The hybrid singer: A database of musical examples illustrating vocal function
Mentor 1
Tanya Kruse Ruck
Location
Union Wisconsin Room
Start Date
29-4-2016 1:30 PM
End Date
29-4-2016 3:30 PM
Description
The large majority of publications on the subject of vocal pedagogy, particularly texts that are aimed at training voice teachers, is written with the intention of learning to sing in and learning to teach classical singing. Non-classical singing styles, currently labeled Contemporary Commercial Music (CCM) include musical theatre, jazz, rock, blues, pop, gospel, and country, and have not been widely studied within the academic community. Within CCM, the definition of important technical terms, indicating vocal fold function, such as “belt”, “mix”, and “legit” are not yet standardized. Due to the demand of the CCM style of singing in the professional world, singers and teachers need help learning how to both listen for these sounds as well as a system in which to teach students how to make them. This research study is ongoing and aimed defining what the technical aspects of singing and teaching in a multitude of styles entails including song literature, vocal fold function, breathing, and vocal tract shaping. Articles, textbooks, and other literature relevant to the study as well as recordings and sheet music were gathered into a developing database in order to illustrate these findings. It is the aim of this study ultimately to provide a tool for voice pedagogues that includes definitions of key terms that correspond to music/sounds. No such tool has been found to exist currently.
The hybrid singer: A database of musical examples illustrating vocal function
Union Wisconsin Room
The large majority of publications on the subject of vocal pedagogy, particularly texts that are aimed at training voice teachers, is written with the intention of learning to sing in and learning to teach classical singing. Non-classical singing styles, currently labeled Contemporary Commercial Music (CCM) include musical theatre, jazz, rock, blues, pop, gospel, and country, and have not been widely studied within the academic community. Within CCM, the definition of important technical terms, indicating vocal fold function, such as “belt”, “mix”, and “legit” are not yet standardized. Due to the demand of the CCM style of singing in the professional world, singers and teachers need help learning how to both listen for these sounds as well as a system in which to teach students how to make them. This research study is ongoing and aimed defining what the technical aspects of singing and teaching in a multitude of styles entails including song literature, vocal fold function, breathing, and vocal tract shaping. Articles, textbooks, and other literature relevant to the study as well as recordings and sheet music were gathered into a developing database in order to illustrate these findings. It is the aim of this study ultimately to provide a tool for voice pedagogues that includes definitions of key terms that correspond to music/sounds. No such tool has been found to exist currently.
