Around the Spring Festival, the provincial unified examination scores for the 2024 art examination will be announced one after another. In recent years, with the increase in the score line of art examination cultural courses year by year, the change of school examination to unified examination, vocal singing and other new changes, the art examination is becoming more and more difficult. Summarize and review in stages every year to cope with the new changes in the art examination, and better lead students to break through the encirclement of the art examination, which has become an important topic for high school art examination teachers.
Adjust your test-taking strategy in a timely manner.
In 2024, the new policy of the ** art examination in Shandong Province stipulates that in addition to the three subjects of dictation, music theory and sight-singing, candidates in the ** category can independently choose one or two subjects in the two subjects of instrumental music and vocal music to apply for the examination.
Kang Kai, a teacher at the 17th Middle School in Zibo City, Shandong Province, introduced that the school and the teachers of various majors have adjusted the coping strategies for students' exam preparation in a timely manner in response to the new policy. For example, in terms of instrumental music, the school adjusted the curriculum in a timely manner, and increased the number of piano lessons in response to the increase in the number of piano works in the art examination to ensure that students have enough time to learn new works. At the same time, special courses are offered, and teachers lead students to focus on the piano works of a certain period or the works of a certain composer. The increase in the number of piano works in the syllabus puts forward higher requirements for students' basic skills, and the school adheres to the concept of focusing on basic teaching, and further strengthens the training of students' basic skills, such as finger flexibility, dynamics control, timbre processing, etc. Teachers also carry out personalized teaching according to the characteristics and needs of different students - for students with poor foundation, they start with the basics and gradually transition to the study of difficult works;For students with a good foundation, guide them to explore and innovate more deeply. Teachers have also strengthened interaction and cooperation with students, such as teachers using modern technology such as piano software and DingTalk to assist classroom teaching and accompany students to practice after class, and regularly organize teacher-student meetings, academic exchanges and other activities.
In terms of vocal music majors, the art examination for cappella requires students to have high voice control and skills, have a high level of literacy, have a wide range of artistic vision, cultural heritage, and stage performance. Kang Kai said that the school's vocal music teachers start from basic training to strengthen students' mastery of basic knowledge such as breath, vocalization, and resonance, and further improve their voice quality and expressiveness. Literacy includes the ability of theory, musicality, expression, etc., and vocal music teachers guide students to deeply understand the work and improve their perception and expression skills. According to the characteristics of vocal singing, teachers also adopt a variety of practice methods for students, such as imitation singing, voice imitation, voice combination, etc., to help students master different vocal skills and performance methods. At the same time, group exercises and mutual evaluation are used to improve students' participation and self-reflection skills. Through organizing art lectures, meetings and other forms, students are guided to understand vocal works of different styles and genres, and broaden their artistic horizons and cultural literacy; Simulated performances, actual performances and other methods are used to improve students' stage confidence and performance ability.
In addition, Kang Kai also suggested that parents should pay close attention to policy developments with schools and teachers, such as the art examination policy information released by official channels such as the Education Examination Institute, keep abreast of the latest developments, and formulate a scientific and reasonable preparation plan with their children in combination with the actual situation of their children.
Choosing the right work is the key to success.
The selection of art examination works has a crucial impact on the grades. It is an important task for teachers to use their professional knowledge and experience to help each student choose a work that suits their abilities and characteristics.
Zhao Chunyan, a teacher at the No. 1 Middle School of Gaoqing County, Zibo City, Shandong Province, said that the orientation of the art examination reform in recent years is to select candidates with excellent literacy and cultural literacy in combination with the characteristics of the first discipline. At present, the vocal music and instrumental music art examinations in Shandong Province have been changed to two test repertoire and have a time limit, especially focusing on the candidates' grasp of the integrity and style of the works, that is, the candidates' performance should be "right". Teachers should help students choose works that suit their own characteristics and can be completed well.
After participating in the professional counseling and delivery of the 2024 Shandong Provincial ** Examination, Yu Xiaobo, a teacher from Huantai No. 2 Middle School in Shandong Province, feels that this year's Shandong Art Examination has changed greatly in both content and form. In terms of the content of the exam, taking the instrumental music art test as an example, the difficulty of the two works selected by the candidates should be emphasized, and if the two works are more difficult, the preparation process will consume a lot of students' energy. In terms of the form of the examination, the vocal examination was changed to a cappella, which more directly tested the comprehensive quality of the candidates, but because of the limited condition of a cappella, the works that candidates often chose before and could better show their all-round level need to be considered more carefully. For example, aria works such as "On the Jialing River" will not appear full enough without accompaniment, and the overall presentation effect will also be affected; In the past, teachers will also choose carefully for some works with more transpositions in the cappella mode, and even consider choosing some simpler songs to be safe. "Assault" is not a coincidence, and it is necessary to prepare for the exam as soon as possible.
