El uso correcto y saludable de la voz artística exige un profundo conocimiento del instrumento vocal. La medicina y el canto encuentran un nexo de unión en la disciplina científica de la higiene vocal. El objetivo de este artículo, basado en una metodología de análisis de documentación histórica, es mostrar la relevancia de la medicina en el desarrollo del canto y su difusión mediante la publicación de tratados de higiene de la voz en el siglo XIX. Además, se estudia la figura del doctor Faustino Barberá, promotor de la divulgación científica en el contexto de la educación oficial del canto.
Describing the qualities of a singer’s voice is a challenging task, even for experts. Voice pedagogues usually evaluate vocal qualities through auditions, after which they make subjective judgments. As a means of communication, language has limitations in expressing concrete sound sensations, and sometimes such a description can be abstract for the singer. Our work aims to design and validate a new educational approach for vocal assessment and training, using the Mental Images for Singing Education (MISE Method). In addition, we analyze whether this pedagogical methodology favors the improvement of vocal technique and the learning of concepts according to the level of experience of the students and their executive performance. Our results show that the introduction of mental imagery produces beneficial effects in the teaching and learning of vocal techniques, regardless of the initial performance level. This makes the MISE Method an effective assessment and training tool, allowing the formalization of a communication language hitherto used intuitively in the singing classroom. However, our results were inconclusive at the cognitive level, so future research is needed to expand the study of executive processes according to the type of mental images used.
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