Suggested exercises to improve Arabic singing skills

Suggested exercises to improve Arabic singing skills

Hameed  Ali Aesa

College of Fine Arts University of Basra –

Abstract:

Singing is a series of aesthetic experiences, as it is the result of an active artistic environment that contributes over time to crystallizing the most mysterious element in the singing process, namely the performance, which in turn creates what can be called the singing skill, and that performance is formed through intentional and unintentional training, and represents the process of understanding the elements Singing and its performance patterns are a vital center that helps in improving and raising the level of singing skills, and as a result there must be conditions and a training context to raise those technical and aesthetic skills, in order to achieve more effective performance in the recipient, and therefore that understanding imposes coordination and regulation of the methods of learning to sing, which often excite a group Among the problems, some of them are related to the lack of resources at the theoretical level, and some of them are related to the practical level, and this creates a state of gap at the theoretical level of thought and on the practical level in teaching singing.

Arabic singing represents a prominent element in Arab culture, and singing skills are one of the features of artistic performance related to the nature of Arab culture, and many experiences and types of singing have varied in different peoples and societies, and it is related to the nature of the Arabic language and the rules governing it in terms of pronunciation, performance, intonation, etc. That from its compositional structure, which in turn was reflected in the nature of melodies and the construction of melodic sentences down to performance, all of this produced various skills in singing, some of which were related to the methodical aspect such as singing poems, muwashahat, etc. Arranging and organizing effective methods in improving the level of singing skills, such as Ziryab and others, which did not reach us much due to lack of real and accurate notation, which was one of the reasons for the lack of interest in developing methods of performance in Arabic singing, and perhaps this lack of historical sources and knowledge of the most effective methods of learning singing And the scientific methods of singing and the development of performance techniques, contributed to the failure to develop and improve singing skills, The research will deal with the concept of skill and training, as well as the concept and role of improvisation, training methods, and lyrical musical schools. all these and other justifications called the researcher to Thinking of developing a series of approved exercises inspired by the programs and curricula of voice and performance training in the world and based on correct knowledge of the different skills and methods of expression. Which will be covered in the current  research.

Keywords:( exercises, skills, Arabic singing).

6- تدريبات مقترحة لتحسين مهارات الغناء العربي