Vocal Basic Tutorial. Volume 1

Author: Gao Shi Fundamentals of Vocal Music
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Publish Date: 2004-04-01
Features: Fundamentals of Vocal Music is one of the professional foundation courses in higher teacher education. It has a closely complementary relationship with other professional foundation courses. For example, studying Solfège and Ear Training necessarily enhances students' sight-singing abilities, pitch accuracy, and rhythmic grasp. Learning Basic Music Theory and Fundamentals of Harmony not only enables students to master pitch, intervals, modes, tonality, and harmonic composition but also necessarily improves their analytical skills for vocal music. Moreover, studying Song Analysis and Composition directly involves the understanding and creation of vocal music works, bridging the gap from silent compositions to audible performances and strengthening the connection between creation and practice. Other courses such as Piano, Music Appreciation, and Choral Singing, among others, undoubtedly play a significant role in vocal performance and teaching. Therefore, we should not view Fundamentals of Vocal Music as an isolated course. It is essential to leverage the independence of this discipline while fully recognizing the relevance of its interdisciplinarity to achieve better teaching outcomes for Fundamentals of Vocal Music.