Download or read book Gadgets for Great Singing! written by Christy Elsner and published by Shawnee Press (TN). This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Choral). Need a fresh approach to teaching dynamics, facial expression, phrasing, and musicality? Use a gadget! Unleash your creative beast with clever everyday "gadgets" redesigned for use in the choral classroom by music educator and choral conductor Christy Elsner. These inexpensive learning tools provide endless inventive ideas for introducing and reinforcing all elements of vocal pedagogy including breath, resonant tone, vowel formation, tongue placement, and diction. They also promote kinesthetic awareness and physical memory, empowering the individual singers and the entire class as a whole to be great singers.