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Exploring the advantages of singing technique applied to musical practice (2020)

Vittorio Gentilini
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I have personally experienced that the fact of being able to sing helped me in various ways, both with ordinary life and in practicing music. The study of singing helped me to develop and internalize my own analytical and musical ideas, and helped me with the study of the instrument I play: the trombone. Beyond that I was diagnosed in 2013 of hypothyroidism, a condition for which my thyroid wasn't producing enough hormones. This situation led me to follow a specific therapy including external activities such as meditation, sport activity and singing. Among these, singing was by far the most effective in solving the problem. I suddenly realized I could partially integrate my therapy with the singing of early music ensuring myself some hormone realizing and experiencing uplifting (similar feelings reached through sports such as running). In this exposition I analyzed some early historical treaties, which explain how the playing style should be a “natural imitation” of singing and why, for an instrumentalist of any kind, it was fundamental to master a singing technique before playing. I could also observe and analyze modern trombone and singing practice, establishing five common points between the two: 1) Tuning/ear, 2) Messa di voce, 3) Breathing, 4) Phrasing and 5) The "speaking sound". I will provide a practicing tip for each of the points and make two controlled recording experiments on Messa di voce and the “speaking sound” to observe and compare the tone production of the voice of a singer and the sound of my trombone.
typeresearch exposition
keywordstrombone, technique, singing, Instruments & Techniques
date20/02/2020
published20/08/2020
last modified20/08/2020
statuslimited publication
share statusprivate
copyrightVittorio Gentilini
licenseAll rights reserved
languageEnglish
urlhttps://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/802349/802355
published inKC Research Portal
portal issue3. Internal publication


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