On bel canto singing skills, bel canto singing skills

In Italian, bel canto is called bel canto. When China began to introduce this singing method, bel canto was translated as "bel canto singing", and those who learned this singing method were collectively referred to as the "bel canto school". In fact, the true meaning of the word bel canto in Italian is "perfect singing".

Let's analyze it carefully, and there is no consistency between the meaning of "bel canto singing" and "perfect singing". "Perfect singing" includes not only the voice, but also the content of the singing and the demeanor, appearance, temperament, and so on. As the name suggests, "bel canto singing" is easily understood as singing with a "beautiful voice".

To understand "perfect singing" as "beautiful voice", in the words of teacher Tian Yubin, this incomplete and inaccurate understanding has made some detours in the development of China's vocal music. To a large extent, bel canto singing is understood as only focusing on the voice, the voice above all else, and ignoring other aspects of learning. As a result, many people who learn bel canto singing, in the study and actual singing, either emphasize the voice but not the words, or the voice does not emphasize the feelings, and even some singers not only do not emphasize the words and feelings, but even the voice is pretentious, and the singing is very untouching.

For these reasons, some people in the vocal music industry have advocated changing the "bel canto singing" method to "bel canto singing method". The purpose is also to be able to accurately understand the meaning of bel canto singing, so as to avoid deviations in understanding and practicing bel canto. In fact, "song" and "sound" cannot be equated.

"Voice" is the "carrier" of "song", but it never reflects the content of "song". When the title of "bel canto singing" has been conventional, it is meaningless to make a big fuss about the name. We can continue to use the customary title of "bel canto singing", but the key is how to combine bel canto singing with our country's singing language, so that singers can sing both foreign and Chinese songs well.

To use bel canto singing well, you should also know what practical content and principles bel canto singing includes. Gino. Mr. Becky's series of propositions and expositions on bel canto singing in his lectures have been summarized by Mr. Tian Yubin into the following six aspects:

1) Bel canto singing is divided into vocal parts; (2) Bel canto singing requires a unified vocal area; (3) Bel canto singing requires consistent vowels and clear pronunciation; (4) Bel canto singing requires a coherent voice; (5) Bel canto singing requires good cultivation; (6) Bel canto singing requires both voice and emotion. The above six points are an important part of bel canto singing, and they can also be said to be six important principles. The reason why it is called a principle is because those who learn bel canto must strictly abide by it, and it is indispensable, otherwise it is likely to be incomplete and imperfect bel canto singing.

The throat opened, the breath sank, and the sound came from the mask. It's that simple. This is the advice that a winner of the Youth Song Contest has given you.

When learning bel canto, the posture of standing, the use of breath, the cavity of singing, including the practice and use of breathing breath are more important, you can buy a bel canto-related book, and practice more after learning the theoretical knowledge.

Standing posture is very important in the practice of bel canto, the average person will not pay attention to the problem of standing posture when learning, after the formation of habits, there will be some limb incoordination, which will affect the image of the stage when performing, and more importantly, it will have a greater impact on the normal singing state, and if you don't correct it, you will go out of tune when singing.

The normal standing posture should be one with the body upright, the feet steady, and the back of the body in a straight line. Eyes and face are tilted back slightly.

The mastery of the breath is also more important when singing, because bel canto is loud when singing. The confrontation between the upper and lower abdomen is relatively large, and the breath of the diaphragm should always be maintained when pronouncing, and there is a certain amount of pressure. It's okay to breathe normally while singing.

The singing cavity is fully open when singing, and the neck is used to spread the force around, the throat is opened, and the subjective feeling that the upper and lower jaws are always weak when singing.

Bel canto techniques are as follows:

1. Singing posture.

You should develop good singing habits, so that your eyes are level and focused, your jaw is adducted, your neck is straight but not tense, your spine is straight, your lower abdomen is slightly retracted, and your waist is stable.

2. Breathing in singing.

The first is to inhale, when doing breathing training, first do the correct singing posture, keep the waist straight, chest and shoulders relaxed, head free, eyes into the distance, from the heart to the face of the expression should be full of affection.

