1, folk singing:
Broadly speaking, it refers to singing methods including traditional Chinese opera, folk art, folk songs and songs of these three styles; In a narrow sense, it mainly refers to the technical methods and rules used in singing vocal music works with strong national style, and is a general term for "national folk singing method" and "combination of Chinese and Western singing method".
Its characteristics are: on the basis of refining and inheriting the traditional singing method, drawing lessons from and absorbing some excellent skills in the western singing method, thus forming a correct vocal method with China national characteristics.
National singing pays attention to the nationality of the voice, and the color is more real, bright and forward. Pay attention to sounds and emotions, require deep breathing, use local resonance, use real voice for high notes, and have great tension in vocal cords and throat muscles.
2. Bel Canto:
The word comes from Italian bel canto, which means exquisite and beautiful singing. It is a singing method that emphasizes the beauty of sound, and intonation is more important than recitation or drama.
Its remarkable feature is that through a series of methods advocated by human anatomy, the vocal organs are forced to adjust themselves with the slightest changes, and the coordinated changes of sound quality, intensity, timbre and resonance related to human language are obtained into musical sounds, thus actively participating in the expression of musical images. These concepts can be established from the effectiveness of bel canto skills.
Therefore, vocal singing pays attention to the scientific nature of vocalization, especially the sound, and pursues the brilliance, strength, coherence, fluency and softness of the sound. It requires smooth breath, unified high, middle and low vocal areas, wide vocal range and large sound amplitude. The sound always contains the "vibrato" that enhances the sound, that is, the "kneading" effect on stringed instruments.
The amplitude of vibration is larger than other singing methods, and the tension of vocal cords and throat muscles is smaller than other singing methods.
3, popular singing:
Also known as natural singing or pop singing, it refers to the performance means used to sing popular and popular songs. His singing skills include air singing, falsetto singing and crooning singing. Judging from the singing style, it can be roughly divided into three categories: strong song type, soft and beautiful type and artistic type.
Generally speaking, popular singing is mainly based on light singing, with little use of resonance, no need to open the throat, shallow breathing, natural and smooth voice, large decoration, not wide range, and more effort on vocal cords and throat muscles. However, it pays attention to emotional expression, tends to attach importance to emotion and neglect tone, and is casual.