Método de ensino de técnica vocal em modalidade EAD: um estudo de caso

Abstract

The teaching of singing is a historically practical activity, but in recent decades, especially in recent months, distance education has become a growing and irreversible reality. This study analyzed an online course, here entitled with the fictitious name VocalTec, in order to understand a method of teaching vocal technique in this modality. The methodology was a case study with a qualitative approach. The vocal exercises, objectives and teaching strategies of the VocalTec course were compared with the literature of voice professionals. In this type of comparative analysis, it is not intended to hierarchize theories, but to deepen knowledge about the phenomenon. The VocalTec method taught singing through specific exercises regarding breathing, resonance, articulation, tuning, virtuosity, and other aspects resulting from these techniques. Literature was shown to be similar in the teaching strategy by verbal orientation, imitation, body movement and use of various facilitating objects. In the analysis it was found that the teaching of distance learning has limitations in aspects such as generalization of vocal exercises and lack of interaction between student and teacher. These limiting aspects were mitigated by the proposal of the VocalTec course to change the tone and progress of the exercises and the availability of online singing teachers to answer students' verbal doubts; the course advises the student to take face-to-face classes with a preferred singing teacher. [resumo fornecido pelo autor]