• Phonetics and Speech Sciences
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• v.3 no.4
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• pp.103-108
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• 2011

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of the Bel canto singing technique on voice quality in patients with vocal bowing and sulcus vocalis. Five patients with vocal bowing, and five patients with sulcus vocalis participated in the study. Each subject was assessed acoustically (Jitter, Shimmer, NNE) in the first and last session. Dr. Speech (version 4.0, Tiger-DRS) was used to compare acoustic parameters of pre- and post-treatment. The Bel canto singing technique consisted of breathing exercises, relaxation exercises, and phonation exercises. The results showed that the Bel canto singing technique tended to be effective on improving voice quality in patients with organic voice disorders.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Laryngology, Phoniatrics and Logopedics
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• v.28 no.1
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• pp.17-19
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• 2017

Opera singers train their vocal organ to have a good timbre of voice. They train and train again to have a strong resonance, large range of voice, homogenous color of voice, a voice goes far and to avoid vocal disorder, etc. This article is analyzing from scientific and medical perspective. It could approach the secret of the great art of 400 years history - . Furthermore standardizing voice training method based on will facilitate to train, therapy and care the voice professional user and voice disorders.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.17 no.6
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• pp.262-268
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• 2016

The in-country interest in vocalists is worthy of notice. However, the public, including experts, don't have sufficient information for their interest. In this situation, the popularity of Seth Riggs' books is surprising, because his major is vocal music, not popular music, although he is known as 'a great vocal trainer'. Therefore, we should analyze his vocalization methods and compare them with Bel Canto. His skills are (focused on) SLS (Speech-level singing). The unique styles he used are related to Bel Canto in vocal music, but with some differences. Nevertheless, both styles have something in common. For example, they are similar in that they continue to keep up with the times, so as to improve and evolve. Therefore, it is important for the selected passages to be investigated and presented, based on the individual body conditions and properties. Seth Riggs' vocalization method should be systematically examined too. This is because it has great influence on the public.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Laryngology, Phoniatrics and Logopedics
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.6-14
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• 1986

Pansori (sole narrative music), a typical folk music genre of Korea, resembles Western opera in its dramatic appeal, but greatly differs from Western opera in its use of musical scales, rhythms and singing methods. The followings are the differences observed between the voice producing method in Pansori and that in bel canto singing in Western music. (omitted)