Efficacy of imaginative vocal training for enhancing vocal awareness in non-professional singers.

ABSTRACT: The objective of this study was to examine whether different types of mental-imagery training focused on the vocal apparatus can enhance awareness of the vocal tract and diaphragm (vocal awareness) in non-professional singers.Sixty participants with no singing education received one of three training conditions: following instructions based on 1) a description of the physiological changes that take place during phonation (physiological description), 2) imitating an action using the vocal apparatus (imitative action), and 3) a metaphorical narration. Imitative action and metaphorical narration were conceptualized as more imaginative forms of training. Vocal awareness was assessed with a questionnaire that participants completed before and after the training. The questionnaire measured three

SUBMITTER: Biassoni F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12700440 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature