Creative Work of Novgorod Original Singers as a Reference for Modern Folk-Singing Education

Abstract

The article presents the theoretical grounding of the folk-singing technologies of Novgorod original singers (authentic performers) as fundamental to the developed author’s methods: intonational-formulaic, vocal-phonatory, polyphonic-specific, local-style. The identified features of authentic intonation-formulaic education and the study resulted singing fund of children’s song folklore became “key” and end-to-end mechanisms in the author’s method of forming and developing skills of sustainable singing intonation with each participant in the educational process aimed at preserving and further developing the traditions of Novgorod folk-song creation. Based on the study of the general-style singing specifics, vocal-phonation and polyphonic texture of ensemble singing of Novgorod authentic singers developed local-style singing classification, which, according to the terminology of the author of the article, Novgorod folk-singing styles are: old Slavic, Old Russian, part singing, as well as four mixed folk-singing styles. The differentiating mechanism of classification is the potential of the applied types of folk vocal phonation, polyphony in the ensemble singing and the type of singing articulation. On this local-style foundation, the author formed a specific Novgorod mixed folk-singing style, combining locally-style folk-singing technologies of Novgorod authentic performers and the academic school of Russian folk singing. This style is used in the singing of teachers and students of the Novgorod Children’s Music School of Russian Folklore. The implementation of the technologies developed by the author in pedagogical practice helps children achieve a high level of singing training and become ethno performer, a future ethnophore and a bearer of Russian local / regional folk song traditions.