The integrated method proposed and worked out consisted of integration of vocal and voice-speech teaching techniques as well as integration of the empirical and mechanical methods of teaching. Balance and co-ordination between external and intra-pharyngeal articulation were considered as a framework for integration of various methods of teaching. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), along with spectral analysis, was used to demonstrate the work of intrapharyngeal muscles while singing and to assess the quality of vocalization. 54 MRI expositions were generated for the set of vowels, pitches and modes, of which over 400 MRI images were synthesized and measured. When switching from amateur to professional way of singing, radical transformations of size, shape and to some extent, changes in the surface properties (density, porosity) of muscular tissue of intra-pharyngeal cavities were observed. New acquired MR images clearly showed that the axial section of the back cavity appears indeed much larger in the professional mode than in the amateur mode. Statistical analysis showed that this difference is statistically significant. It is shown that the work on muscles development and use of mental images/imagination must progress in close collaboration. The strategy for the gradual mastering technique of the opening of the vocal tract was suggested, and developed. A new approach was developed to be applied for students to get stable repeatability when they work with mental images. Obtained MR images were used as a part of visualization method during experimental work with students. MR images helped students to create proper mental images. The theory of tangible images was suggested and then successfully applied in the form of experimental work with students. Experimental work with students of the ethnic group Maori was conducted. This experimental work with Maori students demonstrated that the integrated method of teaching helped to overcome some physiological and psychological specific problems which require special techniques of training. Case studies were carried out to assess individual and students' group perceptions, along with interview techniques and a survey questionnaire. The results of the survey are presented graphically, and statistical processing of the data was performed. The results of the survey are interpreted and discussed.

The primary purpose of this study was to clarify the underlying principles of singers' resonance and to examine some of the pedagogical practices associated with the traditional schools of singing and contemporary voice science. The secondary purpose was to determine which principles should be retained, discarded, or altered.An examination of the voice pedagogy literature revealed recurrent references to resonance. This implied that the concept is of some importance to voice pedagogy. Singers' resonance has, however, been presented in diverse contexts indicating that (1) it has a number of denotations and connotations, (2) it is sometimes used ambiguously, or inaccurately, and (3) a further investigation of the topic might yield clarity to the field of voice pedagogy.It was determined that though there are many important voice pedagogy methodologies, classically trained professional concert and opera singers of international reputation are taught to optimize singers' resonance both in order to be heard and to produce the accepted tone. It was found that those precepts which are based upon acoustic laws should be conserved and those which are not should be abandoned, altered, or when appropriate, acknowledged as metaphorical. / School of Music

The integrated method proposed and worked out consisted of integration of vocal and voice-speech teaching techniques as well as integration of the empirical and mechanical methods of teaching. Balance and co-ordination between external and intra-pharyngeal articulation were considered as a framework for integration of various methods of teaching. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), along with spectral analysis, was used to demonstrate the work of intrapharyngeal muscles while singing and to assess the quality of vocalization. 54 MRI expositions were generated for the set of vowels, pitches and modes, of which over 400 MRI images were synthesized and measured. When switching from amateur to professional way of singing, radical transformations of size, shape and to some extent, changes in the surface properties (density, porosity) of muscular tissue of intra-pharyngeal cavities were observed. New acquired MR images clearly showed that the axial section of the back cavity appears indeed much larger in the professional mode than in the amateur mode. Statistical analysis showed that this difference is statistically significant. It is shown that the work on muscles development and use of mental images/imagination must progress in close collaboration. The strategy for the gradual mastering technique of the opening of the vocal tract was suggested, and developed. A new approach was developed to be applied for students to get stable repeatability when they work with mental images. Obtained MR images were used as a part of visualization method during experimental work with students. MR images helped students to create proper mental images. The theory of tangible images was suggested and then successfully applied in the form of experimental work with students. Experimental work with students of the ethnic group Maori was conducted. This experimental work with Maori students demonstrated that the integrated method of teaching helped to overcome some physiological and psychological specific problems which require special techniques of training. Case studies were carried out to assess individual and students' group perceptions, along with interview techniques and a survey questionnaire. The results of the survey are presented graphically, and statistical processing of the data was performed. The results of the survey are interpreted and discussed.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Western Sydney, Nepean, 1997. / Includes bibliography.

Thesis (M.M.)--Bowling Green State University, 2009. / Document formatted into pages; contains xiv, 81 p. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1947. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 303-306).

