Summary
Objective
Effective use of respiratory organs is important for musicians. Therefore, the impact
of Respiratory Muscle Training (RMT) on phonation is open to research. The aim of this study was to investigate the
measurable effects of RMT on blowing in brass instrumental and on voice performance
in singers.
Methods
Thirty musicians were recruited and separated into a four groups. The brass instrumental
and singers groups were further subdivided into control and RMT groups for a 4 week
RMT intervention giving a total four groups: singers experimental (SE; n:10), singers
control (SC; n:10), brass instrument players experimental (BIPE; n:5), and BIPC (n:5).
The groups selected from the musicians of Samsun State Opera and Ballet Directorate
and Samsun Metropolitan Municipality Band Team participated in the study.
Results
After 4 weeks of RMT application in the study groups, significant increase in all
parameters except Forced vital capacity/Forced expiratory volume in 1 second was observed
in the values of pulmonary function tests and respiratory muscle strength in subjects
with SE and BIPE (P < 0.05). The most significant results of this study are that in addition to changes
in the duration of phonation (SE 36%), high-pitch (SE 79%, BIPE 27%) and low-pitch
sounds (BIPE 61% and SE 42%), the SE (15%) and BIPE (3%) groups reached higher pitches
in the high-pitch notes.
Conclusions
It was determined that performance of the highest and lowest pitch sounds within a
vocal register in a single breath and phonation times can be improved by RMT.
Key Words
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Published online: May 23, 2020
Accepted:
April 13,
2020
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