The Effect of Vocal Training Methods on Improving Turkish Accent Defects
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Problem Statement: Despite analyses
of how vocal training methods can correct or improve Turkish-language
accent defects, for most voice educators, the most
important methods continue to be breathe management control and correct
vocalization exercises. We therefore sought to demonstrate the relationship of song
lyrics to breathe control, accent defects, and good diction.
Propose of Study: The
aim of the study was to promote best practices in order to enhance students’
speech in a university music department in Turkey. To that end, we administered
vocal training in a group of 12 first-year
student volunteers in the department. We recorded and evaluated differences in accent
defects both prior to and subsequent to vocal training.
Methods: The sample included 12 first-year
students in the Music Department of the Fine Arts Faculty at Erciyes
University. We determined pre- and post-test results by using the same oral
readings (“Minnelied,” meaning ‘Mutluluk Sarkisi’ in Turkish). Prior to the study,
the students read song lyrics chosen by voice education specialists and
that were translated and adapted into Turkish.
We performed testing with the Vitalograph
Alpha Model 6000 portable spirometer, which we used to analyze the
parameters of forced vital capacity, forced expiration volume during the first
second, and vital capacity, as well as PRAAT
vocal analysis. Afterward,
the students read the text again,
and we collected pre-and post-analysis data by
using PRAAT vocal
analysis. We analyzed accent defects in the words
“insan,” “ormanda,” “gezerken,” “guzel,” “oter,” and “kopardigin” for intensity,
intensity in air, amplitude, and pitch.
Findings and
Results: Following voice training, FEV1 (p < .05) increased
significantly, whereas vital capacity and forced
vital capacity did not change significantly. Vocal analysis revealed that the amplitude of the words
“insan,” “ormanda,”“gezerken,”“guzel,”“oter,”and“kopardigin” (p < .05) increased
significantly. For the words “ormanda”
and “gezerken,” intensity (p < .05 and p < .001) increased significantly, as did intensity in air (p
< .05) for “guzel,” “oter” and “kopardigin.”
Conculusion and Recommandation: Students’ voice
lessons in the Music
Department can benefit from vocal training methods
that significantly improve accent defects and expressions, as well as assist in
breath management. This methodology ultimately promoted
the correct expression of Turkish words.
Anahtar Kelimeler
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Ayrıntılar
Birincil Dil
İngilizce
Konular
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Bölüm
Araştırma Makalesi
Yayımlanma Tarihi
15 Aralık 2016
Gönderilme Tarihi
15 Aralık 2016
Kabul Tarihi
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Yayımlandığı Sayı
Yıl 2016 Cilt: 16 Sayı: 66