by Michael Mayer | Dec 30, 2007 | Articles, Posture
Posture Setting up the structure of our instrument By Michael J. Mayer In this installment of the Fundamentals of Singing series I would like to address the topic of posture. Not limiting this concept to just the posture of the body, we will apply it to each aspect of...
by Michael Mayer | Dec 12, 2007 | Articles, Coup de Glotte, Manuel Garcia, Perfect Attack, Phonation
This is the Appendix from the book A Guide to Good Singing and Speech by Julian Gardiner. It explains the meaning behind this often confused concept in the most complete manner that I have found. The book is out of print so I am copying it in its entirety. It should...
by Michael Mayer | Dec 8, 2007 | Free Production, Function, Louis Bachner, Weekly Wisdom
“The only way to overcome vocal difficulties is to free the production – the response in physical functioning of the singing instrument to the demand for tone. This free functioning of the singing instrument produces the free tone as an effect. We condition the living...
by Michael Mayer | Dec 1, 2007 | Articles
EmotionsThe Well from which Flows the Spring of SongIt is generally accepted that the Human Being consists of three parts, the Mind, Body, and Emotion. Often, Emotion is referred to as the spirit, soul, or heart. For the purpose of this article these terms will be...
by Michael Mayer | Nov 8, 2007 | Allan Lindquest, Lamperti, Weekly Wisdom
The famous Italian master, Lamperti, made a most interesting observation. He said, “Don’t sing until you’d die if you didn’t.” The development of this desire to sing for the sheer joy of singing is the primal motivating factor and should be encouraged by teacher and...
by Michael Mayer | Oct 10, 2007 | Articles
This publication was written by the great tenor Jussi Björling’s father, who taught Jussi and his brothers when they were children. Much of the pamphlet addresses the care and upbringing of children, which I have omitted. The rest is included verbatim. David Björling...
