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What does popular singing mean?

What is the concept of popular singing? What are its characteristics? Welcome to read and refer to the following article. Let's learn about popular singing together.

I. Explanation of Nouns

Popular singing (also known as popular singing) began in China in the 193s and was widely spread. It is characterized by natural voice and approximate speech, with real voice in the middle voice area and falsetto in the high voice area. The sound of * * * is rarely used, so the volume is small. When singing, we must use electro-acoustic megaphone, and the performance form is mainly solo, often accompanied by dance movements, pursuing natural and sweet voice and delicate and true feelings.

second, language characteristics

the language in popular songs is based on simplicity. It is closely related to social life. Many songs directly reflect the lives, thoughts and feelings of people at different levels in social life, and most of them appear in a plain and straightforward way, generally without much embellishment. Recently, prose-style or even completely colloquial lyrics have appeared, which has added a new style to the singing art of popular songs. However, most of the lyrics are still normative and literary.

articulation is one of the most important features in popular singing. Among the popular songs in China, Putonghua is the mainstream of popular singing, which includes songs written by the mainland, some songs from Hong Kong and Taiwan, and original Cantonese songs sung in Putonghua. When singing songs written in mainland China, the pronunciation is mostly standardized and particular? Words, rhymes, and sounds? The process of articulation is clear and plain. Cantonese songs should have a strong southern style, but the language barrier is also difficult for mainland audiences to accept, so some people translate Cantonese into Putonghua to sing, but due to different language families, the pronunciation rules are very different, so it is still difficult to achieve the effect of Cantonese singing.

It can be seen that language is important to popular singing. Clear articulation and accurate intonation are important features of popular singing. There are also some singers who have studied Bel Canto, who often don't pay attention to the intensity of articulation, or are not used to biting the prefix (initial consonant) again, but pay too much attention to the effect of pursuing sound. Therefore, when singing popular songs, they feel that the style is not strong and the charm is insufficient, which even greatly weakens the appeal of the songs.

Third, the characteristics of vocalization

Vocal singing art has the rule of * * * communicating vocalization. The vocal characteristics of popular singing should be as follows.

firstly, those who hold popular singing methods should understand and be familiar with the general rules of scientific vocal methods, and strive to change their spontaneous vocal habits and bring their accustomed vocal methods into the track of scientific vocal.

Secondly, from the scientific vocal law of * * *, we strive to find the basis for the voice personality of popular singing. That is to say, every time you sing a song, you should find the rationality for the singing of popular songs from the aspects of pronunciation, singing position and breath flow. Change the habit of pure imitation or blind use of voice, from perceptual use of voice to rational use of voice.

thirdly, popular singing, whether scientific or not, has long been formed as a genre of using voice and has been accepted by the vast majority of amateur vocal music lovers. Because of its popularity, popularity and unique singing personality, it also occupies a position in various competitions and professional vocal music fields. Therefore, it is undeniable that this singing method must have its own uniqueness, which should be paid attention to by our vocal music community. Here are just a few personal views on the vocal characteristics of popular singing.

Fourth, artistic features

1. Simple voice

The content and form of popular songs are extensive and popular, which makes the popularity of their singers very high, that is to say, most of them are people who have not received professional vocal training. Therefore, the use of popular singing between sounds is mostly close to the natural form, that is, a simple and natural voice. Even in the process of its development, it absorbed and integrated a variety of vocal art methods, and it is also changing and sublimating, but its basic characteristics are still simple. In modern society, many professional pop singers have pushed the level of pop singing to an unprecedented height, but they are very careful to maintain this important artistic feature of pop singing, which makes it different from Bel Canto, which has formed a complete set of scientific theoretical systems, and from various types of national singing with rich cultural accumulation. In a sense, the simple voice is not only a natural form, but also a deliberate pursuit of popular singing to distinguish it from other singing methods.

2. Unique charm

Unique charm is also an important artistic feature of popular singing. Among amateur singers, most of them have not received vocal training and their voice conditions are average, but they still have artistic appeal when singing popular songs, which is precisely because of the popularity and universality of popular singing, resulting in a pure and moving charm. This charm can be the embodiment of the simple and straightforward singing style of songs; It can also be its unique sound skills, including the control and release of sound, the contrast between strong and soft, and the flexible use of air sound, dumb sound, crackling sound, shouting sound and so on; It can also be the true color and nature of emotional expression. In a word, it is a kind of natural charm to carve.

3. Exaggerated performance

In the performance, in addition to the general requirements of rhythm, intonation and clear articulation, popular singing often uses the reinforcement of sound or body movements to achieve emotional expression, that is, exaggerated performance and strong accompaniment of electro-acoustic instruments often push this exaggerated performance form to the extreme. The atmosphere created by this performance is not only the singer's own investment, but also expanded, which is extremely inflammatory to the surrounding audience. This is precisely why many young people fall for it.

