Singing： Resonance Between the Soul and the Body on the Unity of Different Music Styles and Singing States.docVIP

Singing： Resonance Between the Soul and the Body on the Unity of Different Music Styles and Singing States 　　[a]Associate Professor， School of Music， Central China Normal University， Wuhan， China. 　　*Corresponding author. 　　Received 5 September 2014; accepted 18 November 2014 　　Published online 26 January 2015 　　Abstract 　　This paper explores how a singer can arrive at the best singing state and how the singing state can best serve the expression of music styles through a discussion of the four elements of the singing state， namely physiological， psychological， cultural and technical elements. From an academic prospective， it gives a synthetic analysis on how a singer’s soul and skills can form a perfect unity with the expression of songs. 　　Key words： Singing; Singing state; Music style; Singing skill 　　Zhong， X. H. （2015）. Singing： Resonance Between the Soul and the Body on the Unity of Different Music Styles and Singing States. Canadian Social Science， 11（1）， lt;Pagegt;-0. Available from： http：///index.php/css/article/view/6208 　　DOI： http：///10.3968/6208 　　INTRODUCTION 　　There have been numerous eminent singers in human history. Some are well-known while others are only influential in some regions. Among them， those who can be categorized as great singers share one thing in common， for whom singing is not a profession， but the whole life. What they sing is resonance of the soul and the body， such as Michael Joseph Jackson， Teresa Teng and Madonna. 　　There are countless research papers and books on singing skills of different music systems， which are mostly summarizations of different singing experience， providing multiple approaches to various singing skills. Meanwhile， people find that knowing much about singing does not mean we can sing. Particularly for those who are determined to learn singing and those students of singing， the more they know about singing skills， the more reserved they become while they sing and thus the more puzzled they ar