Table of Contents
Preface vii
Acknowledgements ix
Part 1 Understanding Reality
The Way Things Really Are 1
Teachers, Teachers, Teachers 3
The Breath Thing 8
Unconstricted Singing; Unconstricted Breathing-Head Voice 10
The Muscle Scam 11
Good Sounds, Bad Sounds 18
You Are How You Sing 19
Part 2 30 Days to a New Voice
Starting Now 21
Other Singers Who Do This 27
Here We Go - A Journey to Freedom 30
A Solitary Journey-Until Success is Achieved 31
No Other Singing Should Be Done For the Next 30 Days-Only What Follows 31
Part 3 The Entire World of Opera in Five Vowels
The Italian Style of Singing-and Why 41
The Vowels of Great Singing 44
Arias for Different Voice Types 46
The Italianate Style in Vowels 48
Why Not Ah, Eh, Ee, Ih? 50
The Origin of Bel Canto 51
Questions to Be Asked By Oneself and Anyone Else Connected with Decisions on Your Voice! 54
Questions 55
Appendix
Those Who Do 58
On Denes Striny's First Book: Head First, Foreword Birgit Nilsson 60
Letters 62
Index 67
