Let Theory Return To The Stage - Brief Singing Dynamics And Its Application In Practice Singing

Nowadays, many colleges and universities have set specialized programs for cultivating vocal music talents. Meanwhile, there are more and more students with the lofty ideal and dream of singing entering into this sacred palace. However, there are very few people becoming excellent singers. Of course, the reasons lie in many respects. However, there is one point to doubt:since there are so many vocal music teachers in China, are the singing methods they teach scientific? And are they even correct? The singing method has always been the theme about which people take delight in talking in vocal music community, with the opinions on it varying. However, according to the books and papers on singing principles and singing methods learnt by the author, most of the research achievements only focus on discussing a certain link in singing; some achievements comprehensively researching singing are difficult for the singing learners to understand. Therefore, the author commits to researching a singing method which is more detailed, systematical, scientific and easy to understand, that is Dynamics of the singing voice, i.e., an all-around research method for analyzing singing skills by comprehensively applying various disciplines. This method presents the principles of singing to the readers and instructs the readers how to improve the singing skills in a scientific and systematical manner and in the straightaway language. What needs to highlight is that this paper doesn’t mean to deny and replace the research achievements of predecessors; instead, it is the scientific supplement and expansion of singing methods.(Note:since Dynamics of the singing voice is a more scientific singing method, it can be applied to various types of professional singing without distinguishing bel canto and folk singing, etc.)Chapter I the introduction briefs the background, goal and significance for the project selection of this paper, and also briefs the status quo of research on Dynamics of the singing voice. In addition, it also makes sufficient historical foreshadowing for "Dynamics of the singing voice" based on the origin of singing and the theories of singing in ancient Chinese literatures.Chapter II systematically analyzes the compositions of Dynamics of the singing voice in details. It includes five sections of breathing for singing, phonation for singing, resonance of singing, judgment and imagination of singing, voice protection and disease prevention. The contents of the five sections are the results obtained by the author’s elaborate conception; with inner logical connections among the sections, the sections supplement each other well.Chapter III of this paper innovatively adds the cognitive expansion of research on Dynamics of the singing voice. Firstly, it discusses the origin tracing problem of "dynamics" of the singing voice. With rigorous critical thinking skills, the author ultimately expounds that the "dynamics" of the singing voice is not as simple as breathing. Moreover, Dynamics of the singing voice mainly researches singing by means of cross-disciplinary method which is a scientific research method enjoying hot discussion in contemporary academic community. Therefore, the author adds analysis on cross-discipline and analysis on the relationship between cross-discipline and Dynamics of the singing voice. Finally, the author verifies the symbolic value of rationalized naming for "Dynamics of the singing voice" in line with the theoretical system of semeiology; this will better reflect the profoundness of the theoretical basis of this paper.Chapter IV reflects the subtitle of this paper-the Realistic Guiding Significance of Making Theory "Return To" Stage. Taking Lauretta’s aria mio babbino caro of Puccini’s one-act opera Gianni Schicchi as an example, this chapter firstly lists several things that a singer has to do before singing in a performance, so that he/she can sufficiently interpret the connotation that the opera aims to express. Then it analyzes this opera in details from different perspectives by the method of Dynamics of the singing voice.This paper is not only supported by perfected theoretical system, but also analyzes typical work cases. Therefore, it has the academic value of the combination of theory and practice as well as realistic guiding significance.