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Basic Characteristics of Popular Singing

Popular singing, also known as natural singing or popular singing, refers to the performance means used to sing popular and popular songs. The following is what I have collected and organized for your reference, I hope it can help friends in need.

The basic characteristics of popular singing:

Popular singing singing techniques are air singing, falsetto singing, ballad singing, Hong Kong and Taiwan singing, European and American singing, black singing and whisper singing. From the point of view of singing style, can be roughly divided into strong song type, soft type and art type three categories.

The popular singing method is generally light to sing mainly, **** not much use of the voice, the throat is not required to open, the use of breathing is generally shallow, the voice is natural and smooth, without much modification, the range is not wide, the vocal cords and laryngeal muscles more force. However, it focuses on emotional expression, with a tendency to emphasize emotion over voice, and performances are casual.

I, the use of breathing:

Not too much attention to the depth of breathing, chest breathing is more, inhalation part of the high, only a few artistic singers, singing songs of deep emotion, the use of deep breathing.

Two, throat position:

Both men and women to the true voice of the main, the throat position is generally high, the throat open not much, all obey the needs of the style.

Third, **** Ming:

Because of the microphone amplification, do not need a strong **** Ming (except for a few powerful songs), light singing is mainly, more with the real voice, the lower part of the **** Ming is more, more with the oral **** Ming, try to maintain a natural state, like reciting, talking.

Fourth, the voice towards:

Short sound tube, voice forward, friendly and natural.

V. Range:

Most of the works have a range of ten to twelve degrees. Some folk song adaptations have a slightly wider range, and some powerful songs or dramatic works have a wider range, which is difficult for the average or untrained voices to handle.

Sixth, bite parts:

The method of spitting is similar to that of the mouth and national singing, sometimes more forward, with heavier teeth and lips, emphasizing the spitting of words, and thus a clear language and affectionate feelings.

Summary: Popular singing focuses on straight and flat, vocal natural, advocating colloquialism, the sound of the examination is biased towards the "love" and the similarity of the Minmei singing is to require singers to have a good sense of music and the ability to express themselves, there are mixed arguments about this singing, but as a singing style, its approachable way of performing and strong infectious power makes it a popular singing style. Strong infectious force makes it become a popular singing method, is an objective existence, has a large number of famous singers and love its listeners.

What kind of fundamentals do I need to learn popular singing?

The specific requirements for the practical application of popular singing must be noted, although popular singing is multi-format, multi-level, these requirements are consistent. But the specific requirements of different levels of singers can be different standards. If we can according to the high and low, can be strong and weak, can just can soft, can be bright can dark this sixteen words as a guideline, the requirements of the high level: sixteen words all in place; to the level of the part of the in place; to the low level may not pay attention to the in place. This refers to the skill requirements. Some singers can't reach the first-class sense of music, but the skills are first-class, can still reach the first-class.

1, the voice must let the listener feel clear "texture". To do this, you must sing, the voice fully forward. This leaning forward must also be "highly concentrated". "Texture" is reflected in the form of a high degree of "focus", the smaller the point, the higher the quality.

2, volume control is not to zoom in - zoom out to reflect, but to the above small polyphony point of light - dark control of the embodiment, the purpose of this technical requirement is to singers of the vast volume, the quality of the sound is still to maintain the poly and not scattered. In the weakening of the volume, not to lose the "texture", even when singing gas, still do not lose the "texture", electro-acoustic and then smart, can only change the singer's timbre, but can not create a "timbre "

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3, the quality of sound produced by the vibration of the vocal folds, vibration from the tension of the vocal folds - resistance, and thus the pronunciation of the "focus" must be on the vocal folds, the traditional Western singing method has a vocal term called - "let the vocal folds sing". -"Let the vocal cords sing". Pavarotti said, "The voice begins in the vocal folds, which must be made to vibrate immediately." That's what it means.

4. In popular singing there is also a vocal term - "the voice must rest on the vocal cords". It is of the same nature. If the starting point of the voice is said to be in the mouth, the voice can not lean on the vocal folds. That is, the tension of the vocal folds - resistance is not in place, the resulting sound effect is either milky; or the sound can not be focused; the Japanese singing world currently has such a singing method, said to be in order to show the "pure" effect. In contrast, China's Yang Yuying, He Ying in this regard is better than Sakai Fazi, Matsuda Seiko. Milk voice as a performance characteristics is not bad, but completely separated from the basic vibration of the vocal cords and breath support becomes "artifice". "The five words "let the vocal cords sing" can have three elements at the same time: voice awareness should not start with the mouth, but with the vocal cords. "The second is physiologically speaking, when letting the vocal folds sing, "the sides of the soft palate must be put down", as if hanging all the way down to the bottom of the neck, which is a very important condition when singing, because it is the key to solving the problem of the vocal folds being tight and the throat being loose. When the palatal arch is loosened, the tongue is free, the jaw is relaxed, and the throat can open up. In turn, the palatal arch of a taut tongue immediately downward pressure, resulting in vocal tract blockage, all finished; the third is to refer to the "sound rely on the gas" (traditional singing method has this requirement, Europe and the United States popular singing method also has this feature) because the essence of the singing method is the breath - the vocal folds The essence of singing method is the breath - the impedance of the vocal folds, there is no positive vocal folds tension - resistance and how can the breath produce impedance? The adjustment of the vocal folds is the core of all scientific singing methods, and popular singing is certainly no exception, and it is also one of the symbols that distinguishes European and American singing methods from Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japanese singing methods. The advantage of this method is that the sound "texture" strong, voice characteristics. It is worthwhile to learn from our singing world.

