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The 21st-century voice : contemporary and traditional extra-normal voice / Michael Edward Edgerton.

by Edgerton, Michael Edward, author.

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Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, c2015.

Voice -- Physiological aspects.

Singing -- Physiological aspects.

9780810888401 (paperback)

0810888408 (paperback)

xxxiv, 195 pages : illustrations, music ; 28 cm

Second edition.

Part I : Airflow -- Part II : Source. Vocal folds ; Laryngeal semiperiodic source ; Register -- Part III : Resonance/articulation. Filtering ; Turbuletn-to-absolute airflow modification -- Part IV : Heightened potentials. Combinatorial, multiphonic principles ; Extremes ; Multidimensional voice -- Appendix A : Voice science -- Appendix B : Glossary -- Appendix C : Representative compositions.

In The 21st-Century Voice: Contemporary and Traditional Extra-Normal Voice, Michael Edward Edgerton considers contemporary vocal techniques within an acoustic and anatomical framework. Throughout, he proposes new directions for vocal exploration. Much more than a historical treatise on 20th-century masterworks or vocal science, The 21st-Century Voice explores experimental methods of sound production, offering a systematic series of approaches and methods for assessing, engaging, and, in some instances, overcoming the assumed limits of vocal singing. Appearing a decade after the publication of the first edition, this second edition draws on and advances our current understandings of voice production. Divided into four parts--air flow, source, resonance/articulation, and heightened potentials--Edgerton considers crucial matters affecting vocal production, such as: registral challenges; filtering; airflow modification; combinatorial, multiphonic principles; extreme voice possibilities; multidimensional vocal issues. With more than 250 illustrations, 150 associated audio tracks, an extended appendix on voice science, a glossary of key terms, and lists of representative compositions, The 21st-Century Voice will appeal to composers and performers interested in exploring the ever-broadening range of vocal possibilities. Its engagement with the complexities of vocal production should also be relevant to students and scholars of voice science, acoustics, linguistics, computer modeling, and more [Publisher description]

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