The Routledge Companion to Interdisciplinary Studies in Singing, Volume I : Development.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (521 pages)
- The Routledge Companion to Interdisciplinary Studies in Singing Series .
- The Routledge Companion to Interdisciplinary Studies in Singing Series .
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Notes on Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface: Singing - The challenge of interdisciplinarity -- Note about Ancillary Website -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Singing, Development, Interdisciplinarity and the Biopsychosocial Framework -- PART I: Musical, Historical and Scientific Foundations of Singing Development -- 1. Historical, Musical, and Scientific Foundations for Studies of Singing: Introduction to Part I -- 2. From Canonical Babbling to Early Singing and Its Relation to the Beginnings of Speech -- 3. An Evolutionary Perspective on the Human Capacity for Singing -- 4. Salomon Henschen and the Search for a Brain Center for Singing -- 5. The Mechanics and Acoustics of the Singing Voice: Registers, Resonances and the Source-Filter Interaction -- 6. Brain Mechanisms Underlying Singing -- 7. Singing and Speech as Comparable Phenomena: A Dynamical Approach -- 8. Linguistic Tone and Melody in the Singing of Sub-Saharan Africa -- 9. The Effects of Hormones and Age on the Voice -- 10. An Empirical Evaluation of Note Segmentation and Automatic Pitch-Extraction Methods for the Singing Voice -- 11. Annotating Multimodal Data of Singing and Speaking -- PART II: The Relation between the Perception and Production of Singing -- 12. Perception, Vocal Production, and the Development of Singing: Introduction to Part II -- 13. The Role and Functions of Infant-Directed Singing in Early Development -- 14. Home Musical Environment and Singing Development in Infancy -- 15. An Exploration of the Relationships between Perception, Production, Cognition and Environment in the Development of Singing in Children -- 16. Vocal Communication in Birds and Humans: Beyond Song and Speech. 17. Singing and the Child Who Is Deaf: Focusing on the Individual -- PART III: Multimodal (Audio, Visual, and Motor) Aspects of Singing Development -- 18. Multimodal Aspects of Singing Development: Introduction to Part III -- 19. Infant-Directed Singing from a Dynamic Multimodal Perspective: Evolutionary Origins, Cross-Cultural Variation, and Relation to Infant-Directed Speech -- 20. Before Singing: The Role of Reflexivity during Vocal Interactions with Caregivers in Diaper Change Daily Routine -- 21. Motor System Involvement in the Perception of Singing -- PART IV: Assessing Multiple Singing Skills -- 22. Measuring the Development of Singing Ability and the Mental Testing Tradition: Introduction to Part IV -- 23. A Meta-Analytic Perspective on the Development of Singing in Children -- 24. Construction and Validation of the Seattle Singing Accuracy Protocol (SSAP): An Automated Online Measure of Singing Accuracy -- 25. Solo or Doubled Singing: Ecological Validity and Effects in Two Response Modes -- 26. Correlations among Music Aptitude, Singing Voice Development, and Singing Accuracy Achievement in Young Children -- 27. Performance of Canadians on the Automated AIRS Test Battery of Singing Skills: Music Training and Age -- 28. Analyzing Singing Abilities and Language Skills during The Elementary School Years -- 29. "What Is Your Favorite Song?" Musical Preferences and Taste in School-Aged Children over Five Years -- 30. How Musical Culture Is Reflected in the Choice of Favorite Songs of Estonian Children -- 31. Tone Language and Musical Experience: Pitch Accuracy and Key Choice in the AIRS Test Battery of Singing Skills (ATBSS) -- 32. Effects of Group Vocal Training in Older Adults: Pitch Accuracy and Vocal Improvisation -- Conclusion: Singing Development-The Importance of Research on the Development of Singing -- Index.
The Routledge Companion to Interdisciplinary Studies in Singing, Volume I: Development introduces the many voices necessary to better understand the act of singing--a complex human behaviour that emerges without deliberate training.