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Coffin's Overtones of Bel Canto | 
 enlarge | Author: Berton Coffin
Publisher: The Scarecrow Press, Inc.
Category: Book
List Price: $60.00
Buy New: $48.35
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 846021
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 254
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 11.2 x 8.3 x 0.8
ISBN: 081081370X
Dewey Decimal Number: 784.932
EAN: 9780810813700
ASIN: 081081370X
Publication Date: 1980
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Product Description
This book and the accompanying chromatic vowel chart present in acoustic phonetics, register and musical notation, many exercises that will make the voice stronger and more musical according to the precepts of Bel Canto. Vowel-pitch relationships have been notated in 117 exercises for teachers and singers with the use of acoustical phonetics that develop the musical-muscular skills of professional singing for both male and female voices.
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 Over my head June 24, 2005
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
It is obvious that Dr Coffin has done a tremendous amount of research and experimentation, and I have little doubt that his method works. But, this is not for a beginner, and I would go as far as to say that this is not for self-study (not that singing ever is), but that one would need to be guided through the exercises by a teacher well-versed in this technique. The use of the international phonetic alphabet means that one has to do a tremendous amount of work before even starting the exercises, and this makes the whole thing a very daunting task indeed - I would have to be absolutely convinced that the expected results would be worth this great pre-effort, and I have not heard enough reports to convince me that following another system is not as productive with much less work on what amounts to (in my opinion, seeing as other highly successful systems, don't include them) side-issues. Having said that, if I could find a teacher well-versed in this method, I would love to study it.
 I studied personally with Dr. Coffin November 16, 2003
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Dr. Coffin took my broken voice (caused by incorrect teaching by former teachers), put it back together within my 2 years graduate study with him, and added an octave to my upper range. I enjoyed 30 years as a professional singer and am still singing well at age 65. My private voice students voices are developed quickly and remarkably using Dr. Coffin's exercises. I can't recommend this book enough. One must learn the International Phonetic Alphabet and apply it in the exercises and the book can be quite technical, but years of application in my voice as well as my students has me completely sold on it's merits. This book is for the serious voice student who is willing to work at his/her craft.
Amazing October 21, 2003
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
After studting Mr. Coffins technique for over a year, I am amazed at the difference it has made in my range, tonal quality, and overall ease of singing. A bit difficult to just dive into, the book is perhaps best approached with the assistance of one who knows it well. All singers should be trained this way!
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