The 21st-Century Voice

Contemporary and Traditional Extra-Normal Voice, 2nd Edition

Michael Edward Edgerton

In The 21st-Century Voice: Contemporary and Traditional Extra-Normal Voice, Michael Edward Edgerton considers contemporary vocal techniques within an acoustic and anatomical framework. Throughout, he proposes new directions for vocal exploration. Much more than a historical treatise on 20th-century masterworks or vocal science, The 21st-Century Voice explores experimental methods of sound production, offering a systematic series of approaches and methods for assessing, engaging, and, in some instances, overcoming the assumed limits of vocal singing.

Appearing a decade after the publication of the first edition, this second edition draws on and advances our current understandings of voice production. Divided into four parts—air flow, source, resonance/articulation, and heightened potentials—Edgerton considers crucial matters affecting vocal production, such as

Registral challenges
Filtering
Airflow modification
Combinatorial, multiphonic principles
Extreme voice possibilities
Multidimensional vocal issues

With more than 250 illustrations, 150 associated audio tracks, an extended appendix on voice science, a glossary of key terms, and lists of representative compositions, The 21st-Century Voice will appeal to composers and performers interested in exploring the ever-broadening range of vocal possibilities. Its engagement with the complexities of vocal production should also be relevant to students and scholars of voice science, acoustics, linguistics, computer modeling, and more.

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Pages: 230 • Trim: 8¾ x 11⅛

978-1-4422-4824-3 • Hardback • April 2015 • $123.00 • (£95.00)

978-0-8108-8840-1 • Paperback • April 2015 • $72.00 • (£55.00)

978-0-8108-8841-8 • eBook • April 2015 • $68.00 • (£52.00)

Subjects: Music / Instruction & Study / Voice, Music / Printed Music / Vocal

The 21st-Century Voice

Contemporary and Traditional Extra-Normal Voice, 2nd Edition

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Summary

In The 21st-Century Voice: Contemporary and Traditional Extra-Normal Voice, Michael Edward Edgerton considers contemporary vocal techniques within an acoustic and anatomical framework. Throughout, he proposes new directions for vocal exploration. Much more than a historical treatise on 20th-century masterworks or vocal science, The 21st-Century Voice explores experimental methods of sound production, offering a systematic series of approaches and methods for assessing, engaging, and, in some instances, overcoming the assumed limits of vocal singing.

Appearing a decade after the publication of the first edition, this second edition draws on and advances our current understandings of voice production. Divided into four parts—air flow, source, resonance/articulation, and heightened potentials—Edgerton considers crucial matters affecting vocal production, such as
1. Registral challenges
2. Filtering
3. Airflow modification
4. Combinatorial, multiphonic principles
5. Extreme voice possibilities
6. Multidimensional vocal issues
With more than 250 illustrations, 150 associated audio tracks, an extended appendix on voice science, a glossary of key terms, and lists of representative compositions, The 21st-Century Voice will appeal to composers and performers interested in exploring the ever-broadening range of vocal possibilities. Its engagement with the complexities of vocal production should also be relevant to students and scholars of voice science, acoustics, linguistics, computer modeling, and more.

Details

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Pages: 230 • Trim: 8¾ x 11⅛

978-1-4422-4824-3 • Hardback • April 2015 • $123.00 • (£95.00)

978-0-8108-8840-1 • Paperback • April 2015 • $72.00 • (£55.00)

978-0-8108-8841-8 • eBook • April 2015 • $68.00 • (£52.00)

Subjects: Music / Instruction & Study / Voice, Music / Printed Music / Vocal

Author

Michael Edward Edgerton is a composer and performer who has received awards and recognition in the United States, Europe, and Asia, including the important German prize, the Kompositionspreis der Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart, in 2007. Influenced by the study of voice science, psychoacoustics and ethnic music, his compositions apply physical and perceptual models to multidimensionality & Nonlinear Phenomenon. Although his music is highly technical, it is his intuition – his ear that gives birth to the music. His compositions have been performed by ensembles and soloists around the world. His research into voice, acoustics, and perception has been published in leading scholarly journals.

Table of Contents

List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Recordings
Preface
Introduction
Part I: Airflow
Chapter 1: Airflow
Part II: Source
Chapter 2: Vocal Folds
Chapter 3: Laryngeal Semi-Periodic Source
Chapter 4: Registral
Part III: Resonance/Articulation
Chapter 5: Filtering
Chapter 6: Turbulent To Absolute Airflow Modification
Part IV: Heightened Potentials
Chapter 7: Combinatorial, Multiphonic Principles
Chapter 8: Extremes
Chapter 9: Multidimensional Voice
Part V: Appendices
Appendix A: Voice Science
Appendix B: Glossary
Appendix C: Representative Compositions
Index
About The Author
Permissions

Features

Audio tracks referenced in Michael Edgerton’s The 21st-Century Voice:Contemporary and Traditional Extra-Normal Voice, Revised Edition may be found at the following link:
https://soundcloud.com/the21stcenturyvoice/sets

For additional insights into the voice techniques and issues discussed in The 21st-Century Voice, visit the collection organized by the author found at the following link:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCff1EskPTb_leIh7slQrIAQ/playlists