声乐作为一种歌唱的艺术,是伴随着人类社会而诞生的最早的一种艺术形式。今天,声乐艺术已发展成一门科学。由于训练得法,古今中外出现了许多声乐家。他(她)们在声乐艺术上都有很高的成就。声乐艺术的包容很广,所有以人声演唱的音乐都涵盖其中,除按照演唱作品的不同类型分类以外,在我国还按用声的不同分为美声、民族、通俗、原生态四种唱法。本文就美声唱法与民族唱法做一比较,或许对声乐界同行有所裨益。一、美声唱法与民族唱法的概念比较美声一词源自意大利文Belcanto,意思是美妙的歌唱。我们通常所说的美声唱法是 Vocal music, as a kind of singing art, is one of the earliest forms of art born along with human society. Today, vocal art has evolved into a science. As a result of training, many vocalists have emerged at all times and in all countries. He (she) has a high achievement in vocal art. The vocal music is very inclusive. All the vocal music is covered. Apart from the different types of singing works, the vocal music is also divided into four types: vocal, national, popular and original. This article on the United States singing and singing methods to make a comparison, may be beneficial to the vocal counterparts. First, the United States and the United States Singing Singing concept of singing more beautiful sound from the Italian Belcanto, meaning a wonderful song. What we usually call the beautiful voice is