I Think I Can

Overview

Objectives/Goals The purpose of my project is to understand the effect of encouragement on the vocal range and sustenance on a single note, so singers and vocal instructors everywhere, can understand whether or not verbal encouragement can help their voice, have no effect on the voice at all, or in a way hurt their voice. Methods/Materials To conduct my scientific experiment, I tested the amount of notes the volunteer could sing, and the amount of seconds each singer could sustain a note as my control. For the actual experiment, I gave each singer 4 preselected phrases of verbal encouragement while testing the range once again. Before they started sustaining the note, I gave them each a selected #pep talk#, and I encouraged them with three selected phrases of encouragements. Results I compared the amount of half notes with no encouragement to the amount of half notes the singer could sing with encouragement, and the seconds each singer could sustain a note with and without encouragements. My hypothesis was proven correct, I realized that with the verbal encouragement and boost of the singer#s self-esteem, the singer was able to achieve a larger range, and was also able to sustain a note longer than before. Conclusions/Discussion Overall, this project helped me understand the effect of verbal encouragement on the overall ability of a singer, and as a singer and aspiring vocal instructor, it informed me that a simple word of verbal encouragement can go a long way.

Competition history

• CSEF 2013 Behavioral & Social Sciences · Entry S0499

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