According to a group called the Voices Foundation, everyone has a singing voice as well as a (1)____(speak) voice somewhere inside them. This, they say, should be (2) enc____ from an early age because it provides the best, and the cheapest, basis on which to build an understanding of music.
The teachings of the Hungarian (3)____(compose) Zoltan Kodaly are responsible for this idea. He observed that songs can become a key part of the relationship (4)____ a mother and her child almost from birth. This is (5) es____ true of traditional societies, including those of West Africa, where some small children are able to sing literally (6) hun____ of songs, all of which have been learnt by heart. However, many modern children first come to an understanding of music (7)____ they learn to play an instrument, and although some teaching of the theory of music is usually a part of this, their relationship with the music on the page is often a mechanical one.
The (8)____(believe) of the Voices Foundation is that a natural feeling for rhythm, harmony and musical structure, the very qualities we appreciate in the greatest musicians, can only be achieved through the (9)____(explore) of the music of the voice from the beginning of a person’s life. The foundation has, therefore, set itself the task of developing a singing-centred musical education (10) pro____ that could benefit junior pupils all over the world.
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According to a group called the Voices Foundation, everyone has a singing voice as well as a (1)____(speak) voice somewhere inside them. This, they say, should be (2) enc____ from an early age because it provides the best, and the cheapest, basis on which to build an understanding of music.
The teachings of the Hungarian (3)____(compose) Zoltan Kodaly are responsible for this idea. He observed that songs can become a key part of the relationship (4)____ a mother and her child almost from birth. This is (5) es____ true of traditional societies, including those of West Africa, where some small children are able to sing literally (6) hun____ of songs, all of which have been learnt by heart. However, many modern children first come to an understanding of music (7)____ they learn to play an instrument, and although some teaching of the theory of music is usually a part of this, their relationship with the music on the page is often a mechanical one.
The (8)____(believe) of the Voices Foundation is that a natural feeling for rhythm, harmony and musical structure, the very qualities we appreciate in the greatest musicians, can only be achieved through the (9)____(explore) of the music of the voice from the beginning of a person’s life. The foundation has, therefore, set itself the task of developing a singing-centred musical education (10) pro____ that could benefit junior pupils all over the world.
Effective speakers adjust their voices()the larger audience and work()avoiding distracting physical mannerism and verbal habits.
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According to a group called the Voices Foundation, everyone has a singing voice as well as a (1)____(speak) voice somewhere inside them. This, they say, should be (2) enc____ from an early age because it provides the best, and the cheapest, basis on which to build an understanding of music.
The teachings of the Hungarian (3)____(compose) Zoltan Kodaly are responsible for this idea. He observed that songs can become a key part of the relationship (4)____ a mother and her child almost from birth. This is (5) es____ true of traditional societies, including those of West Africa, where some small children are able to sing literally (6) hun____ of songs, all of which have been learnt by heart. However, many modern children first come to an understanding of music (7)____ they learn to play an instrument, and although some teaching of the theory of music is usually a part of this, their relationship with the music on the page is often a mechanical one.
The (8)____(believe) of the Voices Foundation is that a natural feeling for rhythm, harmony and musical structure, the very qualities we appreciate in the greatest musicians, can only be achieved through the (9)____(explore) of the music of the voice from the beginning of a person’s life. The foundation has, therefore, set itself the task of developing a singing-centred musical education (10) pro____ that could benefit junior pupils all over the world.