Dialectics on Aesthetics Appreciation of
Voice and Emotion in Singing
Posted on February 11, 2010 by China Papers
Abstract: It is an old topic which has been taked too much
how to integratevoice and emotion when singing.
Nevertheless a further understanding ofthis question. From
a stand point of aesthetic appreciation this thesis bymeans of
scientific dialectics expands to discuss the recognition of
theralation between voice and emotion to obtain a better
understanding oftheir dialectical relation so that singing art
could display the songs moreappealing, and it also clarifies
the relation through explanation of somefacts. Dialectics is
science about the general law of nature, society
anddevelopment of thingking as well as corrct world outlook
and metheology,while aesthetics appreciation is the feature
which distinguishes all arts ofaesthetics and philosophyby
means of scientific world outlook andmethodology so as to
research and construct the creation rule of art in theprocess
of art aesthetics appreciation. When exploring the
relationbetween voice and emotion in singing, we could boild
a more theoriticaland systematic value of aesthetics
appreaciation through application ofdialectics in order to
breafl summerize how to display voice and emotionin the
course of singing and achiece general knowledges of
overwhelmingrules. Utilizing a combination method of
aesthetic, musical, philosophy,musical psychology and art
dialectics, this thesis attempts to put forwardsome
innovative ideas on the basis of persent theory and art
perfoemanceexperience. Besides introduction and
conclusion this thesis is divided into threechapters:Chapter
One deals with dialectics in aesthestic appreciation of voicein
singing. Voice is the foundation of singing art and a
conbination ofboth phonetics and composition which in the
process of integration relyon each other and are mutually
supplementary as well as unificatory,contradictory and
conflicting, mou ldable and elastic. Timbre is allsounds man
sing composed of breaht, resonace, range language,
volumeand tone color. Giving a full play of timbre in singing
needs conciliationand cooperation of all physiological organs.
In art performance voicecould be contradictorily real and
phoney, light and heavy, slow and swift,low and loud,
artificial and true with pause and commence.Chapter Two
copes with dialectics in aesthetic appreciation ofemotion in
singing. Emotion is the soul of singing art. Emotion in
singingmight have several phases which is unificatory on the
other side. Whenwe say emotion, we mean not only the
narrow meanig of expressingemotion but dialectical
unification of emotion illustrated by the words,tune and
voice. A singer should be able to plunge himself into
sceneryaria from heart according to the type of composition
he performs byimmersing in the scenes.Chapter Three
expounds how to tackle and command the dialecticrelation
of aesthetic appre ciation between voice and emotion in their
further combination, which is the emphasis of this article. In
this chapterit is discoursed in five aspects:Dialectic
unification of physiology and psychology in
singing;unification of method and object of display;
unification of substance andform of singing; dialectic
unification of common character andindividuality of singing
and dialectic unification of nationality andmodernity of
singing…
Key words: voice; emotion; dialectics of
aesthetics appreciation; opposite and unificatory;
contradiction