How Long to Read Ways of Voice

How Long Does it Take to Read Ways of Voice?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 57 minutes to read Ways of Voice by Matthew Rahaim

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Ways of Voice explores techniques of voice production in North India, from Bollywood to raga music to ghazal to devotional hymns and Sufi song. The voices in play here are not merely given, but achieved. Singers consciously train themselves to cultivate characteristic vocal gaits, sonorities, and poetic attunements; they adopt postures of the vocal apparatus; they build habits of listening, temporality, and social relations. The action in Ways of Voice revolves around several dozen North Indian popular, devotional, classical, and folk singers engaged in projects of vocal striving. Like most singers, they are strategically working on changing, refining, and making their own voices. The book thus highlights the ways in which singers not only "have" voice, but actively acquire, cultivate and contest particular vocal dispositions for particular kinds of listeners. In framing a "Hindustani vocal ecumene" that encompasses a diverse range of classical, popular, and spiritual-devotional musical styles and practices, it offers an expansive look at ways of voice that extend far beyond commonsense boundaries of genre and place. A rich archive of audio and video examples are provided on the online companion site, which can be found at https://www.weslpress.org/readers-companions/.

How long is Ways of Voice?

Ways of Voice by Matthew Rahaim is 288 pages long, and a total of 74,304 words.

This makes it 97% the length of the average book. It also has 91% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Ways of Voice Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 46 minutes to read Ways of Voice aloud.

What Reading Level is Ways of Voice?

Ways of Voice is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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