Teachers with rich experience in art examination have found that in recent years, the importance of basic skills has become more and more prominent in art examinations, and surprise preparation has become more and more unable to adapt to the current art examinations.
Zhao Chunyan said that the new art examination has put forward high requirements for cultural courses and professional courses, and the way of stopping all cultural courses and conducting professional training in the past needs to be adjusted to adjust the learning proportion of cultural courses and professional courses according to different grades, and professional training should start early, focusing on the basic knowledge, especially the learning of basic skills such as ear training and the cultivation of expressiveness. Yu Xiaobo believes that the current examination has higher and higher requirements for the completion and quality of works, which is more difficult for students with weak professional foundation or zero starting point, so professional training should start as soon as possible. This also requires the school to adjust its policy when recruiting students from the high school entrance examination, especially for students with a deeper professional foundation and more solid basic skills.
Assault is not only not applicable to the study of professional courses, but also to the study of cultural courses. Xiao Yanli, a teacher at the No. 14 Middle School in Nanning City, Guangxi, said that the score line of the cultural course of the art examination is constantly improving, and candidates are required to pay attention to the study of cultural courses in ordinary times, rather than rushing into cultural classes before the college entrance examination. Vocal music majors should pay attention to the cultivation of students' pitch and expressiveness during their usual training, and train students' ability to sing in a targeted manner.
Lian Hongjing, a teacher at the No. 29 Middle School in Nanning City, Guangxi, who has many years of experience in sending art examinations, keenly observed that in the past two years, students with poor basic art skills often have relatively low art examination scores. Whether it is the ** class or the dance class, in the past, through surprise preparation, exams and other tricky methods, such as "playing to the strengths and avoiding the weaknesses", have gradually become ineffective in the past two years. Candidates who are good in cultural courses and have strong basic skills in professional courses, especially those who have "children's skills", are obviously more advantageous. Lian Hongjing said that "popularization + specialty" is the characteristic of her school, and the school integrates choral singing into teaching, and prepares students with art examination intentions in advance through the popularization of choirs and other clubs. Students who have undergone standardized choral training will have better pitch and rhythm. In the past, the art examination was considered a shortcut to the college entrance examination for students who were not good at cultural courses, but now with the improvement of the score line of the cultural course of the art examination and the improvement of professional skills, she suggested that students should be more cautious in the choice of the art examination, especially for students with a weak foundation.
Lian Hongjing said that the art examination is becoming more and more difficult, and higher requirements are put forward for the teachers who send the exam, and the teachers must not only know the exam trend well, understand the policies and syllabus, but also keep charging, and choose the target school suitable for them according to the different characteristics and abilities of the students. In more than 20 years of work experience, she insisted on building art archives for students, and when each student entered the school, she learned about their timbre, appearance and other basic information. Judging from the current trend, such measures can better help teachers and students cope with art examinations. Teachers can analyze and prepare in advance for each student who has the idea of art examination through the art file, such as students with good timbre or playing Tongzigong, they can be advised to consider performing and train accordingly as early as possible; Students who have weak pitch ability but good appearance conditions can be advised to consider film and television acting. In this way, each has its own focus to ensure that students can give full play to their strengths and strengths and get into the school of their dreams.
In addition to the advice and help of professional skills, Lian Hongjing also attaches great importance to dredging the psychological pressure of students in the process of sending the exam. Every year before the exam, she arrives outside the exam room early to cheer each student on. Her perseverance and encouragement are a valuable reassurance for many students.
Chen Wei Wei Wen.
Extension] ** Response to the "separation of evaluation" in the reform of art examinations.
In 2024, with the gradual clarification of the policy of the unified examination for arts, we can see that the proportion of the unified examination has been strengthened, in addition to the change in scores, the form of examination and scoring have changed. For the latter two points to understand, the author focuses on the "separation of examination and evaluation" based on the experience of sending examinations in Banyang Middle School, Zichuan District, Zibo City, Shandong Province. 1. What is "separation of evaluation".
