Vocal Music and Singing Techniques

Questions and Answers

To become famous singers

To learn music theory

To compose their own music

To sing well and beautifully (correct)

Only a good ear and talent for singing

Only a good teacher and eight years of study

Only a diploma from a conservatory

Healthy vocal organs, a good ear, talent, intelligence, industry, and energy (correct)

Ten years

Two years

Eight years (correct)

Four years

It is a crime that the state should prohibit Signup and view all the answers

They appear only after the student's public career has begun Signup and view all the answers

The sacrifice of artistic conscience to factory methods Signup and view all the answers

Serious practice in tone production and breathing Signup and view all the answers

To identify their mistakes and weaknesses Signup and view all the answers

They are a result of the commercialization of the art of song Signup and view all the answers

Make drawings and learn preparatory books by heart Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

Scientific men disagree on the functions of vocal organs, but every serious artist wants to help others sing well and beautifully.
The true art of song requires healthy vocal organs, a good ear, talent, intelligence, industry, and energy.

In former times, 8 years were devoted to studying singing, allowing teachers to correct mistakes and pupils to learn self-judgment.
Today, artists are turned out in factories (conservatories) or by busy teachers, receiving a certificate of competence in just 2 years.
This factory system hides mistakes and deficiencies until the student's public career begins, with no time or teacher to correct them.

The incompetence and lack of talent are soon exposed, leading to a sad end for factory-produced singers.
The whole art of singing is being sacrificed to these factory methods.

Artists should acknowledge their deficiencies and discuss ways to overcome them, putting pride aside.
Only then can bad singing and inartistic effort be checked, and the noble art of singing come into its rights again.

To become artists, students should start with serious practice in tone production, breathing, lung and palate functions, and clear pronunciation.
This would help recognize talent or lack thereof, and the "proletariat of singers" would disappear.
Pupils should learn preparatory books by heart, make drawings, and undergo strict examinations to learn vocal organ functions.