Then sigh happily to relax the chest, inhale the mouth slightly open, the hard palate and soft palate should be raised eyebrows, laughing muscles on the stage, very excited to the waist, the waist circumference is loosened outward, let the breath naturally and smoothly "flow in" so that the waist and back have a "sense of air", the chest will naturally have a wide feeling, you can use "yawning" to feel the above actions.

Do not inhale too deeply, otherwise it will make the chest and abdomen stiff, affect the flexibility of the voice and the accuracy of the pitch, and do not make a sound when inhaling, on the contrary, it will not only affect the artistic effect of singing, but also make the inhalation not easy to be deeply wet, affecting the support of the breath.

3. Accurate and clear articulation.

When practicing singing, each word should be read several times in accordance with the method of articulation that leads to the rhyme, and then combined with the vocalization exercises, with the words with the sound, and strive to achieve the words are round, the voice is full of emotion, and the focus of the vowels when singing should be as close as possible to the concentration point of the vocal area, so that the resonance of the three vocal areas can be connected and flexibly adjusted.

The basic characteristics of bel canto singing

The main feature that distinguishes bel canto from other singing methods can be summed up in one sentence that bel canto singing is a mixed vocal area singing method.

In terms of voice, bel canto singing is used both true and falsetto, and true and false voices are mixed according to the needs of the pitch ratio. In terms of resonance, it is to mobilize all the resonance cavities that can be used in singing. This singing method itself has its own unique "taste" and unique sound characteristics.

The singing instruments required for bel canto singing have their own unique "taste".

In bel canto singing, there is no singing style like the old students, and the proportion of the old students using real voices is more. The female voice is closer to Tsing Yi, which refers to the degree of mixing of true and false voices, and the main difference is in the use of resonance cavities.

Try to liberate the resonance that may be used, of course, there is an aesthetic problem here, it is unnatural to use too much resonance, not only to use good resonance, but also to use it naturally, this must have a proper scale, but art is difficult to measure with a few feet and inches.

It is different in all categories and eras, and it is different in all styles and forms. Opera, art songs, and oratorios are used in a variety of different ways in bel canto singing, which needs to be distinguished by the sense of singing and the sensitive sense of hearing.

1. The singing posture should be a mantra: the head is straight, the neck is straight, look ahead, and "a rolling pin is inserted in the backbone". Naturally, the chest is straight, the shoulders are drooping, and the mouth and chin are "lazy".

2. Singing and breathing essentials: inhale and sink into the "dantian" with a puff belly, and "suck and sing" against the pharyngeal wall. Release the downward "sigh", and expand the bottom of the chest and waist with a heavy breath. The sound of "inhaling and exhaling" flows, and the breath goes downwards and "spreads" upwards.

As soon as the waist is slow, you can ventilate, and you don't have to think about passive ventilation. "Close" the treble gas backs up, and the cavity is loosened "one meter long". "Qi on the back", "blowing the bottle", "blowing" the head cavity is bright.

The back controls the upward and downward "inhalation", and the whole body stretches smoothly. Breathing is stable and the most effortless, relaxed and happy to put on singing.

3. Singing pronunciation essentials: the chest pronunciation can not be held, and the "voice falls to the bottom" is smooth. "Moderate glottis" and "three prohibitions", and the cavity should be "bluffed" up and down.

Open your mouth to "look inward" and "look" downward, and the Adam's apple sinks to the bottom spacious. "Forget the throat" doesn't feel, "listen, watch" the pharyngeal cavity. Looking down on the chest, the air column is found, and the timbre is pure and bright.

The high-pitched voice is loud and the eyes are small", and the vocal cords dare to sing if they don't hide. The sound of qi mixing is mixed with air, and the welt is backward into the pharyngeal cavity.

4. Singing resonance essentials: the resonance position is in the pharyngeal wall, and the resonance sound is filled into the pharyngeal cavity. The resonance reflex finds the "focus", and the front "ha" and the back "hum" are smooth.

