On June 9, 2021, Professor Dai Yuqiang, professor of Peking University Opera Research Institute, famous tenor singer and national first-class actor, was invited to Fenghua Guoyun. The thunderstorm weather in Beijing did not stop the enthusiasm of the students to listen to the lecture, the lecture site was full, and many spectators arrived at the report hall of the Fenghua Guoyun No. 2 Campus an hour in advance to wait for the front row. In the lecture, Professor Dai Yuqiang brought a lecture that was both instructive and practical to the audience in the form of a combination of theoretical and practical guidance.
Professor Dai talked about the process of vocal learning in the lecture. First of all, if the vocal teacher's own cognition is correct, a set of scientific procedures should be used to gradually let students form regular cognition and good singing habits. Secondly, vocal learners need to integrate the information received by different senses to form correct cognition, and constantly repeat through training to carve knowledge into the body, which is the basic process of learning to sing.
Learning to sing is a process from nature to unnatural and finally back to nature, which also goes through the process of "conscious" to "unconscious". The so-called conscious refers to the process of thinking on your own after the teacher teaches you knowledge. Repeating what you have learned, allowing the body's muscles and nerves to innervate habitual movements, forming an unconscious. If wrong muscle memories are formed during this period, it is difficult to correct them in the later stages, so laying the foundation stage is very important, which is why all vocal learners need a good teacher who is suitable for them.
Conditions such as the length and thickness of the vocal cords between men and women are different, and the structure and resonance cavity are different, resulting in differences in the timbre of the singer. The scientific and regular approach to learning vocal music in the early days is consistent, but what the singer has a personality is different. A good teacher can not only tap into the singer's strengths and strengths, but even turn flaws into finishing touches. Some singers' styles are derived from his small faults, but if there is no correct guidance, they only know how to imitate, but it is possible to imitate only the problems of others but not to imitate the style of others.
In addition to theoretical guidance, Professor Dai Yuqiang gave on-site lectures to 7 students at different learning levels. This includes An Yulin and Dang Jiaxin, students of the class of 2022. Professor Dai Yuqiang corrected and guided their singing from many aspects such as breath support and biting pronunciation, and affirmed the potential and understanding of the students. And pointed out that for vocal learners, especially beginners, vocal practice is the basis of all training, and only after forming good habits in vocal practice will there be no mistakes in singing. Some art test takers blindly choose some larger works in order to cope with the exam, which will cause the voice to tighten during the practice process and be difficult to adjust in the follow-up.
For more mature students with a certain vocal foundation, Professor Dai Yuqiang focused on adjusting their singing mood and vocal control in his guidance. By explaining the background of the song, Professor Dai let the students grasp the emotions and breaths that should be perceived and expressed when singing, and strived to process every musical sentence and every musical tone in a meticulous and vivid manner.
Professor Dai Yuqiang pointed out at the end of the lecture that learning to sing is a cumulative process, and being a singer is not a simple thing. The first is to be extremely self-disciplined, to put in the effort and practice day after day, to constantly think about what you have sung and learned, and the songs you hear on the stage have been practiced thousands of times. The teacher's guidance and supervision are his laws, so that you can get used to daily practice and form good habits.
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