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MUSC 280 Vocal Techniques and Methods Units: 3.00
Study of the principles of the musical voice. Topics include vocal care and development, singing techniques, diction and score study. The selection of age-, ability-, and culturally appropriate repertoire and activities will also be examined.
NOTE Enrolment is limited to students in a MUSC or MUTH Plan. Some experience with reading music notation is recommended for students enrolling in this course.
NOTE Enrolment is limited to students in a MUSC or MUTH Plan. Some experience with reading music notation is recommended for students enrolling in this course.
Learning Hours: 114 (36 Lecture, 78 Private Study)
Requirements: Prerequisite None.
Exclusion MUSC 180.
Offering Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Science
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Develop critical listening skills and appropriate technical vocabulary to identify and describe vocal qualities, issues, and inefficiencies.
- Demonstrate practical experience in teaching voice to others.
- Describe the fundamental principles of singing.
- Develop an understanding of the anatomy and physiology of the voice.
- Explore the concepts of breath support, pressure, resonance, vowel placement, passaggio, and registration.
- Gain an understanding of what efficient, safe, and sustainable singing is.
- Understand one's own singing voices through a scientific understanding of the vocal mechanism.