About vocal music

Vocal music refers to the musical form of singing with human voice. Vocal music is a pleasant, continuous and rhythmic sound based on human vocal cords and acting on breathing through mouth, tongue and nasal cavity. So what are the classifications of vocal music? Let's take a look!

First, the national singing method

Broadly speaking, it refers to singing methods including traditional Chinese opera, folk art, folk songs and songs with these three styles; In a narrow sense, it mainly refers to the technical methods and rules used in singing vocal music works with strong national style, and is a general term for "national folk singing method" and "combination of Chinese and Western singing method". Its characteristics are: on the basis of refining and inheriting the traditional singing method, drawing lessons from and absorbing some excellent skills in the western singing method, thus forming a correct vocal method with China national characteristics. National singing pays attention to the nationality of the voice, and the timbre is more real, bright and forward. Pay attention to sounds and emotions, take a deep breath, use local * * * sounds, use real voices for high notes, and the muscles of vocal cords and larynx are tense.

Second, Bel Canto

The word comes from Italian bel canto, which means exquisite and beautiful singing. It is a singing method that emphasizes the beauty of sound, and intonation is more important than recitation or drama. Its remarkable feature is that through a series of methods advocated by human anatomy, the vocal organs are forced to adjust themselves with the slightest changes, and the sound quality, intensity, timbre and * * * sounds related to human language are coordinated and transformed into musical sounds, thus actively participating in the expression of musical images. These concepts can be established from the effectiveness of bel canto skills. Therefore, Bel Canto pays attention to the scientific nature of sound, pays special attention to sound, and pursues the brilliance, strength, coherence, fluency and softness of sound. It requires smooth breath, unified high, middle and low vocal areas, wide vocal range and large sound amplitude. The sound always contains the "vibrato" that enhances the sound, that is, the "kneading" effect on stringed instruments. The amplitude of vibration is larger than other singing methods, and the tension of vocal cords and throat muscles is smaller than other singing methods.

Third, popular singing.

Also known as natural singing or pop singing, it refers to the performance means used to sing popular and popular songs. His singing skills include air singing, falsetto singing and crooning singing. Judging from the singing style, it can be roughly divided into three categories: strong song type, soft and beautiful type and artistic type. Generally speaking, the popular singing method is mainly light singing, less singing with * * *, no need to open your voice, shallow breathing, natural and smooth voice, less decoration, wide range, and more effort on vocal cords and throat muscles. However, it pays attention to emotional expression, tends to attach importance to emotion and neglect tone, and is casual.