Pedagogical Potential of the Melodyne Software as a Modern Electronic Educational Resource for Mastering Pop Vocals

Abstract

The motivation for writing this article was the author’s belief that one of the promising directions for the further development of the musical art of pop is the introduction of information and communication (computer) technologies in the process of training students in the pop vocals class. Special attention is paid to the characteristics of a specific computer program – the sound editor Melodyne. Technological indicators and specifics of professional and pedagogical use of the software as an electronic educational resource by future pop singers are revealed. Specific actions for mastering the Melodyne editor in the conditions of additional education are described, in particular, the mechanism for diagnosing and correcting the quality of vocal melody performance is disclosed, compensatory functions of editing music audio files are indicated, the stages of recognizing and editing melodies are listed, the intensity of performing operations for processing vocal material is outlined.

Keywords

• information and communication (computer) technologies
• electronic educational resources
• melodyne software
• pop music art
• pop vocals
• computerization of music education