Common Problems of Chinese Vocal Baritone in Teaching and Training

Abstract

          Chinese vocal music "is not only a concept or category, but also a goal, which is the common expectation and vision of all Chinese musicians. China is a cultural powerhouse, and we have ample reasons and accumulation to showcase our national and cultural confidence to the world. On the path of Chinese music going global, facing the development trend of music both domestically and internationally, we need to create and judge with a wise eye, and boldly explore with a clear mind and rational thinking. Chinese musicians have a long way to go, and the future of "Chinese vocal music" is foreseeable. Since the introduction of Western bel canto to China in the 1920s, the baritone voice has also appeared in bel canto teaching. Western vocal music was introduced to China through the initial form of church chants, various types of choirs in schools and society, as well as Western opera performances. It was gradually accepted by the Chinese people, and while Western vocal music was spreading in China, it also opened up the learning of modern Chinese vocal music. Over the past century, through learning and borrowing from Western vocal music as an "imported product", including studying, accepting, and imparting modern vocal science singing methods and different Western vocal schools, vocal singing methods, as well as related teaching experiences and knowledge systems, in the process of combining and adapting scientific singing methods with the language, rhyme, and even artistic emotions of the Chinese national anthem, and completing its Chinese style artistic expression, In fact, we have already embarked on a path of Chinese vocal music. As a lyrical baritone, I have been studying vocal music for over ten years now.