Increasing glottal closure in an untrained male chorus by integrating historical, scientific, and clinical practice into choral voice building exercises
Description:
An examination of the historical treatises of Manuel Garcia II and Giambattista Mancini, scientific studies pertaining to glottal closure, and Vocal Function Exercises used in clinical speech pathology led to an exploratory study that attempted to increase the glottal closure in an untrained university male chorus using only choral voice building exercises. The exploratory study used a single group, pre-test post-test design, and data was recorded using audio recordings of the entire chorus as…
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Date:
May 2009
Creator:
Cottrell, Duane Coles
Partner:
UNT Libraries