The Essentials
Vocal Wisdom - Maxims of Giovanni Battista Lamperti, W.E. Brown
Adventures in Singing, Clifton Ware
Find Your Voice, Jo Thompson
Vaccai (Vaccaj) Practical Method (prefer Ricordi Edition)
Barely Beyond the Essentials and/or Slight Variations on the Theme
Singing For Dummies, Pamelia S. Phillips
The Singer's Companion: a guide to improving your voice and performance, Brent Monahan
How to Sing, Graham Hewitt
On the Art of Singing, Richard Miller
Heavier Material for Serious Study
Stucture of Singing: system and art of vocal technique, Richard Miller
Singing: the mechanism and the technic, William Vennard
Musical Theatre Singing
Singing and the Actor, Gillyanne Kayes
Teaching Singing
Teaching Kids to Sing, Kenneth H. Phillips
Basics of Vocal Pedagogy: the foundations and process of singing, Clifton Ware
How to Train Singers, Larra Browning Henderson
Singing in Musical Theatre: the training of singers and actors, Joan Melton
Working Out the Bugs
The Diagnosis and Correction of Vocal Faults: a manual for teachers of singing and for choir directors, James C. McKinney
Solutions for Singers: tools for performers and teachers, Richard Miller
Training, Freeing and Feeding the Inner Musician (listed in preferred order)
The Inner Game of Tennis, W. Timothy Gallwey
Zen in the Art of Archery, Eugen Herrigel
Effortless Mastery: liberating the master musician within, Kenny Werner
The Art & Technique of Practice, Richard Provost
The Art & Technique of Performance, Richard Provost
Artist's Way: a spiritual path to higher creativity, Julia Cameron
Singing with Your Whole Self: the Feldenkrais Method and voice, Samuel H. Nelson and Elizabeth Blades-Zeller
The Art of Practicing: a guide to making music from the heart, Madeline Bruser
Zen Guitar, Philip Toshio Sudo
Finding Your Voice: a practical and spiritual guide to singing and living, Carolyn Sloan
The Perfect Wrong Note: learning to trust your musical self, William Westney
The Inner Game of Music, Barry Green and W. Timothy Gallwey
... and for HSPs, like me
The Highly Sensitive Person: how to thrive when the world overwhelms you, Elaine N. Aron, Ph.D.
Diction
International Phonetic Alphabet for Singers: a manual for English and foreign language Diction, Joan Wall
Diction for Singers, David Adams
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