English: The singing ability of youths in South Africa, Germany, Great
Britain and United States of America is poor. This implies that
the merits of singing are not accentuated and that singing is
not used optimally in general and formal music education. This
also has an effect on multicultural music education. The success
of folk song singing depends on successful singing activities.
The primary reason for the poor singing of youths can be found
in unstructured singing.
The merits of singing in formal music education include the
development and improvement of:
* singing accuracy and correctness
* aural training
* inner hearing
* sight reading skills
* sight singing skills
* pitch discrimination
* speedy memorization.
Effective use bf the singing voice in formal music education
includes: singing themes, motives and phrases. This can ensure a
practical, music-making approach to aural training, music
theory, harmony, composition, form, counterpoint and solo
instrument studies. By means of an initial singing programme, young aspiring
musicians could be introduced to formal music education. By
means of a music ability test which consists mainly of singing,
a teacher could make recommendations regarding the viability of
continued formal music studies.
The merits of singing in general music education include:
*the development of the voice as each child's primary musical
instrument
* the experience of success regardless of the level of technical
singing ability
* opportunities for self-expression are created
* the expansion of pupil's repertoire
* the transfer of culture
* the ability to listen selectively, to concentrate, to react
and to evaluate
* aural training with respect to melody, rhythm, harmony, form
and dynamics
* an awareness of and facility in language.
Structured singing ensures that sufficient attention is given
to:
* the quality of singing
* good choice singing material and song teaching methods
* singing enrichment
* singing evaluation.
Structured singing enables the teacher to identify and develop
individual musical talent.
For multicultural music education in South Africa to succeed,
emphasis should fall on singing folk songs of the different
microcultures in South Africa. This is facilitated by taking
notice of folk song singing in African, Afrikaans and English
communities.
Afrikaans: Die sangvermoe van jeug in Suid-Afrika, Duitsland, Brittanje en
die Verenigde State van Amerika is swak. Dit impliseer dat
onvoldoende klem op die meriete van sang geplaas word en dat
sang daarom in algemene musiekopvoeding en formele musiekonderig
nie optimaal benut word nie. Dit het ook 'n uitwerking op
multikulturele musiekopvoeding, aangesien suksesvolle sang 'n
voorvereiste is vir geslaagde volksliedsang. Die hoofrede vir
swak sangvermoe van jeug is ongestruktureerde sang.
Die meriete van sang in formele musiekonderrig behels
ontwikkeling en verbetering van:
* sangakkuraatheid en -korrektheid
* gehoorsopleiding
* innerlike gehoor
* bladleesvermoe
* bladsangvermoe
* toonhoogte-onderskeiding
* die spoed van memorisering.
Die effektiewe gebruik van die sangstem in formele
musiekonderrig sluit in: die sing van temas, motiewe en frases.
Dit kan daartoe lei dat gehoorsopleiding, musiekteorie,
harmonie, komposisie, vormleer, kontrapunt en solo instrumentale
studies meer ingestel is op musiekmaak. Jong aspirante rnusikante kan deur rniddel van 'n sangprogram, met
forrnele rnusiekonderrig begin. 'n Musiekvaardigheidstoets wat
hoofsaaklik op sang berus, kan 'n aanduiding gee vir die
wenslikheid van voortgesette forrnele rnusiekonderig.
Die meriete van sang in algemene musiekopvoeding behels die:
* ontwikkeling van die stern as die kind se prirnere rnusiekinstrurnent
* belewing van sukses ongeag die vlak van tegniese
sangvaardigheid
* skep van geleenthede vir selfekspressie
* uitbrei van leerlinge se liedereskat
* oordrag van kultuur
* inskerp van die verrnoe om selektief te luister, te
konsentreer,
te reageer en te evalueer
* ontwikkeling van gehoor ten opsigte van rnelodie, ritrne,
harrnonie,
vorm en dinamiek
* verwerwing van taalbewustheid and -vaardigheid.
Gestruktureerde sang impliseer dat voldoende aandag spandeer
word aan:
* die kwaliteit van sang
* goeie keuse sangrnateriaal en liedaanleerrnetodes
* sangverryking
* sangevaluering.
Vir 'n suksesvolle Suid-Afrikaanse multikulturele
musiekopvoeding, behoort voldoende klern op die sing van
volksliedere van die verskillende kulture in Suid-Afrika te val.
Dit kan deur kennis van, respek vir, en bemoeienis met
volksliedsang in swart, Asiatiese, Afrikaanse en Engelse
gemeenskappe bewerkstellig word.
