| Abstract |
This book is the result of many years of research and work by special committees of the American Academy of Teachers of Singing. The Academy believe that there is need for clarification of the meaning of many terms used by teachers of singing. The same terms are used by different teachers often have contradictory meanings. The purpose of this book is to define with clarity the specific meanings and derivation of terms used in teaching singing, thus insuring a comprehensive, basic background of knowledge on the part of the teacher and the projection of appopriate and flexible expressions of these terms to the student. The terminology, phraseology and devices used are related throughout the book to five general sources - the fields of physics, anatomy, physiology, psychology, music. As each term is defined, it is allocated to one of these basic categories. |
