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Need to speak in public
but can't be heard?
Looking for a more commercial singing sound?
More volume & consistency across your range?
YOU
NEED TWANG!
This DVD shows you
how to find and use twang to project, change and brighten your
speaking and singing voice SAFELY and without straining
In 21
minutes or less!
Gillyanne Kayes,
Methuen bestselling author and voice researcher, and Jeremy
Fisher, international vocal trainer and performance coach, take
you step by step through clear, effective techniques. Based on the
chapter Twang in Gillyanne's groundbreaking book Singing
and the Actor.
Controlling the "twanging" muscles helps us with good projection for
speaking and singing. But twanging can be done healthily or
unhealthily...
THIS DVD HELPS YOU
UNDERSTAND:
-
 why we need twang and when to use it
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the number one mistake people make when they learn twang, and
why it could be bad for your voice
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why you need to start with the "little cat"
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six different key sounds to copy and compare
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why the position of your larynx is important for easy twanging,
and how to control it
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the number mistake people make when they hear twang, and
how you can check for it
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how to brighten your twang without pushing
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keeping the twang when you change note
-
moving from a twang sound into words
-
the science behind the sound
-
what the word means and where it comes from
"If you
really want to know about the inner workings of the human voice, you
need to turn to the work of Gillyanne Kayes and Jeremy Fisher"
(OPERA
NOW magazine)
Images,
animation, video footage and audio all help to explain the process
to healthy twang,
 The DVD
is packed with tips for teaching the techniques to your own students
and clients. With film footage from the Singing and the Actor
Training intensive, visuals, animation, example audio and
instructions for you to see, hear and feel, and demonstrations in
different male and female voices.
This DVD
footage was devised by Gillyanne and Jeremy for actors, singers,
teachers, presenters, voice teachers, SLTs and speech pathologists
wanting to learn precise, safe, effective techniques for
vocal improvement in singing and speaking.
The
techniques on this DVD are based on exercises in chapter 9 of the
Methuen bestseller Singing and the Actor by Gillyanne (voted
"My favourite book on singing technique" by Jeanette Nelson, Head of
Voice at the National Theatre in London). All the information you
need to master these techniques in on this DVD, but if you already
have a copy of Gillyanne's book, you can find the chapter about
Twang starting on page 110 of both editions.
The DVD
is divided into Chapter headings and is incredibly easy to navigate,
either with your computer mouse or on television using your DVD
remote handset.
Chapter headings
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Overview
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What is Twang?
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When you use it
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Where it's made
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Twang Pre-requisite
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Finding your twang
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Changing pitch
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Changing vowels
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Changing words
-
A word about nasality
We've
tested the DVD on a number of different machines including PC,
laptop, Mac tower and DVD player... the footage will play on your
computer or standalone DVD player and can be played full-screen.
Each chapter can be stopped and rewound, so if you want to go over
something several times, you can!
BUT THAT'S NOT
ALL...
To help you embed the techniques, and to
give you a greater understanding of what's going on "in there"...
WE'RE INCLUDING TWO GREAT BONUS TRACKS
Bonus 1 - The Practice Group
 We're including an insight into
Gillyanne's personal teaching methods. In
this 'behind the scenes' extra footage from
the Singing and the Actor Training
intensive, Gillyanne takes several actors
and singers individually through the
techniques of twanging. Listen out for
problem areas (tongue position, vocal folds
overworking, crossing the female gear
changes) and witness how Gillyanne corrects
and simplifies the process of twanging.
Gillyanne gives advice, techniques and
suggestions for each person to help find
their brightest, cleanest, easiest
twang setup. By listening to each person
practising their twang, and copying the
sounds that they make, you can discover the
most comfortable and easiest twang for you.
Bonus
2 - Finding Twang
 We've
included six of the tracks from Gillyanne's
companion Singing and the Actor Audio Guide
CD on finding and maintaining Twang. All the
exercises are demonstrated by actors Jenni
and Jon, and Gillyanne has recorded a new
audio-visual presentation especially for
this DVD on exactly how to use the tracks.
Listen to
each track and practise it in the way
Gillyanne describes for the perfect
experience of the Singing and the Actor
work.
Six
tracks from the Singing and the Actor Audio
Guide CD:
- Thin folds
- Tightening
the twanger
- Twanging
- Twanging
with all vowels
- Nasal to
oral twang
- Steps to
twang
That's an extra 24 minutes of
bonus footage!
Our mission is
to bring you clear, precise and effective information and techniques
to improve your vocalising, performing and teaching.
But
don't take our word for it!
Here's what people say about our work:
• Testimonial:
"Revolutionising the way singing is taught"
LINK Magazine
• Testimonial:
"Wonderful teaching and clear and accessible
explanations of some complex concepts."
Jan Jinkerson
• Testimonial:
"Both Gillyanne and Jeremy are very
approachable and their teaching methods are
first class. Highly recommended to anyone
who wishes to improve their voice quality."
Grace Plummer
• Testimonial:
"I gained enormously from the course – not
least the safe nurturing and encouraging
environment."
Louise Whittaker
• Testimonial:
"I feel like I’ve learned an awful lot
and want to take it much further. You are
both very inspiring teachers." Sasha Mitchell
And on our most recent courses:
• Testimonial:
"It
really was one of the best training courses I’ve ever attended and I
know it will certainly help me with my presentations – superb!"
Andy Withers, on the Vocal Process Training the Trainers course at
Microsoft Headquarters
• Testimonial:
"Immensely inspiring to see both of you
at work!"
Allan Wright on the Singing and the Actor Training Retreat
• Testimonial:
"Best VP course ever. Great mix of people: ...such
different vocal styles, so your solutions
for them were quite diverse. I loved that. Thanks to you both for an enjoyable, relaxed, thought provoking
and mind bending weekend." Liz Balmford on the Advanced
Training Retreat
• Testimonial:
"Everything was excellent. Thank you both so
much for your patience, kindness and
professionalism"
Tony O'Hora on the Advanced Training
Retreat
And there's the Vocal Process guarantee!
We guarantee that
if you find the DVD to be faulty in any way we will replace it with
no cost to you. Just return the faulty DVD to us and we will send
you another copy and refund all postage costs to you. (Please
understand that due to the nature of a DVD and its content we cannot
offer refunds on opened items unless they are faulty).
The Twang! DVD version costs only £47.00 including
postage in the UK. See the shopping cart for details of our
reasonable postage and packing costs outside the UK.
Click on this link to order the DVD from our secure shopping cart
To your bright and healthily
projected success,
P.S. With
guidance from Gillyanne and Jeremy you can learn to
add twang to your voice in less time than it takes
to watch an episode of X Factor. Isn't your career
worth it? (Unless you're appearing on X Factor, of
course...)
P.P.S. You also get two bonus
tracks included on the DVD. In the first, The Practice Group, you
can witness how Gillyanne corrects, coaches and encourages
individual actors and singers to find the safest, most comfortable
twang for them. The second bonus track, Finding Twang, is a brand
new presentation created especially for this DVD. We're including
six tracks from the Singing and the Actor Audio Guide to help you
understand and clarify what you are doing.
Order
Twang! The Techniques today by clicking on this link
Vocal Process
Alder Hollow
10 West Wall
Presteigne LD8 2BY
+44 (0)1544 267946
http://www.vocalprocess.co.uk
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