Thoughts Concerning The Holistic Concept Of Singing Art Proposed By Shen Xiang

As a vocal music learner, to improve the level of singing is a goal of our unceasing pursue, after reading the book of Singing Study written by Zou Benchu, I have a lot of harvest, especially the Holistic Concept of Singing Art proposed by Professor Shen Xiang.To practice and seek the wonderful voice, we should not only know it,but also know how it comes.When practicing vocal skills, we should also try to understand the physiological structure of vocal system; When singing, we should not only listen to our own voice, but also more carefully to think and to see, and to adjust our vocal chord organs; Singing art, is not only a show of the vocal skills, but a more comprehensive show multipled by breathing, language, emotion, performance, and so on, only the holistic way of singing, can fully express the unique charm of the vocal music art.This paper starting from the holistic concept of singing art, on the basis of learning and reference of the research on the theoretical system of vocal music art of professor Shen Xiang in the book of Singing Study written by Zou Benchu, and from four aspects, such as coordination of mental and physical, the balance of breath and sound, the unity of resonance cavity and vocal register, fully demonstrated of the charm of singing art, make a detalied analysis of active and passive in singing, thinking-listening-observing in singing, breath and sound, the physiological structure of resonance cavity, cavity resonance and sound, language, articulation and enunciation in singing etc, in order to understand of the connotation and essence of the holistic concept of singing art,and to explore the ways to achieve holistic singing art.