Rehearsal techniques for the Grand Cantata, basic requirements and techniques for choral singing

A few basic requirements and techniques for chorus:

1.Correct and good sound (that is, the moment when the air and the vocal cords collide), there are hard (attack) and soft (soft) sound. Hard vocalization (after a slight pause after inhaling and then pronouncing) start to practice do not bring **, do not use musical sounds, choir members pronounce the voice in the lowest, short, light tone, that is, the base tone, do not bite the teeth, the sound is required to be granular, elastic, and can hear the impact of the air and the vocal cords.

The inhalation volume of the soft voice is deeper than the hard breath sound, and the pronunciation should maintain an inhalation state, not relaxation but control, and the breath should be maintained before pronunciation, and the inhalation should be sufficient, without stress.

2.The importance of breathing: "Those who are good at singing must first adjust their breath", and some foreign singers exaggerated that "the skill of singing is the skill of breathing".

Vocal coaching cannot be expected to improve the choir, because choral emphasizes commonality, and as a choral conductor, it is necessary to selectively absorb the vocal techniques applicable to the chorus. First of all, it is necessary to break the concept that the more you inhale, the better, and the deeper the better, and you should deepen it appropriately on the basis of natural breathing, and increase it appropriately, whichever is necessary. Control Functions:

It mainly refers to the holding and control after inspiration. The difference between breathing in singing and breathing in ordinary life is that the breathing in life is subconscious, while in singing it is conscious, and the main difference is in exhalation, and the exhalation during singing is controlled.

3.The requirements for articulation and articulation cannot be relaxed in any way. And it should be combined with the requirements of vocal vocalization.

Singing is not the same as speaking, first of all, each word must be performed in a state of support and resonance of good breath. It must be handled carefully, otherwise it will be "slurred". The rules of articulation and pronunciation in choral training must be implemented in rehearsals.

Make it a habit for each team member, especially on the issue of "returning to rhyme" and "closing the voice", and must obey the vocal requirements of vocal music. In this way, we can achieve the situation of "the word is correct and round".

4.Ear training is an exercise to solve the problem of music recognition, pitch, beat, and rhythm sense. It requires a step-by-step transition from easy to difficult.

From simple scale exercises to etudes in various beats, including interval and harmony exercises, you can also choose some vocal choral exercises, which can be self-composed according to the level of the choir, and practiced systematically over a long period of time. In choral training, the difficulty of the etude largely determines the mood of the students when they practice, and when the students can basically master it after two or three times of practice, the students are happier and more interested, because they experience the joy of harvest. Therefore, in sight-singing training, the difficulty of the etude must be appropriate.

Before each rehearsal, the conductor should make a suitable content arrangement for the regiment according to the plan, and put the knowledge that needs to be taught, chorus knowledge, history knowledge, etc. and the content that needs to be rehearsed.

Insist on the basic training of choral singing Sight-singing training: The ability of choir members to read music is an important factor restricting the improvement of the choir, and the formation of this ability requires long-term learning and training of the team to obtain.

3.Voice training The voice training of the chorus must be centered on pitch and unity.

1. Balanced and harmonious multi-part collective training, many choirs set up a Yindong vocal instructor to practice the voice, and this kind of vocal training is often carried out according to the routine of solo training, and the result is very ineffective, the reason is that the training of chorus and the training of solo singing are completely different training goals.

Choral singing is a form of vocal expression that exists widely in the broad masses of literary and artistic activities, and is the object of research and development in primary and secondary education, including colleges and universities. Although it is relatively common in mass culture, there is a general lack of correct guidance and rehearsal methods, resulting in a low level and a lack of unity in the voice. Although primary and secondary schools have special teachers to guide and rehearse, they often lack experience and training methods, although they can rehearse some repertoire, but the general level is not high, and they lack the necessary professional knowledge.

Chorus. Shoubi Zheng Xian, to understand the voice of the chorus, in the amateur choir, often willing to sing the melody part, are not willing to sing the harmony part, resulting in the harmony part of the personnel is often the voice timbre, narrow vocal range of the problem, the harmony voice has a great impact.

Secondly, the choice of vocal exercises. Choral rehearsal pursues thousands of people in unison, in the same pace, not only the timbre, harmony of the laughter, but also the singing feeling, expressiveness, position, etc.

Chorus. It is very important to pursue the unity and high position of the timbre, you can do some training in the single voice first, the high voice can develop more in the high register, and the low voice can stop in moderation. The front of the voice is a major feature of modern choral singing.

Especially for Chinese works, because the pronunciation of Chinese characters is basically in the upper position. Then, when training, you should be careful not to sing backwards, which will lead to unclear words, uncoordinated voices and other problems.

The techniques of the chorus are as follows:

1. Singing posture. In choral training, standing posture directly affects the smoothness of breathing and the correctness of vocalization when singing. Correct posture is the basis of singing vocalization, and choral training generally adopts a standing posture.

First of all, the whole state should be upright and refreshed, the chest should be straight and relaxed, the hands should be relaxed and hanging down at the sides, the feet should be separated in a figure-eight shape, the width should be level with the shoulders, the center of gravity should be forward, the neck should be stretched upward, the eyes should be level with the front, and the face should be smiling.

If the singing posture is stiff or lazy, it will cause breathing errors, increase the burden on the vocal cords, and make a good voice. Therefore, we should always pay attention to the training of choir members to maintain correct posture.

2. The breath of singing. The ancients:"Those who are good at singing must first tune their breath", modern experts have also discussed:

People who can't breathe can't sing, and the driving force behind singing is breath. It can be seen that breath plays an important role in singing. The process of breathing actually consists of three parts: inhaling, holding, and exhaling.

During the training process, the main uses are "smelling the flowers" and "blowing out candles"."Learn the image of the dog panting, let the students feel how to inhale, and then keep the inhaled breath well, make an "s sound, and slowly exhale the breath."

If the choir members' breath is very smooth and the control ability is strong, then all kinds of choral performance techniques can be completed, and at the same time, the interpretation will be very smooth, natural and stretched, which is one of the basic skills necessary for the choir.

3. The vocal method of singing. Vocalization is the foundation of singing, and it is the basic skill of singing good songs. When untrained, students are in the original timbre.

During the training, the humming is used to practice the force method of closing the accent, and the students are asked to imitate the yawning'In the oral state, the upper and lower lips are gently closed, and the "m" is softly sung from C1-A1 to climb up in the form of a chromatic scale.

Then, moving down, you can feel that the sound comes from the middle of the forehead, creating a sensory high position. After practicing the closed hum, then practice the open tone, the volume is first weak and then strong, you can buy the "micro voice singing method" to practice the long tone, and then practice the short tone and bounce sound.

Whisper singing is to sing on the basis of opening the throat with a deep breath, put down the chin, put the tip of the tongue against the lower teeth, maintain a state of yawning, first sing softly with a tiny falsetto, find the nasal resonance of the nasal cavity, send it into the head cavity resonance, maintain and continue this feeling of singing"a"。

In terms of vocal area, first practice the high voice area, then the middle voice area, then the high voice area, and finally the low voice area. After a long period of training, from practicing vocal music to singing, students will be able to consciously sing songs with the correct vocal method.