The difference between bel canto and national singing

The difference between bel canto and national singing

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In the field of vocal music in China, bel canto and folk singing are two main singing methods in teaching. The research on national singing and bel canto has been carried out in China for more than half a century, and it is an important topic that has been studied and discussed by vocal music circles. This paper studies the singing style and artistic treatment of songs. This paper mainly compares the singing characteristics of Bel Canto and folk singing.

1. The origin and singing methods of bel canto and folk singing.

Bel canto originated from the famous ancient Italy in Europe, and its Italian is "Bel canto", which is translated into "Bel canto" or "Bel canto" in China.

Bel canto is an influential singing method in Italy in the17th century. 17 and 18 centuries, bel canto was in a period of vigorous development, and there were two glorious periods in Europe: (1) eunuch singers appeared, which was the direct product of Christianity ruling religious music. In order to keep the boy's "female voice", the ruler of the church castrated the boy to prevent the development of his vocal cords, thus producing eunuch singers. Eunuchs' vocal cords are similar to those of women, and they are skilled in singing, singing all kinds of difficult coloratura skills, with a very wide range and beautiful timbre, so they really created "Bel Canto". Bel canto was widely spread in the18th century, but due to its cruelty, with the development of society, especially after the French bourgeois revolution, people advocated the authenticity of art, and eunuch singers were gradually eliminated and eventually withdrew from the historical stage. (2)/kloc-reached a perfect stage in the 9th century, with Rossini, Donizetti, Bei Lini and Verdi as representatives. Their singing requirements were very scientific and they had complete vocal system training.

Bel canto requires scientific vocalization, unified voice, strong timbre penetration, wide range, freely controlled volume, scientific singing and round and coherent voice. Dupre, a French tenor, shocked the whole of Europe on the stage of the Paris Opera House with his grand volume, vigorous chest singing and superb singing skills, and pushed Bel Canto to the world stage.

National singing is a kind of folk singing in China, which is the sum total of different singing art methods, singing art forms and genre singing art systems circulating among different regions and ethnic groups in various social, cultural and historical development periods in China, including folk songs, operas and rap arts of all ethnic groups. China is a multi-ethnic country with a long history and a vast territory. In the long historical process, various dynasties and social, political and economic systems have changed. As well as our language and culture, social politics, social economy, productive labor, lifestyle, religious beliefs, customs, culture and art and many other factors have had a far-reaching impact on our national folk singing art.

The earliest written records of China folk songs can be traced back to the slave society, and were born in The Book of Songs, the first collection of poems in the Spring and Autumn Period. It reflects the complicated social relations, class contradictions and the living conditions of working people at that time, and shows the important historical fact that folk songs originated from the class struggle, production struggle, social practice and religious activities of working people in China. In the 4th century BC, after the Book of Songs, a great literary work "Songs of the South" appeared. Yuefu folk songs and Xianghe songs in the Han, Wei and Six Dynasties were further developed on the basis of The Book of Songs and Songs of the South, and the Tang Dynasty was a glorious period in the history of China's music culture. Songs of the Tang Dynasty are widely used in rap, singing and dancing. During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, vocal music developed greatly. Song Ci and Yuan Qu, which were gradually established under the influence of "Quzi" and Tang Poetry in the Tang Dynasty, are closely linked with the singing art, especially the songs, dances and dramas in the zaju art of the Song Dynasty, making the singing art evolve in a dramatic direction. During the Southern Song Dynasty, the Southern Zaju gradually developed into the Southern Song Dynasty Yuan Zaju, and the Northern Zaju gradually developed into the Yuan Zaju. The singing theory of Yannan Zhian in Yuan Dynasty, Tune in Ming Dynasty, Ancient Mistakes Recorded by Qing Dynasty and Xu Shenwei and Yuefu Biography all made outstanding contributions to the progress and development of China's traditional vocal music.

National singing is to pronounce words according to the pronunciation of Chinese, using traditional opera singing. The vocal skills used in singing folk songs and songs with strong national style are collectively called national singing. At the same time, it also produced a unique singing style. The earliest folk songs in China were basically sung with a loud voice. This way of singing is real and natural, which makes people feel cordial. This primitive singing method is closely combined with language and has a strong local style, which is generally rap-style. Its sound quality is bright, and the sound is in the front position.

2. Comparison of singing style and artistic treatment

There are many kinds of bel canto, all of which have their own singing styles, including aria, recitation, recitation, oratorio and so on. Bel canto is considered to play the greatest potential of human voice, and the singing method is very high, which has reached the realm. It is the most harmonious and perfect singing skill and art form to express national history, culture and national psychological feelings by combining the same national language. Voice is only an important part of Bel Canto. The beauty of language, melody, expression style and the singer's original expression ability are all indispensable and important factors for good singing. As a world-recognized bel canto, it is firstly an Italian national singing method, and is accepted by people all over the world because of its scientific development, perfection and improvement. The German school, the French school and the Russian school which have come into being one after another have all borrowed and learned the scientific vocalization technology of Italian Bel Canto, accommodated their national language harmoniously, and perfectly expressed their national culture and feelings, which can also be called Bel Canto, also known as "western singing". The vocal skills of Bel Canto are integrated with Chinese language, which is perfect and harmonious, and reflects the history, culture and national feelings of the Chinese nation in the form of artistic expression of vocal music. Similarly, Bel Canto is a beautiful singing method, or Bel Canto.

A scientific singing technique is always expressed by a certain national singer, a certain language, a certain vocal music work and a certain expression style. Therefore, due to the influence of national politics, economy, history and culture, traditional customs, language characteristics, aesthetic views, growth environment, professional foundation, cultural accomplishment, singer's outlook on life and other factors, there are always differences in the use of singing skills and performance styles. In fact, it is precisely because of the comprehensive display of language style, melody style works, singer's self-expression ability and the purpose of learning vocal music that vocal music art is endowed with strong vitality, expressiveness, appeal and potential. In order to acquire the technique of Bel Canto singing, the vocal music training process is by no means a single voice shaping, but also includes the learning, research and application of singing language, the cultivation of the driving ability of vocal music works, the cultivation of the original performance ability of music and other factors, which are organically related and indispensable. We should understand and learn Bel Canto from the aspects of voice, expression, style, language, nationality and the history of vocal music development, and never treat it with narrow views and rigid dogma. Bel canto scientifically classifies human voices. Tenors include dramatic tenors and lyric tenors, with baritone and mezzo-soprano including dramatic soprano, lyric soprano, coloratura soprano, mezzo-soprano and contralto. This classification has brought great convenience to learning and training, enabling learners to choose the voice parts suitable for their own voice characteristics and physiological characteristics, so as to avoid taking detours and destroying their voices because of inappropriate voices. We should have a comprehensive and profound understanding of Bel Canto, which is a scientific and systematic singing system. It is also of great significance to learn from Bel Canto correctly and reasonably for developing the art of national vocal music.