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Isn’t
it nice when a well-trained voice joins the ranks of your choir?
Someone with facility and ease throughout their range, able to produce
dynamic contrast, a variety of tone colors, and spin out long, musical
phrases. This type of voice can really lead a section of the choir,
both in terms of having a strong voice on the part for the weaker
singers to follow, but also in the more subtle areas of vowel
unification, tone color, phrasing and the like.
Unfortunately, for most of us this is the exception rather than the
rule, and we spend a good deal of our time trying to develop a natural,
healthy singing tone in our choir members. This is a battle worth
fighting! Proper vocal technique opens the choir up to a much greater
variety of literature, much more expressive, sensitive singing, and a
more satisfying experience for everyone in the room.
It’s not really about warming up; it is about refining vocal
technique. Too often as choir directors we jump into the warm-up period
in our rehearsal without a specific objective for improving the
singer’s vocal technique. When we allow this to happen, we are wasting a
teachable moment. Choral warm-ups should be treated as group voice
lessons. Identify something your group has trouble with, and choose
vocal exercises that address the problem.
“It’s not really about warming up; it is about refining vocal technique.”
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Here is the key: Take the time to explain to the choir the vocal
technique that is being worked on. Vocal modeling is probably the
quickest and most effective way to illustrate this, although most choir
directors underestimate their own vocal technique and fail to utilize it
enough. Mimicking healthy vocal sounds is a very intuitive way to
learn for singers of all ages and ability levels, and can be very
effective when used properly. Keep in mind that you have a good deal
more training than your choir members do. You have only to sit in an
ACDA workshop and listen to the sound improve as the clinician makes
some crazy gesture to realize this is true. They wiggle a finger, and
we go from sounding like a room full of angry cats to the Robert Shaw
Chorale in dress rehearsal. Ah, if only our choirs worked this way.
When all else fails, choose a strong singer to demonstrate for the
group.
I am always surprised when I come across a singer from a really
strong choral program, and they are unable to demonstrate an
understanding of vocal technique. In other words, they can’t sing very
well. I realize that, try as we might; we can’t always reach everyone
in our group the way we might like, but I am still struck be the
disparity. Part of developing a cohesive choral sound is developing a
uniform concept of vocal production. Take a moment and think about what
your groups would sound like if every member possessed the came level
of vocal technique as the director.
As choral directors it is our charge to develop the voices in our
care not only to improve our own choirs, but so that we can send our
singers on to still greater choral experiences.
Jeffrey Bauman
Young Harris College
Chair-Elect, National Choral Council
സംഗീതത്തിന്റെ അടിസ്ഥാന പാഠങ്ങൾ
Notes എന്നാലെന്താണ് ?
സംഗീതശബ്ദങ്ങളെ പ്രത്യേക അടയാളങ്ങൾ അഥവാ ചിഹ്നങ്ങൾ ഉപയോഗിച്ച് കടലാസ്സിൽ പകർത്തിയെഴുതുന്നതിനെ Notes എന്നു പറയുന്നു.
Notesഎഴുതുന്ന രീതികൾ എതെല്ലമാണ് ?
1.Tonic Solfa Notation
2.Staff Notation
PITCH , DURATION എന്നിവ എന്താണ്?
സംഗീതത്തെ നിയന്ത്രിക്കുന്ന രണ്ടു പ്രധാന ഘടകങ്ങളാണ് PITCH & DURATION.
PITCH (സ്ഥായി,ശ്രുതി )
DURATION (സമയ അളവ് / താളത്തിന്റെ സമയ ഗതി )
ഇവ രണ്ടും കടലാസ്സിൽ പകർത്തുവാൻ കഴിഞ്ഞാൽ സംഗീതത്തിനു ഒരു ലിഖിത ഭാഷ ഉണ്ടാക്കുവാൻ കഴിയും.ഈ രീതിയാണ് നാം ഇവിടെ അഭ്യസിക്കുന്നത്.
A,B,C,D,E,F,G എന്നീ 7 സ്വരങ്ങളാണ് അടിസ്ഥാന സ്വരങ്ങളായി നാം ഉപയോഗിക്കുന്നത്.
പിയാനോയിൽ A യും ഓർഗനിൽ Cയുമാണ് ആദ്യത്തെ കീ.
ഈ കീ ബോർഡിന്റെ ചിത്രം നോക്കി സ്വരസ്ഥാനങ്ങൾ മനസ്സിലാക്കുക.
C = സ എന്ന് തീരുമാനിച്ചാൽ white key മാത്രം ഉപയോഗിച്ച്
C,D,E,F,G,A,B,C = സ,രി,ഗ,മ,പ,ധ,നീ,സാ എന്ന് play ചെയ്യുവാൻ കഴിയുന്നതാണ്.
നമുക്ക് ഗീതം 207 പ്ളേ ചെയ്തു നോക്കാം.
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ശരിയായ് പ്രാർത്ഥന ചെയ്വാൻ കൃപയെ തന്നരുൾക
C C D D D D C B C D E D E F E
