Percepción interna y externa de la distribución de las voces en un coro gospel

Alina Pelé; Blas Payri

doi:10.21932/epistemus.2.2716.0

Authors

Alina Pelé Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
Blas Payri Universidad Politécnica de Valencia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21932/epistemus.2.2716.0

Keywords:

canto coral, percepción vocal, mezcla de sonido, dirección coral

Abstract

An active debate in choral directing concerns the ideal distribution of the different choral voices: soprano, alto, tenor and bass (SATB). A Gospel choir was recorded with its usual director and rehearsal room, combining the type of song (vertical or contrapuntal), the accompaniment (a cappella or with instruments) and the four voice distributions most common in Gospel choirs. The choristers themselves (N = 33) evaluated the overall choral sound while singing (internal perception). The choristers (N = 24) and a group of professional musicians (N = 14) rated the recordings of the choir taken from the director’s point of hearing (external listening). Results show a significant preference for the classical choir distribution in general. The responses coherence is very high. The presence of an accompaniment lowers the evaluation. Preference is significantly correlated with homogeneity (external listening) and with homogeneity and ease of hearing (inner listening). Inner listening prompts higher differences in preference between distributions. Men are more sensitive to distribution concerning the ease of singing and hearing their voice, and prefer distributions where lower pitched voices are behind. Women do not distinguish between distributions concerning the ease of hearing or singing.

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