4. Play, sing and dance together

Singers in popular singing generally pay more attention to the performance of external forms. Some play and sing with the help of a musical instrument (usually guitar), while others sing with dance movements. The selection or arrangement of dance movements are all designed according to the style and mood of songs. Most popular singers only use gestures or changes of footsteps to assist their performances while singing, while some songs are more dancing, so they need to design movements specially for them. The body movements of popular singing are mostly based on some gait and figure of modern dance, such as break dance, Latin dance, disco and space dance. This artistic feature of popular singing can attract young people's participation.

V. Classification of singing

1. Singing in a low voice

Singing in a low voice was formed in 193s. Since then, popular singers have been inseparable from electroacoustic amplification, and their performance style is basically holding a microphone with their mouths close to the microphone. Because of the use of the microphone, singers only need to hum gently at the same volume as talking, and then the audience can hear the timbre effect of the singer very clearly through electroacoustic amplification. With the help of electro-acoustic and other technical means, some very subtle changes and artistic treatments can be vividly displayed.

This kind of singing is more natural in the sense of hearing, with a low volume and a wide range. At the same time, it also needs too much sound training, but it must articulate clearly, have a good sense of music, and skillfully use electroacoustic sound. If you leave this technical means, singing will lose its power and the voice will be thin. Therefore, it is precisely because of the application of this technical means that it laid a solid foundation for the inheritance and spread of popular song singing later.

2. Folk singing

Folk singing plays a very important role in popular singing all over the world. It is not limited to national singers, but also includes some rock singers. Folk songs are simple and natural, close to people's lives, and are mostly used in singing? Ben? , do not deliberately pursue the timbre effect and * * * sound of the sound.

after the mid-198s, China's popular songs and singing gradually entered a new stage in their development. Many young and middle-aged composers have integrated the tone of China folk songs with the writing techniques of modern western pop music, and created a large number of our own pop songs with the national culture and history of China as the creative source. It often emphasizes the clarity and colloquialism of articulation.

In addition, many folk singers prefer to use a thick nasal voice, and often use a soft and transparent falsetto in the vocal accompaniment, which makes the voice lyrical, cordial and warm, and gradually forms a more perfect and popular singing style in the constant artistic practice.

3. Hong Kong and Taiwan singing

Hong Kong and Taiwan singing originated in Shanghai in 193s and 194s, which was once considered as? More feminine than masculine? . In the 196s and 197s, in Hong Kong, the popular singing mode became more and more stylized, with too much emphasis on the recording studio effect. Music merchants only paid attention to the beauty pageant package, but did not pay attention to improving the skills and skills of popular singing, which enabled singers to be soft but not rigid, low but not high, with incomplete singing skills and limited vocal range.

The biggest difference between Taiwan Province singers and Hong Kong singers lies in their pursuit of unique singing characteristics and the singer's own personality charm. Such as Zhao Chuan, Tom Chang, Wu Sikai,? Power train? And so on, constantly seeking new breakthroughs in singing skills, singing a personalized style, charm and characteristics. Junko, A Mei and other female singers have a wide range, and skillfully integrate the advanced technology of European and American singing methods into their singing. Taiwan Province pop music circles attach importance to the study of singing, so it develops rapidly.

In pop music, Hong Kong and Taiwan singers have always occupied a place. In the singing method, the minor singing method in traditional folk songs is adopted, and the voice is sweet, implicit and clear, with a pure and elegant style, especially for dance music and songs that express love, sadness, lyricism and relaxation. In addition, in the stage performance, we should pay attention to communicating with the audience, be good at mobilizing the audience's enthusiasm, and pay attention to giving the audience visual beauty and modeling beauty from the clothing shape. These characteristics are the important reasons why this singing style has been unbeaten for a long time.

4. European and American singing methods

European and American singing methods originated from blues music, and have developed into pop, jazz, rock or their combined singing forms for more than 2 years. As far as singing is concerned, their vocal basis is always the same? Low voice image? Sigh? , midrange image? Talk? , high-pitched image? Shout? . By the 196s and 197s, American music began to develop into skill, which was reflected in the expansion of vocal range, the increase of strength contrast and the comprehensiveness of expressive force. Singers had a solid musical foundation and singing skills, and their vocal range was wide and varied.

European and American singing methods have a more scientific basis for vocalization, and their skills tend to be perfect, forming a vocal system with their own aesthetic effects. In singing, it sings with the most natural, rough, hoarse and hoarse sound quality without any decoration, and its vigorous and bold style is rendered incisively and vividly. In the performance, it pays attention to the color of clothes and has a casual, modern, novel, open and unique style.

5. The passion and impromptu decoration of African-American songs are the soul of African-American singing art. In his singing, he often adopts the singing form of "one leads all". The lead singer uses decorative singing skills such as shouting, screaming, sobbing, sobbing, sliding, vibrato and falsetto, and develops some simple melody fragments into extremely gorgeous and infectious passages, thus producing touching artistic effects.

After the appearance of jazz, African-Americans have created a highly flamboyant singing style, singing a variety of complex and changeable rhythms with some meaningless words, or imitating the sounds of various instruments in jazz bands with human voices. As it rose in the 199s? Rap? (Rap, reading the lyrics at a rapid pace) is also a continuation of these difficult vocal expressions to a certain extent.