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Choral singing under the microscope : Identifying vocal leaders through comparison of individual recordings of the singers

Zadig, Sverker LU ; Folkestad, Göran LU and Lyberg Åhlander, Viveka LU orcid (2017) In Finnish Journal of Music Education 20(FJME 01 2017). p.77-98
Abstract
Singing in groups and choirs is one of the main and generally most widespread musical activities: in schools at all levels among children and adolescents as well as in leisure time activities from "non-singer choirs" to more advanced and professional choirs. Previous studies indicate the need to identify vocal collaboration between choral singers.
This article investigates how individuals in a choir differ in taking initiative and in which ways musical informal leadership may appear.
As data collection method, individual singers were equipped with close-up, head-mounted microphones. Graphs of separate-track recordings were compared and analyzed.
In the analysis, different kinds of informal leadership were identified: (i) in... (More)
Singing in groups and choirs is one of the main and generally most widespread musical activities: in schools at all levels among children and adolescents as well as in leisure time activities from "non-singer choirs" to more advanced and professional choirs. Previous studies indicate the need to identify vocal collaboration between choral singers.
This article investigates how individuals in a choir differ in taking initiative and in which ways musical informal leadership may appear.
As data collection method, individual singers were equipped with close-up, head-mounted microphones. Graphs of separate-track recordings were compared and analyzed.
In the analysis, different kinds of informal leadership were identified: (i) in accuracy regarding blending; (ii) in intonation and (iii) in how leaders influence their peers.
The results indicate that there are singers acting as informal leaders in the choirs. A way to improve choral singing, at all levels and contexts, might be to acknowledge and make use of this leadership. (Less)
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Choir voices, choir singers, choir leader, informal leader, ensemble
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20
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FJME 01 2017
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Sibelius Academy
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1239-3908
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English
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  author       = {{Zadig, Sverker and Folkestad, Göran and Lyberg Åhlander, Viveka}},
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  number       = {{FJME 01 2017}},
  pages        = {{77--98}},
  publisher    = {{Sibelius Academy}},
  series       = {{Finnish Journal of Music Education}},
  title        = {{Choral singing under the microscope : Identifying vocal leaders through comparison of individual recordings of the singers}},
  url          = {{https://sites.uniarts.fi/en/web/fjme/archive/-/asset_publisher/IdwokuiuAebS/content/vol-20-01-2017?_101_INSTANCE_IdwokuiuAebS_redirect=%2Fen%2Fweb%2Ffjme%2Farchive}},
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