How to Khoomei: And Other Overtone Singing Styles (Book & CD) - Brossura

Jonathan Cope

9780953981113: How to Khoomei: And Other Overtone Singing Styles (Book & CD)

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ISBN 10: 0953981118 ISBN 13: 9780953981113

Casa editrice: Sound For Health, 2004

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How to Kh��mei and other Overtone Singing Styles by Jonathan Cope Book review by Christian Som Many didgeridoo players are familiar with overtone singing. Anyone who's visited a few festivals or other didge events has inevitably heard a didgeridoo and overtone singing duet, or a group of several overtone singers. Many overtone singers also play the didgeridoo: those who have discovered the delights of overtones often want to explore other ways of creating them. Jonathan Cope, well-versed didgeridoo player, sound therapist and overtone singer has written a book for people who want to delve into the wonderful (and sometimes weird) world of overtone singing. His book includes an accompanying CD with 43 sound samples which audibly demonstrate Jonathan's descriptions of technique and illustrations. The book begins with a compact but very well-founded overview on overtone singing and its historical background. The next part is a concise primer on overtones and overtone scales, which is followed by a chapter on the physiology of the voice. To round off the theoretical section, there's two sections on breathing and warm-up exercises I was most impressed by the chapters on theory. It's a real masterpiece of compression the way Jonathan Cope manages to reduce everything to the essential, while simultaneously providing extensive background knowledge. That the theory is also presented in an easily accessible and fleet-footed fashion only serves to reinforce the good impression that this book left on me. The historical, physiological and theoretical explanations are all well-founded and demonstrate how proficient the author is in his subject. In the practical section, the reader is introduced step by step to the different styles of throat singing always clearly demonstrated by the sound samples on the accompanying CD and the illustrations. The various possibilities of creating overtones in 'Western' style are explained first, followed by the more physically demand --Christian Som - Didgeridoo Magazine

L'autore:

Jonathan Cope has studied overtone singing for the last six years and has trained with some of the leaders in this field. He leads regular workshops throughout the UK; see soundforhealth.com for more details.

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