Making More Sense of How to Sing: Multisensory Techniques for Voice Lessons and Choir Rehearsals.

Making More Sense of How to Sing: Multisensory Techniques for Voice Lessons and Choir Rehearsals. * Making More Sense of How to Sing: Multisensory Techniques forVoice Lessons and Choir Rehearsals, by Alan J. Gumm. Meredith MusicPublications, 2009. distributed by Hal Leonard Corporation Hal Leonard Corporation is a US sheet music publishing company. It is the largest sheet music publisher in the world. , 2009.www.musicdispatch.com; (800) 637-2852; 190 pp. $34.99. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] From many years of experience working with singers, Alan Gumm hasformulated systematic techniques to aid voice studio teachers and choirdirectors. The text is constructed to provide methods for learning bysight, sound, touch, smell and taste through words and other symbolsystems. Then he brings the use of senses together--connectingphysiology and acoustics through exercises. We learn about Gumm'spersonal philosophy of teaching voice in his Introduction when hehighlights the fact that Michael Jordan This article is about the former basketball player. For other uses, see Michael Jordan (disambiguation).Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17 1963) is a retired American professional basketball player. was not selected for his highschool basketball team. That circumstance certainly did not predictMichael Jordan's successful career in professional basketball. Thisreminder for voice teachers about making early judgments of astudent's vocal potential is a point well taken! The five chapters in the book cover the following topics: breathenergy, vocal tone, resonant tone, projection and articulation. All fivechapters address the issue of posture. The exercises presented are enhanced by photographs of the exercisein action. Often a pedagogy text describes exercises that could beinterpreted in more than one manner of execution. The photos anddiagrams included in this text provide reinforcement for a reader'scomprehension of the exercises. Some directions are given specificallyto voice teachers, while others are addressed to choir directors withclassroom management in mind. A page for note taking is included at the end of each chapter. Whenthis feature was discovered, page numbers of exercises to which quickreference was desired were quickly notated for personal reference. Thispage could also serve as a form for a lesson plan. The overall organization of the book allows the reader to locatematerials pertinent to a particular problem or need without workingthrough the text in a specific order. Page layouts are spacious withnumbered steps for the exercises. Darkened tabs are placed on the edgeof each page, which allows a reader to flip through to each sectionquickly. The visual format enhances the body of information given. Gummpresents techniques that he found to be useful during his lengthyteaching career. He has produced a text that definitely stimulates mindand senses to "make more sense of how to sing."--Reviewed byCheryl Coker, NCTM NCTM National Council of Teachers of MathematicsNCTM Nationally Certified Teacher of MusicNCTM North Carolina Transportation MuseumNCTM National Capital Trolley MuseumNCTM Nationally Certified in Therapeutic Massage , Millsaps College Millsaps College is a private liberal arts college in Jackson, Mississippi, supported by the United Methodist Church. The college was founded by a Confederate veteran, Major Reuben Webster Millsaps in 1889-90 by the donation of the college's land and $50,000. Dr. * The items marked with this symbol can be ordered via the MTNA MTNA Music Teachers National AssociationMTNA Middle Tennessee Nursery Association (McMinnville, Tennessee)website through our affiliation with Amazon.com. Go to www.mma.org andchoose Member Services from the Membership option in the main menu barfor more information.