On Dialectical Knowledge Concerning Some Viewpoints In Vocal Music Teaching Practice

In the practice of vocal music teaching,lots of viewpoints are characterized by both thecorrespondence and correlation complementing each other;some exist in the teaching andstudying;some are permeated with the singing imagination regulation and control andemotional regulation and control;some are ermeating in the whole course of singing。If thereis no recognition of the dialectical relations among these contradictions or unable to correctlygrasp and handle the relationships thereof,it shall be very difficult to carry out the entirecourse of singing successfully and for the problems arising from the teaching and vocal musicpractice,they should not be analyzed separately and the only way is to expound and prove ina macro way some contradictions of viewpoints and part-to-part and part-to-wholerelationships existing in the practice of vocal music teaching and studying,thus enabling thestudents having a whole recognition and complete understanding of the practice of vocalmusic arts so as to grasp the vocal music arts as a whole and have a clear and definiteorientation and distinct train of thought on the studies of vocal music arts. In this text,thewriter shall completely expound them in five parts from the self angle of the writer.Ⅰ.Word and voice.Frequently mentioned are the word and voice in the course of our vocal music teachingand they are also the soul of song singing. Sometimes the students can not properly handlethe relations between word and voice and if overemphasizing the word,it will cause themascular tension and voice tightness and squeezing and lack elasticity,sweetness andmellowness of voice;however,if overemphasizing voice and neglecting word,it will causethe unclearness and indistinctness of pronunciation,thus affecting the expressiveness of songand therefore,it is necessary to fully understand the pronunciation law of word and deeplycomprehend the content of the words in order to get a still more rational and harmoniousmatching between word and voice。As for the "Clear Articulation and a Mellow and FullTune" mentioned in the traditional theory,can the "Clear Articulation" make "A Mellow andFull Tune"? if yes,this viewpoint contains onesidedness because the "Clear Articulation" and"A Mellow and Full Tune " have not only their own independences but also the causality to acertain extent.Ⅱ.Imagination regulation and control and emotional regulation and control insinging.Imagination regulation and control and emotional regulation and control are animportant link in the course of singing. Imagination is the expectation of intrapsychic senseof hearing. If desirable is the melodious and beautiful tune,first of all,a concept of this kindof Voice should be established intrapsychically and accurately know the image of this voicein the intrapsychic imagination. The emotional depression contain such changes of feelings ashappiness,anger, grief and joy, etc.. It is a kind of external expression arising from the singeraccording to his/her own experience and the comprehension to the song works,it is a kind ofhigher sociality emotion and it can dominate the imagination to integrate with thepresentation with the aid of mingling the taste with imagination embraced in the song works.Ⅲ. voice and emotionWithout correct method of vocalization and enthusiasm-glowing singing skills,it willbecome an empty talk to perfectly express the vocal music works. However,it is notadvisable to equate the vocal music skills with the vocal music arts. Only putting moreemotions can make the vocal music skills radiate the splendor and make the works show theirartistic charm;If cutting apart the relations between technique and emotion,it will be by nomeans the integral vocal music arts. Regarding the issues of "Convey emotion by voice" or"Guide voice by emotion",it seems that these two viewpoints are homologous,but in fact itexactly illustrates the two aspects of the issue,i.e. "Guide voice by emotion " emphasizes thedynamic influential function of emotion and mood over the voice technique and skills;incontrast,"Convey emotion by voice " emphasizes the fundamental and decisive functions ofvoice technique and skills over the emotional expression." Guide voice by emotion" is a kindof method and means and "Convey emotion by voice " is the ultimate aim.Ⅳ. Teaching and StudyingTeaching and studying is a pair of basic contradiction in the course of vocal musicteaching activities. The teaching activities are required to both suit the students and have anappropriate overstepping. Teachers are the organizers,guides of the entire teaching activitiesand at the same time,the teachers are required to bring into full play the subject function inthe course of studying,which are not only arousing the enthusiasm of the teachers but alsothe enthusiasm of the students and bringing into full play their enthusiasm,enliven theatmosphere in the classroom and trigger the students,creativeness so as to make the course ofteaching activities form a bilateral interaction course,thus obtaining ideal teaching effect.Ⅴ. Beauty of artistic singing and appreciation of beauty.Some people think that "musical arts are one of the greatest and most moving creationsof mankind". The beauty of singing can arouse the people's impressions for the appreciationof beauty;the artistic singing contains the meanings of two aspects,first one is the beautiful"song",i.e. the beautiful song works,second one is the beautiful" singing",i.e. embody thetaste of beauty through the singing skills of the singers and bring the people into theimpression and enjoyment of beauty by dint of the subjective creation of the singers. Thebeauty of singing is the product with the high integration of beauty of skills and beauty ofemotion. Although the individual character of the consciousness of appreciation of beautyvaries greatly,it also hat a general law and objective standard and,at the same time,there isa certain difference of individual character. Natural beauty is the highest realm of singingarts,beauty of individual character and multiple beauty are also the exotic flowers of singingarts. Essentially speaking,man's consciousness of appreciation of beauty has the social andhistorical objective standard and in respect of the observation of imagination,it also has thecharacteristic feature of rich individual experience.