A Basic Countertenor Method, for teacher & student

Drawn from his long experience as a cathedral lay-clerk and solo singer, Peter Giles gives us a comprehensive guide, from making of the first sounds to acquiring the complete technique. The vital aspects of resonance, different registers, breathing, vocal agility, are all carefully explained; in words but also with special drawings created by the author himself. There are graded vocal exercises to encourage us to produce the sounds which have been so thoroughly dealt with -it is in fact the complete manual for the teacher and the would-be countertenor.
First published in 1988 this a completely new edition -revised, updated and redesigned.

CONTENIDO:

Foreword, by Barry Rose
Preface and introduction
Acnowledgements

Historical note
The steady voice
Some vocal cautions and counsel

Section A
- The teaching, or otherwise, of vocal registration and how it affects the countertenor
- Historical vocal colour and its implications for the singer today

Section B
- The method
- The exclusive use of Mode Two, and further development of the through-range

Section C
- exercises of grater length

Section D
- The voice and its further workings

Section E
- Upper Mode Two and small or pipe register

Some final thoughts
Booklist for further practical work and study