The differences between popular singing, national singing and bel canto are introduced in detail.

Pop singing (also known as pop singing) began in China in 1930s and has been widely spread. It was called pop singing at first, and then pop singing.

It is characterized by natural and approximate pronunciation, with true sound in the midrange and falsetto in the treble. Resonance is rarely used, so the volume is low. When singing, you need to use an electro-acoustic loudspeaker. The performance form is mainly solo, often accompanied by dance movements, and the voice pursues nature and sweetness. Feelings are delicate and true.

The main feature of popular singing is that it is completely sung with real voice, close to the language of life, soft and natural. Emphasize passion and appeal, and intentionally create an atmosphere with the help of electroacoustic when singing, so pay great attention to the use of microphones and electroacoustic effects.

Popular singing is centered on youth, which can be said to be: writing about youth and singing about youth. Young people sing, young people listen.

The popular singing method that has existed since ancient times is not the typical popular singing method that we refer to now. Modern popular singing has two important characteristics, one is standard style; The second is to combine with modern high-tech electronic technology.

In 1980s, due to the political and economic reform and opening-up, the cultural imprisonment was lifted and the country was opened. First of all, Hong Kong and Taiwan pop music swarmed in, forming a craze. This is not only because young people are economically independent, but because pop music has youthful vitality. It shows people's will to survive.

At the same time, a large number of pop singers are constantly emerging with different styles and colorful colors. Pop songs have also received great attention and attention from the country, people and music industry.

In today's era when all kinds of pop music are flooding the streets, radio and TV networks, perhaps the word pop singing is no stranger to everyone. We can think that the methods and techniques used by pop singers are pop singing. A friend once questioned whether there was a way to sing pop songs in person at a party. Do pop songs need to be learned to sing? Generally speaking, pop songs should be catchy and easy to sing, but everything is developing. When it reaches a certain height and level, vulgar things often become elegant. Pop music has developed for so many years, and has developed from the so-called "natural sound zone, less than an octave" to a quite high level. Grab a bunch of singers who are quite popular recently, such as Jay Chou. JJ Lin and Tao Zhe, in fact, their songs are not very good. To make an inappropriate comparison, in fact, Jay Chou, who is questioned by many people in singing, has a higher tenor than Pavarotti in Hair as Snow, but this does not affect that he and his songs are accepted and liked by everyone. In a sense, this shows that pop music and the audience of pop music have developed to a considerable level, so pop songs have singing methods, and pop songs need to be learned. If they only stay at the level of "natural sound zone, less than an octave", they will eventually be eliminated by the times.

bel canto

I. Interpretation of Meaning

Bel canto is also called soft singing. It requires singers to sing at half the intensity. When the tenor is high, it doesn't need a strong breath to impact, but it uses a natural and gentle voice method to emit breath from the deep part of the lower abdomen (Dantian) and release the sound freely from the top of the head through a smooth channel (the so-called "head sound").

Second, the historical origin

/kloc-a singing style in Italy in the 0/7th century. Beautiful timbre and rich varieties; The division of voices is strict, emphasizing the harmony and unity of sound areas; The sound production method is scientific and the volume is plastic; It is characterized by the consistency of gas and sound, and the smooth and even connection between sounds. This kind of singing has a great influence on the whole world. Bel Canto is a singing style based on European traditional vocal skills, especially Italian vocal skills. Under the influence of the Renaissance, opera came into being, and Bel Canto was gradually improved. Perrigan wrote the earliest Italian operas Daphne and Eurydice in 1600. The composer's creation made opera break through the previous singing method. Opera requires the combination of aria and recitation; Require the combination of chorus and duet; Recitation needs enough breath support, and bright and beautiful sound needs to penetrate the symphony and be sent to the audience's ears. The appearance of opera makes bel canto perfect day by day.

Bel Canto was introduced to China after the May 4th Movement and gradually took root in this ancient land of China. Bel canto has undoubtedly played a great role in promoting the art of vocal music in China. In recent years, young players from China have won prizes in international vocal music competitions, which further shows that the artistic level of using Bel Canto to explain and express foreign vocal music works has reached a considerable level. But how to make China's vocal music go global? How to combine the advantages of Bel Canto with China's vocal art and language characteristics to form the China Vocal School has a lot of hard and meticulous work, which requires the unremitting efforts of professional and amateur vocal lovers.

Singing in national style

Broadly speaking, it can include opera, folk art, folk songs and the singing methods of songs with these three styles.

The national singing method referred to here is a narrow understanding, which mainly refers to the technical methods and some laws used in singing vocal works with strong national style. They not only refine and inherit traditional national singing methods such as traditional opera, folk art and folk songs, but also draw lessons from and absorb outstanding achievements of western singing methods. In particular, the study of national singing is inseparable from national language, because singing language is the artistic processing of life language. China's traditional singing method often mentions "the word is bone, the rhyme is flesh" and "the word is tone", and even exaggerates artistically: "One thousand catties of white, four or two sings", which shows the importance attached to language factors. Therefore, the different language rules and the different treatment and emphasis on pronunciation, pronunciation and language in singing are the principled differences between national singing and western singing. Language is not only the basis of articulation, but also the basis of technical means such as vocalization, gas use and resonance, and it is also the basis of musical tunes. Intonation, mood and language potential are the main factors that form style.

Folk songs and songs with folk style have strong local color. Dialects can better express their contents and colors when singing, but the general rules of local languages and Putonghua are the same, so it is feasible to sing in Putonghua.

In style, the northern folk songs should be bold, the southern folk songs should be euphemistic and dexterous, the plateau and mountain folk songs should be loud and clear, and the plain folk songs should be stretched freely. China is a vast country with many nationalities, so it is rich in languages and colorful folk songs. A song is written after the lyrics. Singers not only pay attention to the lyrics and music of the lyricist and composer, but also re-create the art and integrate the lyrics and music. It is necessary to give consideration to both the rules of melody and the fluctuation of intonation, and to make the language artistic and musical with the skill of articulation, so as to achieve the requirement of combining words with music.