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Orientador: Sara Pereira Lopes / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Artes / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-23T08:40:40Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Diniz_LianaFerraz_D.pdf: 2802159 bytes, checksum: 7adcff9a95640a476eb0ec4c49d097fb (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 / Resumo: A presente pesquisa trabalha com a hipótese de que a imaginação é um elemento que une corpo e voz e pode ser o ponto de partida para uma prática vocal pautada pela liberdade do laboratório. Aqui, apresentam-se alguns questionamentos acerca da utilização da técnica vocal como finalidade artística em detrimento da experimentação livre a ser estimulada para que a voz e o corpo alcancem novas possibilidades expressivas. A necessidade de uma investigação no campo da voz em cena que vá além da técnica adveio da afirmação de que "voz é corpo" muitas vezes não reverbera nos laboratórios de prática vocais. Os atores tendem a experimentar o corpo sem voz para depois anexar uma voz processada mentalmente. O resultado disso é uma segregação corpo e voz que aparece nitidamente na cena e compromete a ação vocal, reduzindo-a a uma emissão vocal eficiente para a veiculação do discurso informativo, mas ineficiente na ampliação do sentido da cena. Essa investigação foi realizada em três vertentes principais: as referências teóricas, a observação de atores em laboratório (grupo de estudo e aulas de práticas corporais e vocais) e a trajetória da autora da tese como atriz. Em todas essas linhas, houve necessidade de olhar o quadro de maneira mais ampla. Por acreditar que voz é corpo, necessitou-se lançar a luz sobre qual é o corpo que se dispõe ao processo artístico. A partir daí, houve algumas reflexões que põe a vida do ator como elemento central de sua arte: a vida que predispõe o corpo e a voz à ação. Por tratar-se da arte de forma subjetiva e destacar intencionalmente o caráter pessoal que existe em cada processo de criação, esta pesquisa foi escrita com interferências poéticas que relatam a trajetória da atriz/pesquisadora quando em contato com as questões que fundamentam a hipótese geradora. A pesquisa faz o trajeto que vai desde a discussão teórica sobre o ser humano que se dispõe à arte até a elaboração de procedimentos para prática vocal que podem ser utilizados como metodologia para um contato diferenciado com o texto / Abstract: The present research deals with the hypothesis that imagination is an element that links body and voice and can be the starting point for a practice ruled by the freedom of vocal lab. Here, are presented some issues about the use of vocal technique as artistic goal at the expense of the free experimentation be stimulated so that voice and body reach new expressive possibilities. The need for study in the field of voice in stage that goes beyond the technique came from the statement that "voice is body "often does not resonates in the labs of vocal practice. Actors tend to experience a voiceless body to later append a voice mentally processed. The result is a segregation body and voice that clearly appears on the scene and compromises the vocal action, reducing it to a vocal emission effective for the running of the informative speech, but ineffective in expanding the sense of the scene. This investigation was conducted on three main areas: the theoretical references, the observation of actors in the laboratory (group of study practices and classes of body and voice) and the trajectory of the author's thesis as an actress. In all of these lines, was no need to look at the picture more widely. Believing that voice is body required to throw light on what is the body which features to the artistic process. From there, there were some reflections that puts life of actor as a key element of their art: the life that disposes the body and voice to action. For being a subjective way of look to art and deliberately highlight the personal nature that exists in each creative process, this research was been written with poetic interference to report the trajectory of actress / researcher on contact with the questions which underlie the hypothesis. The research is the way that goes from the theoretical discussion about the human being who features to the art until the development of procedures for vocal practice that can be used as a methodology for a distinctive contact with the text / Doutorado / Teatro, Dança e Performance / Doutora em Artes da Cena

This dissertation presents a critical study of voice teaching method as this pertains to the high school learner studying voice within the South African educational environment, with learning outcomes determined for subject music within the GET (General Education and Training) and FET (Further Education and Training) bands of the Department of Basic Education at each school grade level, as well as by external examining bodies such as Unisa (University of South Africa), Trinity Guildhall and ABRSM (Amalgamated Board of the Royal Schools of Music). Emphasis is placed on the methodological principles applicable in the case of the Western classical music solo vocal repertoire, but reference is also made to the applicability of this method in other vocal genres and, in particular, in the case of choral music participation. Special attention is given to the subject of the vocal health of the developing teenage voice, which includes an overview of vocal disorders and suggestions for rehabilitation and remedial programmes where necessary. Triangulation of research results is achieved in this study through inclusion of: - A thorough survey of selected pertinent bibliographic sources - Description of and engagement with the researcher’s own numerous phenomenological encounters in this field - Interviews conducted in Port Elizabeth with Jill Nock, voice teacher, on the subject of voice teaching method, and with John Black, Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist, on the subject of vocal health. The researcher concludes that there is a need for continued education and training of music educators in the South African high school environment, many of whom are not trained voice specialists, in order to cater for the growing number of high school music learners who choose to specialise in voice. Although educator networking can go a long way towards creating an informal support system to address this need, it is ultimately the responsibility of the Department of Basic Education to address this in a formal and all-encompassing fashion.

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