Analysis Of The Art Of Countertenor Singing

Falsetto tenor,also known as countertenor,is a voice with the highest range in the field of male singing.In the middle ages,the male voice was used to sing in the church,but the female voice was not allowed to appear on the stage.Since then,the "castrato" who used falsetto to sing appeared.They had an extraordinary voice that exceeded that of ordinary people,they pay attention to gorgeous sound quality and coloratura skills,which greatly promoted the progress and development of bel canto singing skills.This period is known as the "golden period" in the history of vocal music.After the romantic period,castrating singers gradually declined.In 1948,the British tenor Alfred Deller founded Deller Consort to perform Renaissance,medieval and Baroque music;The singing method and sound effect strive to truly reproduce the beauty of classical music.As a result,the falsetto tenor returned to the contemporary vocal stage under the promotion of the retro trend of thought.Different from many kinds of vocal art,the use of falsetto tenor falsetto technology,the transparent and ethereal timbre image and the control of instrumental technical ability are the most prominent technical characteristics in its singing.In the golden age of bel canto,many classic examples and representative singers of instrumental vocal skills and fast and coherent coloratura are left.Studying their singing art can make us more detailed understand how to feel the artistic charm of falsetto tenor.In the late20 th century,the art of falsetto tenor singing rose again.The music style not only has the resurgence of classical singing,but also involves in the field of more diversified music styles,such as all kinds of art songs,such as Chinese ancient poetry art songs and so on.The author has studied falsetto tenor singing for five years,from the initial strangeness and curiosity to the gradual familiarity and understanding,and then to today’s love and obsession,which includes not only the study and attention of this special cultural and art history,but also the gradual mastery and understanding of falsetto tenor sound technology,about how to skillfully use falsetto,how to scientifically use breathing to sing on the air How to hone the skilled coloratura technology and other practical problems,as well as find some methods to learn falsetto tenor in continuous training.I feel that learning falsetto tenor is deeply experienced for me.The main contents and objectives of this paper are the "singing on the airflow" of classical bel canto,the skilled application of falsetto technology,the cultivation of coloratura technology,the perseverance and "craftsman spirit" in the learning and training of falsetto tenor.This paper discusses the art of falsetto tenor singing,analyzes its emergence and development,singing characteristics,good work style and representative singers,and summarizes its own falsetto tenor learning practice,straightens out its understanding in this field and deepens the theoretical summary of falsetto tenor singing.The full text is divided into four parts.1、The emergence and development of falsetto tenor.Understand the profound cultural connotation of the humanistic and historical origin of the false tenor by sorting out the male singing of the false tenor,the emergence of the false voice,the glory of the eunuch singer and the recovery of the falsetto tenor;2 、 The technical characteristics of falsetto tenor singing.This paper analyzes the singing characteristics of falsetto tenor,such as the application of falsetto technology,transparent and ethereal timbre,and the control of instrumental voice technology;3、Falsetto tenor is good at singing style and representativefigures.It cites and analyzes the representative styles and characters including baroque style works and singer Alfred·George·Deller,foreign art song works and singer Phillippe Jaroussky,Chinese art song works and singer Xiao Ma,etc;4、Experience of falsetto tenor singing.Including: the scientific use of breathing to "sing on the air flow",the cultivation of falsetto technology,the training of coloratura phrases,and the "craftsman spirit" required to sing falsetto tenor well;Finally,the conclusion summarizes the full text.