Research On The Application And Training Of Mixing Techniques In American Soul Music Singing

Mixed voices,on behalf of the core skill of free singing,has witnessed itself be frequently and widely utilized in various music styles through unceasingly development and evolution,which harnesses a major role of fully tapping potentials of human voices,broadening the voice range and unifying the register.Training on the “Four major parts” respectively vocal cords,chest voice,head voice and pharyngeal can make organic integration to generate diversified voices so as to satisfy the songs’ requirements.The Soul,as the crucial branch of pop music which stems from the USA,represents the crystallization of many a black music works and holds a unique weight in the American pop music circles.In terms of its music characteristics,it poses pretty high and strict requirements on the vocalization skills of singers.This thesis is aiming at exploring how to systematically learn “mixed voices skills” and utilize it into the singing and the teaching of the Soul.It is hoped that the author’s initial exploration and study will be able to give some supplement to the Soul and its singing method theory.