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I am very interested in researching and finding out more information about music, specifically singing. I want to know the history of it, who made each genre popular, who the first person was to sing a whistle tone, etc. I am going to focus on the aspects and preparations to becoming a singer and experimenting with the voice. I have posed some questions that I am hoping I will be able answer after researching and completing this project. Some of the questions are: How does someone learn how to sing inflections, falsetto notes, whistle tones? Who was the first person to sing a whistle tone, inflection, to sing opera? My main goal is to be able to give someone information on how to use his/her voice to be able to sing. I have been singing for my whole life, ever since I was in diapers. I started out singing nursery rhymes with my sisters. I got my first karaoke machine when I was five and I started to sing old classics from Patsy Cline with my sisters. We listened to music all the time by various artists and we all enjoyed it. When we got older to the age of 13 we went to a vocal coach to learn how to sing in harmony. After being taught by a coach for a year we had mastered how to sing in harmony and went on our own. Ever since then, I have been singing and using my voice trying to see what I am capable of doing. I have learned to sing inflections or runs by listening to vocalists and emulating their runs. I have learned to experiment with my voice by practicing over and over again. Singing is a huge part of my identity and always will be. So I am very interested in learning as much as I can about it, to not only hopefully educate other people but also educate myself so that I can become a better singer.

!"#$%&'()*+,&' -&*.)$/'0012' 3&45)#6'7#,8,$".' 290190:' I have found five academic sources to research. I did have a problem finding an academic source that would tell me the history of singing and the popularity of genres. However, I think I have enough academic sources to educate a person on singing though.

Harness, K. (September 01, 2011). singing. Canadian Musician, 33, 5.)

One of my sources discusses a persons ability to sing. It gives information about how a person can use different emotions and feelings to dig deep into his/her vocal ability. It explains that using heart and passion will help the notes and vocal projections come out more clearly and sound pleasant to the ear.

Lockheart, P. (September 01, 2003). A History of Early Microphone Singing, 1925-1939: American Mainstream Popular Singing at the Advent of Electronic Microphone Amplification. Popular Music & Society, 26, 3.)

Another source that I found talks about early history of microphone amplification. This will be helpful for me because part of being a singer is being able to hear. If you have a high quality amplified microphone then ones voice will sound better when it is projected. I think this source could educate me on the history of microphones and what they have to do with the clarity of the voice.

Murbe, D., Zahnert, T., Kuhlisch, E., & Sundberg, J. (November 01, 2007). Effects of

!"#$%&'()*+,&' -&*.)$/'0012' 3&45)#6'7#,8,$".' 290190:' Professional Singing Education on Vocal Vibrato-A Longitudinal Study. Journal of Voice, 21, 6, 683-688.

This source discusses singing education on vocal vibrato. Yhis source will help me understand the capabilities of different types of singing with each range of the voice. I think it will specifically help me understand the vibrato in an opera singers voice and why it is always consistent.

Morange, S., Dubois, D., & Fontaine, J. M. (July 01, 2010). Perception of Recorded Singing Voice Quality and Expertise: Cognitive Linguistics and Acoustic Approaches. Journal of Voice, 24, 4, 450-457.

One source that I have explains the perception of recorded singing voice quality using diversity in an audience. It will help me understand why people react in different ways when they hear a singers voice.

Welch, G. F., Howard, D. M., Himonides, E., & Brereton, J. (July 01, 2005). Real-Time Feedback in the Singing Studio: An Innovatory Action-Research Project Using New Voice Technology. Music Education Research, 7, 2, 225-249.

!"#$%&'()*+,&' -&*.)$/'0012' 3&45)#6'7#,8,$".' 290190:' My last source will really educate me on singing because it focuses on the psychology of singing and voice education. I believe this source will help me find scientific information about the singing voice.

For my multimodal project I plan on creating a website with all the beneficial information I gained from my research on how to become a singer. I will break my website up in sections, meaning tabs or hyperlinks, for someone to be able to focus on the topic they want to be further educated on. I also plan on using a video with my sisters of us singing in harmony to educate people on what harmony is supposed to sound like. The audience for my multimodal project will be aspiring singers. The video will be the most difficult part of the multimodal project. I plan on working on a bit of the project every week so that I wont have to do it all at the last minute. I plan to set due dates at the end of every week for myself to have specific sections done for my website. My due dates will start February 17th and continue throughout every week until the deadline that our project is due. Once I get done with my website I hope it will educate aspiring singers and hope it will give them enough information about how to use their voice.

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