Real-Time Visual Feedback in Singing Pedagogy: Current Trends and Future Directions
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
Wonderfully thorough, clear, and fascinating.
Two little format issues:
1. Be sure to indent all paragraphs (look in Introduction and also there is one on page 10).
2. Be careful of the passive voice (mostly in abstract and intro) - active voice is better to keep reader engaged. Example:
Your sentence: Guided awareness through the use of meaningful real-time visual feedback has been increasingly adopted in singing pedagogy. (Passive)
Same idea in active voice: Singing pedagogy has increasingly adopted guide awareness through the use of meaningful real-time visual feedback.
Author Response
Wonderfully thorough, clear, and fascinating.
Re: Thank you very much for your encouraging words.
Two little format issues:
- Be sure to indent all paragraphs (look in Introduction and also there is one on page 10).
Re: We have now used the MDPI template for a manuscripts that are revised articles.
- Be careful of the passive voice (mostly in abstract and intro) - active voice is better to keep reader engaged. Example:
Your sentence: Guided awareness through the use of meaningful real-time visual feedback has been increasingly adopted in singing pedagogy. (Passive)
Same idea in active voice: Singing pedagogy has increasingly adopted guide awareness through the use of meaningful real-time visual feedback.
Re: We have corrected this phrase in the abstract, following your recommendation. Also the text was once more revised, and similar cases have been modified accordingly.
Reviewer 2 Report
This paper is an overview of the current status of real-time visual feedback that adopted in singing pedagogy. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of such tools and their current and future pedagogical applications in the voice studio. I think it is helpful for the researcher who wants to start the study in this area.
Author Response
This paper is an overview of the current status of real-time visual feedback that adopted in singing pedagogy. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of such tools and their current and future pedagogical applications in the voice studio. I think it is helpful for the researcher who wants to start the study in this area.
Re: Thank you very much for your encouraging comments.
Reviewer 3 Report
The article is devoted to an interesting and relevant topic - the use of feedback in the teaching of singing. The authors provide a review of the existing literature and suggest a future direction for the development of visual feedback in the teaching of singing.
The article needs several revisions.
1. The article is not designed according to the rules of the journal, and it is quite difficult to perceive.
2. There are typos and inaccuracies in the article which need to be corrected.
3. There are many pictures in the article, but their sources are not specified. Usually, when such imports are made, the source is indicated in the caption to the figure.
4. The conclusions should be made clearer and point by point. It is necessary to reflect clearly the main conclusions that the authors came to.
5. I would recommend to make the style of the text more scientific.
6. Abstract is too short, from my point of view. It should be expanded and reflect all the parts that are usually indicated in the review articles.
Author Response
The article is devoted to an interesting and relevant topic - the use of feedback in the teaching of singing. The authors provide a review of the existing literature and suggest a future direction for the development of visual feedback in the teaching of singing.
The article needs several revisions.
- The article is not designed according to the rules of the journal, and it is quite difficult to perceive.
Re: We have now used the MDPI template for manuscripts that are revised articles.
- There are typos and inaccuracies in the article which need to be corrected.
Re: The English language was revised and typos and inaccuracies have been corrected, marked in blue in the revised version of the manuscript.
- There are many pictures in the article, but their sources are not specified. Usually, when such imports are made, the source is indicated in the caption to the figure.
Re: We have now made clear the source of all Figure captions, indicating the software from which the figure was originated, information that is marked in blue in the revised version of the manuscript.
- The conclusions should be made clearer and point by point. It is necessary to reflect clearly the main conclusions that the authors came to.
Re: This work constitutes a comprehensive review of the technological tools available to each aspects of voice production in singing lessons. In the conclusion, we summarize the types of tools that can be used and discuss the need for science-based teaching approaches (lines 486 - 492; 496 - 516) . Modifications and additions made to the initial manuscript are marked in blue in the revised manuscript .
- I would recommend to make the style of the text more scientific.
Re: The scientific language of the whole manuscript was further revised. Alterations are marked in blue in the submitted version of the revised manuscript.
- Abstract is too short, from my point of view. It should be expanded and reflect all the parts that are usually indicated in the review articles.
Re: We have now reflected all parts of the article in the abstract, marked in blue in the submitted revised manuscript (lines 18 to 29).
Round 2
Reviewer 3 Report
Dear authors!
I looked at the revised version of the article. I see that you have taken all my suggestions into account.