5, the voice must be fully sung out of another embodiment of the word. Although the popular singing of the word built on the basis of the usual natural speech, but after all, there is still a degree of difference. It should be said that singing spit than talking much more exaggerated, as in the drama when reading the lines of the spit than the usual speech to exaggerate the same situation. Popular singing spitting requires the tongue to be tightened laterally from side to side during vocalization, and the purpose of this emphasis . The purpose of this emphasis is to make the voice more forward, more clear, as if the tongue has been in the English "get", "let", "like" that position. Common singing spitting is not like the Chinese national singing in the "spit", "bite mouth", so elaborate. Nor is it like the traditional Western vocalization, which requires the cavity to be open like a yawn position on the spitting. It is always important that the back of the mouth is not larger than the front of the mouth. Therefore, when you sing, you should never consciously open the back of the mouth, and you should not mention the soft palate. Popular singing method also does not require a large mouth, only the front of the mouth is "horn-shaped", does not affect the sound can be forward. (The shape of the cat's mouth, the image of the singing of the mouth requirements).

There has been such a situation: a female singer usually singing voice is very light, can be performed when the volume is very large; another female singer is usually very large volume, the volume of performance on stage is very small. Why? It turns out that the former volume is small but there is a "quality", and the sound is very forward; the latter volume is large but not centralized, resulting in fuzzy texture. And because of the "leaning back" - the back of the mouth is greater than the front; although the sound is big but can not come out, equal to not big. So is it common singing can not use "leaning back" consciousness? The answer is that in the vast majority of cases, the popular singing, whether it is consciousness or effect should be leaning forward. Only in specific conditions, allowing the temporary "back" of the expedient. This refers to some singers in the singing chin habitually protrudes forward, so as to cause the vocal tract obstruction, in order to correct the position of the chin, allowing the voice temporarily "back", the purpose is to promote the chin back. If this does help to correct the problem of chin projection, but once the error is corrected, it is still necessary to sing according to the "leaning forward" requirements of the popular singing style. Bulgaria's famous voice teacher Brunbanov once asserted: the secret of singing is "lean forward, lean forward again". Why do you emphasize so much on leaning forward? In the traditional Western vocal world, there has been a "leaning forward" - "leaning back" long debate. The reason is that the content of the "*** sound", often easy for people to create the illusion - so that their ears to hear the vibration, this instinctive sense of habit will let the singer unconsciously let their voices placed in the back of the mouth - from the eardrum closest to the place, resulting in the singer thinks his voice is loud but it doesn't sound loud to others. This can also happen in popular singing, where most singers ignore the fact that the singer's self-perception and the listener's actual perception are two different things. Self-perception on the high notes is even the opposite of what it actually is. If a singer can not establish such a concept - not forgetting to listen to his own voice with his own ears at all times - that is to say, knowing clearly the actual effect of his own voice in the listener's ears, then he will never be able to sing well. There are some singers who feel very good about themselves, when in reality they do the exact opposite. Some singers sing very well, but always inferiority complex that they do not sing well, to be like, this problem in the following "singing method of misunderstanding" in the also talk about. "Sing out" is "leaning forward" of the intention, but the traditional vocal leaning forward and popular singing leaning forward in the sound effect is very different, popular singing is to Western traditional singing in the "white sound ", and can even be said to require the more "white" the better.

6, gas sense: gas sense is not only a sense, but also an "effect", the above breathing with the upper and lower abdomen against the establishment of support is a means, which is not to say that the two ribs in singing can maintain an open posture even if there is a breath to support the same, "gas sense" is exactly the same after this method. "It is precisely this method of post-identification. Take the church bell as an example: if this bell is not hung up to strike it, the sound is short and hard to hear; hung up and then go naughty to strike it, the sound will produce a reverberating aftertaste, transmitted ten miles away. Gas sense can always make the song with reverberating "aftertaste", the auditory effect is obviously different, the singer's self-perception is clearly felt in the chest "echo".