IHVp07 Voice education 1

Faculty of Education
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Marie Kábelová (seminar tutor)
MgA. Marek Olbrzymek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Vladimír Richter
Department of Music – Faculty of Education
Supplier department: Department of Music – Faculty of Education
Prerequisites (in Czech)
SOUHLAS
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Creation of system of skills and habits in singing technique. Methodical basis for pedagogical work with child and adult voice. Study materials - czech folk songs, child songs, czech and world nonartificial and artificial music. At the end of this course student should be able to play the piano and sing vocal technique exercises simultaneously and must be able to apply theoretical and practical knowledge in singing technique to his repertoire.
Learning outcomes
The student has adopted procedures leading to the extension of the children's voice range; he/she can create and practically use articulation exercises and exercises to balance the colour of vocals. He/she can sing a song correctly, intonationally, rhythmically and with the appropriate expression, and accompany it playing the piano.
Syllabus
  • Introduction. Choosing literature to study. Singing posture. Setting the correct posture. Types of breathing. Breathing exercises. Practice of the costal-diaphragm breathing. Voice onsets. Practice of the soft voice onset. Breathing, articulatory and vocal exercises for improving singing technique of adults. Work with registers. Stabilization and extending the vocal range. Practising the voice technique by singing folk songs. Work with children’s song literature. Information about hygiene of speaking and singing voice of children. Practising repertoire – folk songs, musicals, artificial songs etc.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • CRHA, Bedřich and Petr HALA. Technika klavírního doprovodu lidových písní (The technique of piano accompaniment of folk songs). 1. dotisk 2. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2011, 115 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-4659-7. info
  • FROSTOVÁ, Jana. Škola a zdraví pro 21. století, 2010 : péče o hlasovou kondici učitelů. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita ve spolupráci s MSD, 2010, 198 s. ISBN 9788073921576. info
  • FROSTOVÁ, Jana and Mária VANIAKOVÁ. Základy hlasové výchovy pro učitele I. (The fundamentals of the voice education for teachers of 1-5grades). 1st ed. Brno: Masarykova univerzita Brno, 1995, 55 pp. PdF MU 1. ISBN 80-210-1229-3. info
Teaching methods
lectures, practical exercises, homework
Assessment methods
Type: Exercises Credit: Transposition of various types of voice exercises with own piano accompaniment in diatonic and chromatic scale. Practical vocal presentation of 20 compulsory songs with own piano accompaniment. Basic knowledge of the voice hygiene. 80% attendance is necessary for giving course-unit credit.
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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