Being a Singer: The Art, Craft, and Science | 
so-soThis has a few redeeming qualities, but it‘s close to a pan. Oddly organized, and I can‘t figure out what the intended audience is. In some respects I feel it‘s aimed at a rank beginner, other places it assumes musical knowledge. Some really oddball ideas that I bounced off other singer friends who agreed that they‘re strange/ outright wrong. There are a few things I‘ll try with my students, but I‘m definitely not impressed.
LiteraryinLawrence Oh no! I‘m a singer and I‘m curious- what was a weird idea the book suggested? 4y
Lynnsoprano @LiteraryinLititz The thing that really got to me were the vowels she chose for exercises. She starts of with an “uh“. I thought maybe she meant a schwa, but later on she used the IPA symbol and it wasn't schwa. Her second vowel was the a in hat. I kept wondering where the pure Latin/Italian vowels were. She also sort of waved off breathing and breath management. She didn't talk about it until halfway through the book. 4y
LiteraryinLawrence Using the “a” of hat is a really weird vowel to sing on! Why not an “ah” of box? Strange indeed. 4y
LetsGetHawkward 0pp0 4y
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