Frontiers in Education | |
Expression in popular music singing as embodied and interpersonal | |
Education | |
Elina P. Arlin1  Katri Liira1  Marja-Leena Juntunen2  | |
[1] Department of Music Education, Sibelius Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland;null; | |
关键词: expression; singing; popular music; voice pedagogy; embodiment; phenomenology; Merleau-Ponty; | |
DOI : 10.3389/feduc.2023.1092736 | |
received in 2022-11-08, accepted in 2023-04-24, 发布年份 2023 | |
来源: Frontiers | |
【 摘 要 】
This article presents theoretical viewpoints for considering and understanding expression in popular music singing and pedagogy from the perspective of embodiment as outlined in Merleau-Ponty’s phenomenological philosophy. In our study, we apply his interpretations of such notions as intentionality, body schema, gesture, reversibility, and intersubjectivity to bring forth and discuss the holistic, embodied, and interpersonal nature of voice expression in singing. We argue that expression should be viewed as an intentional activity, based on the body’s innate mindful functioning as a whole, and in singing guided by the lyrics and emotions to be communicated. We propose that this requires a “free voice”, based on healthy vocal production, that also allows for the immediacy of expression as and through gestures that bring the meaning into existence. We further argue that expression is an interpersonal, interactive, and intersubjective process in which the performer and listener influence each other in many ways. The reversibility of perception in expression means that perception and the object perceived are intertwined and action and perception are interconnected. There is also a gap in reversibility, which implies that the perception of (one’s own) expression is never complete. In addition to our theoretical arguments, we make pedagogical suggestions, such as that the body itself has a lot of understanding of how and should be trusted in singing, both in terms of voice production and expression. The expression should not be primarily approached as a technical issue but taught in connection with and through expression. The expression should be viewed from the inside out, not the opposite. This means that expression builds on one’s personality and (emotional) experiences.
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