THE
ART OF SINGING

by

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

 

CONTENTS

Introduction

Management of the Breath

The Vocal Organs

Placing the Voice

The Tongue

The Voice on the Breath

The Jaw

Soft Palate

Lips and Face

Eyes

Attack and Legato

Tone

Faulty Production

The Registers of the Voice

Chest Register

Medium Register

Head Register

Table of the Registers

Voice-Force and Intensity of Breath Pressure(声の力と息の圧力の強さ)

Expression

Preliminary Remarks on the Emission of Vowel Sound(母音の発声に関する予備知識)

Starts on all the Vowel Sounds

For Acquiring Facility of Pronunciation (発音の習得のために)

Vowels in Group of Four(4つのグループでの母音)

Variants on the Exercises

Recapitulation in the Form of Rules (ルールのフォームに於ける再確認)

Preliminary Exercise (予備練習)

Exercises

On the Reiterated Lah (繰り返しのラーについて)
On Starting the Vowel
On Four Difficult Vowels
On Intervals and the Cultivation of the Legarto Style (音程とレガートスタイルの育成について)
On Agility

Hints on the Practice of head Voice

Exercises on the head Register

Exercises on the Chromatic Scales

Exercises on the Arpeggio

Embellishments –

The Appoggiatura
Acciaccatura and Mordent (短前打音とモルデント)
Gruppetto or Turn
Trill
Exercises on the Embellishments (装飾音の練習)
Exercises on the Trill

Messa di Voce

Advanced Technique (上級テクニック)

Vowel Sounds

The remaining Diphthongs (残りの二重母音)

On the selection of the Vowel Sounds in certain words(特定の単語における母音の選択について)

The Buzzes

Hints on other Consonants

Variants of Exercise on Agility, No. 3

On Extra Foreign Vowel Sounds and Consonants (外国の母音と子音について)

Concluding Observations(最終見解)

Aria – Una Voce Poco Fa (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Rossini
Aria – Oh Del Mio Dolce Ardor (Elena e Paride), Gluck

Appendix –

Time or Rhythm
Scales and their Formation