Innovations in Traditional Vocal Techniques: The Integration of Historical Performance and Contemporary Stage Practices
Inovações nas técnicas vocais tradicionais: a integração da performance histórica e das práticas cénicas contemporáneas
Mukhsiynova M. Kassimova Z. Kaspakova G. Abeltayeva J. Umirzakova G.
19 January 2026Universidade Federal de Goias
Musica Hodie
2026#26
The purpose of the study is to explore the principal dimensions of the traditional Kazakhstani vocal art and the processes involved in its modernisation through transformation in concert performance contexts. The key components of Kazakhstan’s national musical heritage are systematically categorised. The study focuses on analysing the content and functional importance of the principal elements within the Kazakh oral professional music tradition. Foundational categories of the national art form are considered as part of a unified and intricate system, and their structural and functional relevance is examined accordingly. The study incorporates a quantitative evaluation of the relative importance of the core elements of oral-professional and folk music-making, alongside mechanisms for their renewal and preservation in a contemporary guise. The study identifies the principal constituents of traditional musical creativity. These include intonation (95%), rhythm (92%), timbre (91%), form-building (90%), texture (87%), and the specific characteristics of articulation and sound production (97%). The study also establishes the main principles of an innovative approach to oral-professional music. Namely, the expansion of ensemble composition through the introduction of timbres from European acoustic and electronic instruments (70%), the application of vocal techniques associated with Western popular music and rock (94%), stylistic transformation via the addition of prominent harmonic accompaniment (89%), and alterations in musical texture (93%). Criteria and principles for determining the uniqueness of oral-professional and folk music samples are also identified.
dombra , folk creativity , improvisation , kobyz , national instrument , popular music , vocals
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Department of Pop Vocal, Temirbek Zhurgenov Kazakh National Academy of Arts, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Department of Variety Orchestra Instruments, Temirbek Zhurgenov Kazakh National Academy of Arts, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Department of Pop Vocal
Department of Variety Orchestra Instruments
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