i.e. a full chromatic scale
HOW TO LEARN TO KNOW THE QUIET – QUIET NUANCES
To get started, you just need to sing in a convenient tessitura a certain phrase of medium volume. If you get into the resonators correctly, it will sound easy and free. Now try to sing it very quietly, keeping a vocal position. Do you hear yourself now or not? Ask a friend to sit in the far corner of the room and try to quietly sing a phrase or line from a song without a microphone. Were the words clearly heard? Did your voice disappear during quiet singing?
If you lose your voice when you sing quiet notes in a high tessitura, this is the first sign of incorrect formation of sound on the ligaments. For such artists, the voice sounds very loud and shrill at high notes or disappears completely. In such cases, it is worth taking high notes with falsetto so that the sound can be easily controlled. You can use the usual vocal exercises, only to sing them in different nuances. For example, one chanting link is sung loudly, the other is at medium height, the third is quiet. Continue reading
Russian choral music of the X-XVI centuries
Russian choral music of the 10th – 16th centuries is an important layer that serves as the basis for the further development of Russian music and culture as a whole. At the previous stage of development – in ancient Russia – folk art played a dominant role in society, since developed secular forms of professional music simply did not exist. Even among the upper feudal layers and in the prince’s court, one could hear folk songs distributed by representatives of song traditions – buffoons. DEVELOPMENT OF SPIRITUAL SINGING Everything has changed with the adoption of Christianity as the state religion in 988 and, as a result, the strengthening of ties with Byzantium. These events greatly influenced the further cultural development of our state. In contrast to folk song, church music developed, which at first was subject to the strong influence of Byzantium. Spiritual chants were recorded in Church Slavonic. Continue reading
Types of harmonies, or, What is the difference between lameness and turtle?
Harmonie is one of the favorite musical instruments of the Russian people. It is believed that the very first accordion was invented in Germany, but the Germans themselves are confident in the Russian origin of this keyboard-pneumatic instrument. In this article we will consider some types of harmonies that are popular in our country. LATER: WILL IT PLAY A CHROMATIC GAMA ON IT? It is with a limp that many Russians associate the word “accordion”. Some music-savvy people are surprised at one fact: the lameness of the lameness is based on the major scale, while the harmonica is called chromatic. Continue reading
