On the New Problems in Singing Teaching Problems and Countermeasures in Singing Teaching in Primary Schools

Singing teaching is an integral part of basic music education and an important part of junior high school music teaching. After the new curriculum reform, singing teaching appears in front of students with a brand-new look, and is carried out in open and diverse music practice activities, so that students can experience the fun of singing. However, in singing teaching, many music teachers have a one-sided understanding of music curriculum standards, and they have not correctly grasped the position of music practice activities in music classes, resulting in some new problems in singing teaching. These problems mainly include the following aspects.

1 Students lack singing knowledge and skills.

The new music curriculum standards have brought vigor and vitality to junior high school music teaching. It has changed the traditional practice of emphasizing singing skills training and ignoring students' feelings and experiences, making music lessons colorful and students' interest in singing doubled. There is no requirement for students to read music in the new textbook, no vocal exercises, and no specific requirements for breath, voice, articulation and emotion in the teaching reference. Does it mean that the new textbook does not need to teach students singing knowledge and skills? This has aroused the confusion of music teachers. Some teachers dare not practice students' pronunciation or teach reading music. So there is an abnormal phenomenon in junior high school music class: there are fewer and fewer harmonious songs in the classroom, students still can't understand the music score after studying for several years, and so on. In the long run, students will lack the knowledge and skills of singing more and more.

The new music curriculum standard clearly points out that music education includes three aspects: emotional attitude and values, process and method, knowledge and skills. For basic music education, it is necessary to teach students knowledge and skills, which is not only the need of music cultural quality in people's comprehensive quality, but also the basis for students to learn music further. Music skills include the training and cultivation of singing skills such as vocalization, * * singing, articulation and articulation. The new curriculum reform requires a fundamental change in the teaching method of singing skills, that is, through students' independent experience, exploration and cooperation, rich, vivid and concrete music practice activities are carried out. The study of music score and the training of singing skills are integrated into the process of singing teaching. Many music teachers have a one-sided understanding of "Music Curriculum Standards" and failed to teach students singing knowledge and skills, which is a phenomenon that needs to be corrected in the reform of new music textbooks. There are such excellent music teachers. After understanding the objectives and requirements of the new curriculum, he often uses vivid and rich music practice activities to impart music knowledge. For example, he took a measuring cup, filled it with different water levels, and asked the students to tap it themselves to explore the sound level; He also drew a grid on the classroom floor to let students experience the length of sound independently in the form of dancing ... This teaching attempt to visualize music knowledge has achieved good teaching results.

2. A formal but not practical classroom.

In the past singing teaching, teachers took the learning of singing skills and knowledge as the main part of the classroom. This tendency of teacher-centered rather than student-centered professional training makes students lose interest in music lessons, and even makes them tired of music lessons. In the new curriculum reform, music teachers use various means (such as pictures, objects, multimedia, etc. ) to the teaching, it has well mobilized the students' learning enthusiasm. However, in singing teaching, some teachers have no specific requirements for students' voice, articulation and emotion, and there is no process of reading music, so that students end up singing two or three times and turn to various music practice activities, such as musical instrument accompaniment, imaginative painting, adaptation of lyrics, song performance and so on. After music class, students don't know the score, nor do they know the singing skills, and some even can't sing. Music class has gone to the other extreme, that is, simply pursuing students' interest, pursuing form and not seeking practical results.

The author believes that music teachers should grasp a "degree" in the teaching of singing knowledge and skills and the development of various music practice activities. Singing teaching has its particularity, and music teachers should let students know the rhythm through the process of reading music. Through vocal music practice, students can have more beautiful timbre in singing. Without these teaching links, singing teaching will become appreciation teaching. In the singing class, the music teacher should first let the students sing and sing rhythmically with a good voice, which can better express the feelings of the song. What we should pay attention to is that in the process of singing teaching, teachers should let students learn singing knowledge and skills in a form that students are interested in, and through music practice activities, deepen students' understanding and experience of songs and develop their musical creativity.

3 students lack the guidance of voice change period.

Voice changing period refers to the sharp change of vocal cords in the throat after students enter adolescence. Their voices changed from crisp and sweet children's voices to male and female voices with adult characteristics. Students in the voice changing period are prone to fatigue when singing, and their voices are unstable and difficult to control. If students shout loudly during the voice change period, it will do great harm to the vocal cords.

Some teachers think that since the music curriculum standard downplays the training of vocal skills, it is better not to ask students questions about their voices. Because there is no targeted vocal music practice, some students follow the habit of singing in primary school, some imitate the voice of singers on tapes or discs, and some imitate the adult voice of teachers ... If they sing and imitate for a long time, the voice in the voice change period will not be protected, resulting in vocal cord damage and even lifelong regret.

How to get students through the voice change period smoothly? How does a music teacher teach students to sing during the voice change period? In my opinion, in singing teaching, students should be trained in high position and low voice. That is, guide the students' vocal position, let them open their throats, put down their chins, raise their palates, and sing softly in falsetto. This is good for students to protect their voices. According to the characteristics of students' voice fatigue in the voice change period, the teaching content of 45 minutes should be planned reasonably, the singing teaching time should be shortened, and music appreciation or practical activities should be interspersed in the classroom. In class, the teacher should also explain some knowledge about the voice change period to the students, so that the students can get through the voice change period smoothly.

The demonstration singing of tapes and records replaced the demonstration singing of teachers.

At present, modern teaching methods (such as tape recorders and multimedia) have been widely used in music classes. Music teachers don't have to demonstrate singing by themselves, but machines play beautiful songs. Although singing by professional actors can make students enjoy beautiful melodies, the gap between students and actors is obvious. If students imitate actors for a long time, it is easy to cause throat damage. For example, the song "Song of Wrapping Horses" in the seventh grade music textbook of junior high school uses a lively and powerful national singing method in the record, and students only receive less vocal training. If they blindly imitate the sound of records, they will become shouting. Even screaming. This kind of singing is not pleasant to listen to, and it is easy to cause throat damage. When teaching and singing this song, the author made appropriate changes to the song, and guided the students to sing with a clear, agile and jumping voice with a lively demonstration, so that the students could easily master the song.

The purpose of singing teaching is to let students better grasp the emotion of songs and sing with expression. Teachers can not only reduce the difficulty of songs, make songs suitable for students to sing, but also develop better emotional communication with students through their own demonstration singing. Students can feel the artistic charm of singing in the teacher's passionate and confident singing, so as to sing more passionately and confidently.

Of course, in the music class, many teachers are also demonstrating singing. Their singing often only pays attention to the skills of sound, lacking dynamic and vitality, and can't better use posture, gestures and steps to express the connotation of songs and impress students' emotions, which leads to the lack of artistic appeal of songs. There are many reasons for this phenomenon, partly because music teachers themselves lack this skill; Some of them have the ability to perform, but they dare not let go of their performances in front of students. They think that performing in front of students will lose the dignity of teachers. This is the result of teachers being influenced by "teaching dignity" in the past. Today's teachers should appear in front of students with a brand-new image, abandon all kinds of old ideas and promote the smooth progress of educational reform.

Music teachers must improve their musical literacy if they want to perform well in singing. Only when music teachers keep learning, take the initiative to participate in various forms of training, constantly improve their singing level and improve their ability of secondary creation and performance of songs can music classes become a paradise for students to learn music.

In short, in the music curriculum reform, music teachers should fully understand the content and essence of the music curriculum standards, correct their ideological understanding, effectively reform the old ideas that are not in line with reality and affect the curriculum reform, boldly innovate and reform, and constantly solve new problems in the music curriculum reform, so that music teaching can move forward in the right direction.