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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"vocal development"”.
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Pedagogical Uses of the Solo Vocal Music of Nicolas Flagello in the Training of Intermediate and Advanced Voices
… of their pedagogical suitability for ongoing vocal development of intermediate and advanced voices. Interpretive aspects of the songs will be discussed in addition to demonstrating how existing research by Coffin, Vennard, Miller, and Doscher may be applied to the teaching of this repertoire.
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The Study of English, French, German and Italian Techniques of Singing Related to the Female Adolescent Voice
Throughout the recorded history of vocal development certain characteristics can be traced to nationalistic roots. This work explores the four major schools of singing: English, French, German and Italian and includes a brief history of the pedagogical development and ideas of these schools' …
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Vocal health in the choral rehearsal: Common ground for operatically trained singers, studio voice teachers and choral conductors
… evidence reveals that there are continuing vocal problems experienced by operatically trained singers in the collegiate choral rehearsal. Although previous research has dealt with these problems in various specialized ways, no study has attempted to integrate contemporary voice research with …
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Socially Motivated Vocal Learning
… of social conspecifics. This thesis studies vocal learning in two social species, humans (Homo sapiens sapiens) and an oscine songbird, the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata). Using both behavioral and neuroanatomical data, Chapter 2 of this thesis argues that both the evolution and the …
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Data-Driven Analysis of Zebra Finch Song Copying and Learning
… finches produce hundreds of thousands of complex vocalizations during vocal development. These undergo learned changes with respect to acoustic features that are relevant to the animal but experimentally unknown \textit{a priori}. Recent developments in machine learning provide tools to reduce the …
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Graduate Recital, Vocal Performance
… before the completion of my graduate degree in vocal performance, featured a wide variety of repertoire. As a new member of the tenor fach, finding music that is challenging and appropriate for my level of development was difficult. The recital featured works by Stefano Donaudy, Hugo Wolf, …
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Whistle use and whistle sharing by allied male bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus
… effect of the formation of these alliances on vocal development. Comparing whistles produced in isolation revealed that alliance partners have similar whistles, while non-partners do not. Whistle similarity seen in alliance partners mirrors group-specific vocal convergence in stable groups of …
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Vocalises for choir: A collection of vocal exercises with a study of their value and of principles for their effective use.
For an untold number of years the vocalise has had an integral place in many of the methods used for the training and development of singers. Commonly referred to and used as "warm-ups" in the choral rehearsal, vocalises are considered by many conductors to have a usefulness that surpasses that of …
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The voice of Samson: an exploration of the vocal writing in Gilbert Duprez’s opera Samson
The purpose of this document is to discuss the vocal writing and performance practice of Samson, a Grand Opera by Gilbert Duprez. This document contains a performing edition of selected recitatives and arias from the incomplete score from 1837. The edition includes the orchestral accompaniment, …
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Techniques for studying vocal learning in bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus
… the role of learning in the natural whistle development of bottlenose dolphins. Bottlenose dolphins provide a unique opportunity to study social influences on vocal learning in a highly social non-human mammal. Vocal learning is critical for the development of human language but plays a much …
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A pedagogia do canto através do movimento corporal: o uso da bola suíça e da faixa elástica no treino vocal de estudantes de canto
… production. Additionally, in a second study a vocal training program (VTP) created by the author was carried out. It comprised physical and vocal exercises with the aid of SB and EB, aimed at assessing the training impact on increasing proprioception and improving technical performance in …
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Development and functions of signature whistles of free-ranging bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus
This thesis presents data on the development and functions of individually distinctive signature whistles of free-ranging bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops tnmcatus. Research was conducted at a study site near Sarasota, Florida, where a resident community of bottlenose dolphins have been the focus of a …
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ONTOGENY AND NEURAL MECHANISMS OF VOCAL COMMUNICATION IN MUS MUSCULUS
Innate vocalizations play a critical communicative role for both human and non-human animals. Infants of altricial species vocalize when hungry, cold, or isolated from caregivers and their nest environment. These ‘infant vocalizations’ are crucial for the survival of altricial infants, including …
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Neonatal Nightingales: Live Parental and Neonatal Nurse Infant-Directed Singing as a Beneficial Intervention for the Health and Development of Infants in Neonatal Care
… that is beneficial to the health and development of infants in neonatal care and which could conceivably be integrated into nursing practice and the neonatal care environment in a way that is both practical and viable. An appraisal of extant literature highlights the need for further …