing...
Published by: Faculty of Education
It's not what you do, it's the way you do it
Colin Durrant
Apr 11, 2013
Published by: Faculty of Education
Singing development
Berit Lidman-Magnusson
Nov 19, 2013
A defective singing ability often entails a feeling of being outside a singing community. This can be experienced as a social disability. If a child, who is a poor singer, is told early by herlhis family, teachers or others that...
Published by: Faculty of Education
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