Choosing Appropriate Repertoire for Students Studying Voice
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Authors
Rice, Gabriel
Issue Date
2024-04-19
Type
Poster
Language
en_US
Keywords
Scholarship Sewanee 2024 , University of the South , Voice Pedagogy , repertoire , voice , singing , Finzi , music
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Abstract
As a voice teacher, choosing repertoire for students is a vitally important task. Assigning repertoire that is too easy will not allow a student to grow their musicianship, while assigning music that is too difficult can stunt development and discourage the singer from continuing lessons. With this issue in mind it can be advantageous to have a system to quickly analyze the difficulty of a piece of music and determine whether to assign it or not, thus reducing the time spent picking repertoire and allowing one to gain an understanding of pieces a teacher might be unfamiliar with. The purpose of this research was to create such a system utilizing a rubric to score the difficulty of a piece of music across a variety of parameters including range and tessitura, rhythmic intricacy, harmonic complexity, linguistic demands, and the difficulty and melodic support of the accompaniment. Drawing inspiration from established practices in the voice pedagogy literature, this project refines already effective metrics into a new rubric, offering a comprehensive and efficient tool for assessing difficulty, and allowing future voice teachers to make informed repertoire decisions.
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University of the South