The separation of assessment refers to the change of the previous on-site scoring of the test to centralized scoring after the test, and the judges and candidates do not meet, and the candidates' performance is scored by viewing ** after the test. The specific steps can be summarized as: unified examination rules in the province, unified examination conditions, on-site audio and video recording, centralized scoring in the province, and online announcement of results.
2. What are the advantages of "separation of evaluation".
1) The scoring standards are stricter and unified, and each test center will set up standardized test rooms according to majors, unified test room equipment, core recording equipment models, test software, etc.
The scoring adopts the three random principles of "random examination", "random judges" and "random examination room", that is, the candidates are randomly selected for the exam, the judges are randomly selected, and the examinees and judges are randomly assigned to the examination room, and each judge scores independently.
It reduces the collusion of examiners and examinees, and strengthens the fairness of test scoring.
2) The test efficiency is higher, the test time is greatly shortened, and the mentality of the next candidate is not affected because of whether the previous candidate's test process is smooth, and the test time and preparation time of each candidate are the standard time (8 minutes).
3) It is easy for candidates to test the real levelFor some candidates who are easy to be nervous and have some "social fear", the use of ** recorded test form will greatly reduce the pressure of the exam. The judges will not randomly ask some questions on the spot, which will affect the performance of the candidates.
3. How to deal with students.
1) The effect of selecting songs to generate audio may be very different from that of live singing, be sure to choose songs that suit your vocal range, avoid long and incoherent works in interlude, record ordinary exercises and exams, record the two states of cappella singing and accompaniment, and adjust the singing details according to **.
2) The most important thing in recording is the recording session, which means that the exam officially begins, during which the best exam state should be maintained, and all the exam time should be saved and fully utilized. For example, during the exam, the recording position of different subjects should be different, so don't be nervous when switching, just follow the guidance of the staff.
3) Test stance.
Make sure you're standing on the extension in the center of the shot, facing the camera, and don't let the instrument cover your body too much.
4) Recording confirmation.
At the end of the recording, the test taker will generally be asked to preview for a few seconds**, at this time, be sure to confirm whether the picture and sound are in good condition, and be sure to give feedback immediately if there are any problems, so as not to affect the score.
If the candidate has completed the normal test well, it will be worth the loss only because the last step is not confirmed, resulting in a score of zero.
4. How should teachers respond?
1) In the selection of talents in the first year of high school, the threshold should be raised, the score of cultural courses must be above a certain score, and students with good pitch and rhythm should be selected on the basis of good voice conditions.
2) In the process of training, urge students to learn cultural courses, do not only pay attention to the major, or use the time to practice the major, I am afraid that the bamboo basket will draw water and the gains outweigh the losses.
3) In professional training, pay more attention to theoretical learning and infiltration, cultivate students' comprehensive literacy, and lay the foundation for cappella. In the beginner stage, do not let students sing a cappella first, and then concentrate on training after they have a certain foundation and ability.
When choosing vocal works for students, don't go too far, because too much difficulty, too many changes, frequent transpositions, complex rhythms, too long durations, too many interludes, etc., will become stumbling blocks for students to sing.
4) When choosing instrumental music works for students, it is not recommended to choose them if they are too popular or unpopular. Taking Guzheng as an example, "Lin Chong Runs at Night" many years ago, and "Walker", which has been popular in the past two years, 8 out of 10 candidates are playing, which will make the judges have auditory fatigue, and unless they are outstanding, the score is not high. Secondly, it is not recommended to choose music that is too lyrical and too slow. For example, music such as "Fengqiao Night Park", "Love Spring Breeze" and "Sauvignon Blanc" do not have an advantage in the exam. Because most of these pieces have no tension, the technical difficulty is low, and the space for Allegro is limited, it is not easy to get a high score. Also, try to avoid your own shortcomings when choosing songs. For example, if your left hand is not flexible, try not to choose works with dense left hand patterns; For example, if the pitch is not good, try not to choose a work that is not melodic enough. Fourth, if the basic skills are at a moderately weak level, it is highly recommended to work such as "Desert Walk" and "Western Theme Singing", which do not have a large number of quick finger sequences, and candidates are relatively easy to play; Students with solid basic skills should try to choose works with strong expressiveness and difficult performance, so that they can better highlight their strength, such as "Cang Ge Yin" and "As It Is".
5) The processing of the work and the expressiveness of the candidates are better than the difficulty of the work, so the teacher should focus more on these aspects, so that the candidates can easily control the work and interpret the work perfectly.
Feng Yan, Wang Feng, text.