ABOUT FORMING THE FUNCTIONAL UNITY BETWEEN SPEECH AND SINGING IN 5-7-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN

Abstract

Speaking and singing are two interdependent functions of the vocal apparatus which determine opportunities of a speech level singing approach in 5-7-year-old children. The article presents the approach enhancement. The study aimed to detect the optimal way to form the functional unity of speaking and singing in 5-7-year-olds in voice training. The paper reveals general characteristics of the speech level singing approach in teaching children: 1) voice games at the introductory stage; 2) the voice develops in the comfortable speaking pitch at the initial stage; 3) “from sound to speech – from speech to singing” algorithm composes the main stage; 4) the vocal range develops by moving up. The author analyzes two directions of the speech level singing approach, which differ by register adjustment techniques. Considering the objective results of the studies, the author demonstrates advantages and disadvantages of the approach in contemporary teaching of 5-7-year-old children. The article describes the way of forming the functional unity between speech and singing based on the adjustment of the falsetto-mixed register and its prospects. The other algorithm of the child voice development is significantly different: a speech level singing approach works from singing to speech: singing skills formed by vocal didactic games are transferred to phonation during speaking. The aim is achieved in five stages. Children consequently acquire the skills of the correct breathing for singing, phonation, vowel and consonant articulation according to the coordination of the voice tract departments, the vocal range develops moving down, auditory coordination adjusts. The synthesis of speech and singing develops at the final stage. The play activities result in the effective formation of the functional unity of speech and singing.