The Art of Singing

Author: Zhao Meibo
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Publish Date: 1997-11-01
Features: The author has a deep passion for music and has dedicated over seventy years to music education. During this period, she felt that young students urgently needed reference materials on vocal music, yet such Chinese books were scarce in the market. Some foreign books, due to translation inaccuracies, were more prone to misinterpretation, while original foreign vocal music books were rarely written by singers themselves, making it difficult to convey their profound insights through text. Therefore, twenty years ago, she decided to write a book in Chinese to explore subtle issues in vocal music. This is the motivation behind writing this book. The book is a comprehensive summary of theories from experts, masters, and singers, combined with the author's teaching experiences and insights over more than seventy years both domestically and internationally. These theories are recognized learning principles, free from the risk of blind adherence.
The author believes that vocal music, apart from its national characteristics and works, should not be divided into different categories. The success factors for excellent singers are largely similar. She thinks that students who love singing, whether they aspire to become rock singers or jazz singers in the future, can gradually develop their voices and maintain their youthful tone if they possess a certain level of accurate basic vocal techniques and knowledge. This way, their beautiful voices will not fade away like a fleeting flower in just a few years.