Comparisons of pharynx, source, formant, and pressure characteristics in operatic and musical theatre singing

Belting, a vocal technique typically cultivated in musical theatre singing, differs timbrally from operatic singing in many interesting respects. The underlying phonatory differences have not been previously investigated in detail. Yet, belting is frequently associated with disturbances of voice function. Articulatory and phonatory characteristics are investigated in a female subject who is a professional singer (co-author JL) trained in both the operatic and belting styles and in an intermediate vocal technique (“mixed”). This article presents data obtained from this subject by video-fiberoptic observation of the pharynx, inverse filtering of airflow, and measurement of subglottal pressure. The results reveal that belting was characterized by very high subglottal pressures and sound levels, and apparently also by a comparatively high degree of glottal adduction. Comparisons with other investigations of related aspects of belting and operatic singing support the assumption that the data obtained from our subject are representative for these vocal techniques.     

Analysis and modelling of overtone singing in the sygyt style

Overtone singing, also called biphonic singing, xöömij or chant diphonique in french; is a special singing style that exhibits two or more separate sounds - one “drone” sound of relatively low pitch and one or more high pitch melody sounds. The perceived pitches of the upper tones are multiples of the drone sound, i.e. taken from its overtone scale. Compared to voiced sounds of western style singers, the relative amplitude of the melody pitches is quite high, and the formant bandwidth of overtone sounds is small. This paper tries to answer the question of how these formant properties are achieved. Experimental investigations and numerical calculations prove the existence of two closely neighboured formants for the production of the melody sound in the sygyt style.     

论歌唱审美艺术实践

在歌唱审美活动中，歌曲创作、歌曲演唱和歌曲欣赏是其审美实践的三大环节。这里将歌曲创作称为歌唱审美活动的一度创作，歌曲演唱成为二度创作，歌曲欣赏称为三度创作。     

男童声乐教学现象透析

许多大学音乐系里男声奇缺,男女声严重失衡。究其原因,是因为小学、初中阶段的男声缺乏正确的引导和科学发声方法的训练,从而使他们失去了对歌唱的兴趣,甚至畏惧唱歌。歌唱教学如果放弃了占学生总数二分之一的男生,这无疑是音乐教育的失败。     

论“武王伐纣”战役中的巴、蜀之师

约公元前1066年的西方周族，在经过先前周文王的苦心经营后，由一个蕞尔小邦发展成拥有数十万大军的强国，为灭殷帝国打下了坚实的基础。武王继位，在孟津观兵之后二年，这时期的周族已在政治上，军事上都取得了能与殷帝国抗衡的优势后，从而发动了我国历史上著名的“牧野之战”（即“武王伐纣”之战）。当时跟随周方参战中的巴、蜀二国不仅参战人数众，而且还是周方作战的先头部队，在大决战的关键时刻，巴蜀之师以威武。勇猛之气势压到了对方。     

论音乐表现力的培养--高师钢琴教学的重点

目前高师音乐专业毕业生中缺乏音乐表现力者不在少数。其中钢琴的音乐表现力尤为贫乏。鉴此现状,钢琴教学的内容必须在原有的技能学习、识谱训练的基础上,增加听音弹奏、移调练习、视奏练习与合奏练习。通过这种综合性的训练,加强学生对音乐的听觉体验及感受力,使他们成为富有音乐表现力的合格音乐教师。     

对王国维境界说的质疑

朱光潜认为王国维的“有我之境”实是“无我之境”，而“无我之境”实是“有我之境”，其实，他们对意境内涵的理解是一致的，只是对意境分类的角度不同。叶朗认为王国维的“有我之境”与“无我之境”的区分割裂了意境中情感和意象的关系，其实是叶朗误读了叔本华美学中的一个概念。     

从乡村到城市--迟子建小说《踏着月光的行板》浅析

迟子建的近作<踏着月光的行板>延续了作者对小人物命运的关照和对精神关怀的追求,但由于城市背景的置入,在对欲望的不彻底规避下又缺乏对欲望的直面表达,从而给人一种不真实感,削弱了小说思想的表现力.从乡村到城市,迟子建还有一段路要走.     

楚调“唐音”歌吟源流及其基本特点

楚凋“唐音”歌吟是我国传统吟诵众多流派中的一个重要分支，文章阐述了楚调“唐音”歌吟（江西省级非物质文化遗产）的源流，并对其基本特点进行归纳与总结。楚调“唐音”歌吟可吟多种诗词体裁，且在同一首诗（词）中可分别采用如歌、如诉、如泣三种吟唱模式，为丰富吟诵音乐形态的地域研究提供参考。     

健身气功与“心性”之关系研究

从健身气功的历史渊源与"心性"的思想来源探究它们存在着难以割舍的关系,对健身气功这种善行的直觉修养、道德追求、养心寡欲、身心一体进行逻辑分析,认为它的本质是体现"道血气,以求长年、长心、长德.此为身也"的心性修养.