Postulates Based on Biological Features -  Voice Training for child, Adolescent, Male & Female (part Two) 
(May.  23, 2000)
The student must be taught always to sing in his own voice. The quality of the voice is spoilt when one sings with an unnatural voice.

Postulates Based on Biological Features -  Voice Training for child, Adolescent, Male & Female (part one) 
(May.  18, 2000)
The marked difference in voice quality among men, women, and children is due to the size of the vocal cords, the kind of breathing, and the physical make-up of the resonant cavities.

Articulation in singing (Apr.  25, 2000)
Deterioration of voice quality among many singers is because of incorrect pronunciation of vowels and consonants in singing and lack of attention on the utterance of the words of the text of compositions.

The Singing Voice - (Part 2)  (Apr.  18, 2000)
Finally, in speaking, the voice inflection falls in glides and is not controlled voluntarily, whereas in singing, the vocal inflections and modulations are produced artistically through defined steps or musical intervals.

The Singing Voice - (Part 1)  (Apr.  11, 2000)
Singing can be defined as the musical expression of feeling through the medium of vocal organs and the organs of speech. Though we lack precise data to know when man began to sing, singing should have existed since man learnt to speak.

The Musical Instrument - Voice and its Greatness  (Mar.  28, 2000)
A voice may be regarded as the first musical instrument of man because mankind was endowed with voice even before the invention of instruments.

The Art of Voice Cultivation (part 2)  (Feb.  22, 2000)
Since part-singing is not in vogue, classification of voices is not attempted.

The Art of Voice Cultivation (Feb.  16, 2000)
The standing posture is adopted while singing, because the music of the West lays much stress on the 'bulk' of the voice and emotion in tone quality.

MUSIC IN THE CHANGING CULTURAL MILIEU  (Feb.  01, 2000)
The interaction with people of different cultures resulted in brining cultural influences upon their music.

Indian Music in the post Independence Era   (Jan 25, 2000)
It may be said that the changes in the area of Indian Music are influenced by the social and cultural changes that have occurred during these fifty years.

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