
You want to sing Mandarin song but you're not too sure how to pronounce the Chinese words? I want to invite you to join my Learn Mandarin Song Challenge, here’s what you’ll discover in 3-week:
Ye Lai Xiang 夜来香 | Nocturnal Fragrance
■ Week 1 (Feb 13, 2022)
- Mandarin Lyric Diction
■ Week 2 (Feb 20, 2022)
- Solfège
■ Week 3 (Feb 27, 2022)
- Music History & Meaning of the Lyrics
■ Bonus
- Giving you constructive feedback based on your singing video
Week 1 | Mandarin Lyric Diction (Ye Lai Xiang / 夜来香 / Nocturnal Fragrance)
• Mandarin vowels
• Diphthong
• Relationship Between Spelling and Reading
• Pronunciation Training - Repeat after me!
• Pronunciation Explanation: zhuo (or zhe), chuang
• Pronunciation Training (with metronome) - Repeat after me!
• How to Construct the Art of Singing
• Pronunciation Training - Reading lyrics in actual rhythms
Lead students through pronunciation training by repeating after the instructor, following along with a score, and practicing the chorus and final section to sharpen Mandarin pronunciation.
Week 2 | Ye Lai Xiang 夜来香 - Solfège
• Week 1 Revision
• Introduction to Major Scale
• Sing the Solfege:
1. Repeat After Me!
2. Sing the Solfege in the Actual Rhythms
• Introduction to "Mordent"
• Music Score: the Roadmap of Music
• Alignment Between Solfege and Vocal Technique
Practice solfege by repeating after me, vocalizing do re mi and la patterns, and applying loud, medium, and soft dynamics across three phrases.
Learn about the mordent ornament and how to apply it to singing, exploring a four-note pattern, with a video explaining the ornament and teaching you to sing these ornaments effectively.
Read a music score as a road map, identifying the first and second lyrics and the chorus. Follow repeats and use brackets and signs to navigate the song.
Practice aligning solfege with vocal technique by singing with a single vowel to stabilize tone, register, and sustain. Then integrate lyric with a solid technical foundation before adding emotion.
Week 3 | Music History & Meaning of the Lyrics
• The original singer — Yoshiko Yamaguchi 山口淑子 / Li Xiang Lan 李香兰
• The composer — Li Jin Guang 黎锦光
• The Importance of Being Connected With a Song
• Meaning of The Song Lyrics
Know the background of a work to deepen your connection, interpret vocal music, and input your own spirit into the song, so your audience receives your intended message.
Develop a stable vocal production for Ye Lai Xiang by shaping round vowels, maintaining steady tone through dynamic cycles, and singing high notes softly with harmony.
Join the Learn Mandarin Song Challenge to gain insights on singing the song, explore the history of the Himalayas, and learn the basics of reading Mandarin lyrics.
You want to sing a Mandarin song but you are not too sure how to read those Chinese words/spelling?
The word changes in meaning if you change the inflection of a Chinese word while we speak the Mandarin language. However, please worry less if you are in the context of singing. Most of the time, the composer has chosen the suitable melody to fit the inflection.
Now, you can better express the lyrics with my help in this course as I'm going to teach you how to read Hanyu Pinyin by learning the combination of vowels and consonants.
Besides, I will be helping you in learning the tune of the song through solfège and also impart singing technique, especially for female voices.
I also teach you how to better connect with the song by understanding music history and through inserting your personal story into the song. In another word, expressing your feelings and emotion through lyrics and music.
I'm a trained western classical singer and Mandarin is my mother tongue. I want to help you and expose to a new world of singing. I've merged my singing training background, coaching experiences, conducting knowledge and my first language into this course.
Here’s what you’ll discover in this course:
Ye Lai Xiang 夜来香 | Nocturnal Fragrance
Week 1 (Feb 13, 2022) - Mandarin Lyric Diction
Week 2 (Feb 20, 2022) - Solfege
Week 3 (Feb 27, 2022) - Music History & Meaning of the lyrics
Students who joined the challenge with very little knowledge of Mandarin language told me that the course contains useful tips and it's easy to follow.
Even if you need some coaching, you can always interact with me in this wonderful platform on Udemy! You can hand in your practice video(s) for feedback!
So, Enroll NOW to this valuable course!
Go get your score and lyrics and read/sing along with me. Then, practice and hand in your assignments! You'll be able to sing a Chinese/Mandarin song soon!
See you inside!