The book · with a 3D DVD · in Spanish
Mi técnica vocal paso a paso
What singers really want to know, explained step by step and without straying from the point. A reference for students, singing teachers, choral conductors and professionals with an enquiring mind.
“All for the benefit of vocal technique, the foundation of good singing.”Carmen Moreno · 2012
About the book
Years of research, in your hands
How do you breathe? How do you let the jaw drop? Where do you place the sound? What role do the lips and their corners play? These are every singer’s questions, and this book answers them with a scientist’s precision and a soprano’s experience.
Each explanation comes with a 3D DVD that shows what happens inside the abdominal cavity and the face while singing. The book covers the vocalise and its application to repertoire, as well as topics rarely found in a manual: vocal hygiene, hormonal changes, age and the singer’s emotions.
What you’ll find
From the first breath to the stage
The topics the book covers, as presented by the author herself.
- How to breatheAbdominal breathing and support pressure for the sound.
- The jaw dropProtrusion and movement to free the sound.
- Sound placementThe vomer as the destination of the vocalise.
- Lips and lip cornersTheir role in timbre, colour and projection.
- Vocalise and singingSpecific explanations of each exercise and how it applies to the repertoire.
- How the sound developsThe changes the voice goes through until its tessitura is defined.
- LanguagesHow vocal technique adapts to each language.
- Difficulties and solutionsCommon movements, attitudes and obstacles: their causes and how to solve them.
- Oral and vocal hygieneCare, hormonal changes, medication, prevention and age.
- EmotionsTheir influence on the singer’s life, blocks and a simple way to release them.
Inside
Look inside the book
Three pages (in Spanish) from the chapter on sound placement and the paranasal sinuses. Click to enlarge.
The DVD
3D animations, subtitled in Spanish and English, showing what happens inside the body when you breathe and sing.
A story with a rose
Born on Sant Jordi’s Day
On 23 April 2012, Catalonia’s day of books and roses, Carmen launched Mi técnica vocal paso a paso on Rambla de Catalunya with her editor and signed her first copies there.
The first edition was published by Parnass Ediciones. The book then moved to BALAM, which distributed it in Costa Rica, Mexico and Spain. Since 2016 Carmen has offered it directly through her website, the only sales channel she authorises.
Who it’s for
A book for every stage
Students
A clear guide to understanding what they work on in lessons.
Teachers
A teaching reference for singing educators.
Choral conductors
Tools for vocalising the choir on sound technical grounds.
Professionals
For those who sing with an enquiring mind.
Request a copy
Ask the author
Write to Carmen and she’ll confirm availability, price and shipping to your country.
If you already have the book and need help with the DVD, say so in your message.
Your first lesson
Your voice already knows how to sing. Let’s show it how.
Tell Carmen what you want to sing and what you find difficult. She will suggest a starting point and a schedule that suits you, online or in Barcelona.