The vocal range rises and becomes vowel, and the cavity "opens" to relax. "Close" to the resonance point, and the sound fills the nasopharyngeal cavity. Lift the soft palate to "yawn", "open the throat" and clear the air.

1. Standing posture: Standing posture is often ignored by everyone when singing, we tend to lower our heads, bend over, stretch our necks and other stiff and uncoordinated postures before singing, these wrong postures are not only unsightly but also affect our singing state, which will cause unobstructed breath, jamming, voice disharmony and other conditions during the singing process. Therefore, when training, we should always correct our standing posture and pay attention to our posture when performing.

2. The use of breath: When we train bel canto singing, we should pay attention to the use of the mutual confrontation pronunciation of the upper and lower abdomen, inhale deeply, inhale quickly, and then do not exhale all the breath at once, sink to the waist, and use the abdomen to push the airflow to the vocal cords little by little, so that the sound is thick and high, and has penetrating power.

3. Adjustment of singing voice: General bel canto singing requires our head cavity and chest cavity to be opened at the same time when singing, so that the two cavities resonate, in consciousness we must spread the singing voice to every corner, we must learn to use our body as a megaphone, the various organs of the whole body should move, concentrate on the voice, and learn to relax the jaw and shift our attention to our pronunciation.

1. Breath support for singing and vocalization.

Most of the operas used in our country are dantian qi (three fingers down the navel), and it can also be said that this part is the fulcrum of the breath. This kind of vocal qi has its advantages, the breath fulcrum is clear, the support is strong, and the lower abdomen is tense and easy to relax other parts, but it also has its shortcomings, lacking the softness and elasticity of the breath. The vocal breath of the Italian bel canto school is the use of chest and abdomen combined breathing, this breathing method has a large amount of breath, the softness and elasticity of the breath, and a strong fulcrum.

1. When inhaling, the mouth and nose inhale at the same time, the chest cavity and lungs fully open and the diaphragm descends, and there is enough breath to supply vocalization.

2. When exhaling, the fulcrum of the breath is concentrated in the diaphragm, and you can use a method of fast inhalation and slow exhalation to do silent exercises. Here's how to do it:

It seems that when I see a very beautiful flower, I am very surprised to inhale quickly, and then keep it in this state, slowly exhale with the method of blowing soot, relax after exhaling, start again, and insist on practicing 10 times a day, which has a certain effect. Remember that you need to concentrate your qi in the resonance tube of the chest, laryngopharyngeal cavity, and oropharyngeal cavity, and inhalation and exhalation are also beneficial to the muscle training of the resonance tube.

2. Arouse. This is a very important technique of the Italian bel canto school, which provokes two kinds. One is hard arousal, the other is soft arousal, and both arousal are the contraction of the diaphragm in the lower abdomen and the bounce outward, forming a confrontational pressure.

It is best to practice arousing with the vocal cords, which can be used with a number of ...Practice, insist on practicing 100 times a day has obvious effects, the shouting sound of the army's morning exercise in the early morning is the best provocation, you can also use the method of coughing inside to experience the mystery of arousing, or shouting a short "hey" voice can be shouted from low to high; This exercise should also be practiced in a resonance tube.

3. Suck and exhale quickly, and practice diaphragm muscle groups.

The maintenance of a good voice requires the control of strong diaphragmatic muscle groups. Therefore, it is necessary to constantly practice the ability of the diaphragmatic muscle groups to stretch and bounce, and to control the strength and strength of the voice, and the high and low breath. A better way:

From slow to fast, from weak to strong, fast inhalation and fast exhalation, inhalation and exhalation of the mouth and nose at the same time during practice, in summer, you can observe the dog panting to open up the understanding; This method will be effective if you keep practicing it. The famous singer Pavarotti used this method to practice the diaphragm muscle groups. Remember that this method must be relaxed, not stiff to be effective, and practice it in a resonance tube is the best.

4. Yawn and sigh with practice.

yawning the laryngeal segment descends, the diaphragm descends, and remains in its original state; Then, sigh from the chest fossa at the base of the ribcage and sigh through the mouth through the resonance tube. You can practice 30 times a day. Remember that this exercise is best done by laughing all the time.