ARTS CULTURE

Elements of Vocal Technique

 ART IS: The expression of one's feelings were poured into the creations in the form of motion, form, tone poems, which contain elements of beauty, and can affect the feelings of others.
VOCAL TECHNIQUE is: How to produce the sound is good and right, so it came out sounding clear, beautiful, melodious, and sonorous.

ELEMENTS OF VOCAL TECHNIQUE:
1. Articulation, is word for word pronunciation is good and clear.
2. Breathing is an attempt to breathe as much as possible, and then stored and released slowly as necessary.
Breathing in the three types, namely:
Respiratory Chest: suitable for low tones, the singer easily tired.
Abdominal breathing: air quickly depleted, less suitable for use in singing, because it will be quickly exhausted.
Diaphragm breathing: breathing is the most suitable for singing, because the air that used to be easy to set up use, has the power and stability of a good vocal.

1. Phrasering are: rule beheading sentence properly so it is easy to understand and in accordance with the applicable rules.
2. Attitude Agency: is the position of the body when someone is singing, can while sitting or standing, which is important not to be disturbed respiratory tract.
3. Resonance is: an attempt to beautify mefungsikan sound with air cavities that also vibrate / vibrate around the mouth and throat.
4. Vibrato is: Efforts to beautify a song in a way memberigelombang / vibrating sound basis, usually applied in each end of a sentence song.
5. Improvisation is an attempt to beautify the song by changing / adding most melodic songs with a professional, without changing the principal melody.
6. Intonation is high or low a tone that must be reached exactly.

Terms formation Intonation is good:
Good hearing
Respiratory control
Musical taste.

NADA is a sound that has regular vibrations per second.
NATURE NO TONE 4 (FOUR):
1. FITCH is the accuracy range of tones.
2. DURATION is the length of a pitch must be tolled
3. TONE INTENSITY is hard, soft tone should sound.
4. Timbre that sounds different color for each person.

AMBITUS Sound is an area of ​​tone that could be reached by a person.
A professional singer must be able to reach the notes from the lowest to the highest according to ability.
Crescendo is quietly fade hard.
DESCRESCENDO is loud gradually slow.
STACATO is the sound of singing in broken.

ALLOCATION OF HUMAN VOICE 3 (THREE):
1. Adult Female voice;
Soprano (high female voice)
Messo Soprano (being female voice)
Alto (low female voice)

1. Voice Male Adults:
Tenor (high male voice)
Baritone (voice was male)
Bass (low male voice)

1. Sounds Children:
High
Low.
Diatonic scales are a series of seven (7) fruit tones in an octave pitch having a regular arrangement.
Appliances Major diatonic tones are tones that have stairs distance between tone 1 (one) and ½ (half).
Characteristics of Major diatonic scales:

1. Be merry
2. Vibrant
3. Usually begins and ends with the tone of Do = C
4. Having a pattern of intervals: 1, 1,. ½, 1, 1, 1, ½

Distinctive Appliances Minor diatonic tones:
1. Less excited.
2. Is sad
3. Usually begins and ends with the tone of La = A
4. Having a pattern of intervals: 1, ½, 1, 1, ½, 1, 1.

Note: This theory is not in accordance with dangdut music that are emerging in Indonesia.
Sample song tone bertangga Mayor: Forward Not Undaunted, Indinesia Kingdom, independence day, Halo-halo Bandung, Indonesia Jaya, Garuda Pancasila, Mars Student.
Sample song tone bertangga Minor: Thanks, Lord, Autumn Flowers.
HOUSEHOLD NADA is chromatic scales have only ½ the distance between the pitch. Example: C - Cis - D - Dis-E - F - Fis - G - Gis - A - Ais - B
HOUSEHOLD ENHARMNONIS NADA is a series of scales that have different names and layouts, but have the same pitch.
Example: Nada Ais-Bes, Cis-Dec, Gis-As, Dis-Es, Fis-Ges.
APPRECIATION the totality of activities that include vision, observation, assessment, and an appreciation of a work of art.
Bars are still knocking repeatedly on a song. Example bars:
2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 6/8
ALLOY Sound is composed vocal music Presentation past 15 or more persons who combine various colors sounds into a coherent whole, and can reveal the soul songs are sung.

VOICE TYPES ALLOY:
1. UNISONO Choir The choir is using one voice.
2. Choir 2 similar sounds, that chorus that uses two similar human voice, for example: Sounds kind of woman, Sounds kind of guy, kind voice of children.
3. 3 of a kind Choir S - S - A, which is a kind of chorus using sound Soprano 1, Soprano 2 and Alto.
4. Mixed Voice Choir 3 S - A - B, the choir menggiunakan 3 sound mix, for example: Soprano, Alto Bass.
5. Choir 3 of a kind T-T - B, which is a kind of voice choir 3 men with a voice Tenor 1, Tenor 2, Bass.
6. 4 Mixed Voice Choir, the choir sounds mengguanakan mix of men and women, with a sound S - A - T - B. Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass.
Conductor / CONDUCTOR is the person who leads the choir.

The terms of a Conductor / Conductor is good:
1. have leadership qualities
2. has a strong physical resistance
3. should be physically and mentally healthy
4. sympathetic
5. mastered how to exercise effective
6. has a good imagination
7. have the knowledge, skills, and ability to play music.