Vocal Technique in Spoken and Sung Voice

Instance: 2013/2014 - 1S

Courses

Teaching - Hours Contact hours: 3,6 Type Teacher Classes Hours Contact hours Totals 1 3,60 Ana Cardoso   1,80 Sónia Lima   1,80

Docência - Responsabilidades Teacher Responsability Ana Paula de Brito Garcia Mendes Head Sónia Marina Dias de Jesus Lima Colaborador Ana Luísa Cardoso Colaborador

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives, competences and learning Outcomes

Module I - Spoken Voice
The Vocal Technique course in spoken voice module aims to develop students' practical skills to use vocal techniques in the re/habilitation of the spoken voice in professional and non-professional voice users, with specific scientific evidence. It intend to explore the capabilities of each individual student to the understanding and implementation of clear vocal techniques to improve patient vocal performance.

Module II – Sung Voice
The Vocal Technique course in sung voice module aims to develop students' practical approach to the voice quality of various musical styles. Students must experiment specific vocal techniques in sung voice to achieve possible improvements of this type of voice, through specific work directed to its flexibility, rich timbre and extension to an artistic repertoire more effective.

Main Contents

Module I - Spoken Voice
1. Pedagogy and vocal technique in voice re/habilitation
2. Vocal perception
3. Tone modulation techniques
4. Resonance modulation techniques
5. Pitch modulation techniques
6. Intensity modulation techniques

Module II – Sung voice
1. Musical styles and vocal quality - scientific basis
1.1. Vocal singers’ classification
1.2. Different vocal registers in singing voice
1.3. Vocal technique pertinence for singers’ professionalization
2. Sung Voice
2.1. Projected voice - resonance: the singer’s formant
2.2. Supported voice – breathing
2.3. Articulatory precision
2.4. Legatto
2.5. Vibrato
2.6. Falsetto
2.7. Hearing and tuning
2.8. Vocalizes exercises (musical scales, vocal tract flexibility exercises)
2.9. Flexibility and maximum phonation time
2.10. Vocal technique applications in repertoire: considerations

Teaching and Learning Strategies

Taking into account the objectives and content of this course, the theoretical and practical components were integrated, by practice observation, repetition, trial and correction through various biofeedback techniques.

Type of assessment

Assessment

Modules evaluation will consist in a practical assessment on the implementation of certain techniques, an evaluation by student on study case, which the student must perform the technique to use, must should know how to guide the patient through appropriate procedures. The relevance (clinical/science evidence) and the choices made by the student will be assessed too.

Module I:
• Practical test - performance of four techniques - 25%
• Written work about application of vocal techniques in a study case, with justification based on clinical practice evidence - 25%
Module II:
• multiple-choice written test - 25%
• Performance techniques applied to the repertoire: 25%

Assement and Attendance registers