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What is sign singing?
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Deafness is known for being an invisible disability, which can lead to exclusion and loneliness. According to a Human Rights Watch article from 2019, 70 million deaf people across the world use sign language to communicate. Well sign singers take that one step further, by adapting song lyrics into sign language for the deaf and hard of hearing.
In addition to making entertainment more accessible to deaf people and the hard of hearing, this musical activity singing is also a form of artistic expression in its own right. Sign singing can be just as diverse as vocal singing, demonstrating great creativity. There are many different forms, like rap signing, slow signing and hard signing.
How do sign singers translate music? Where does it come from? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions!
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A podcast written and realised by Joseph Chance.
First broadcast: 30/03/2022
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2903 episodes
Manage episode 503293741 series 3362640
Deafness is known for being an invisible disability, which can lead to exclusion and loneliness. According to a Human Rights Watch article from 2019, 70 million deaf people across the world use sign language to communicate. Well sign singers take that one step further, by adapting song lyrics into sign language for the deaf and hard of hearing.
In addition to making entertainment more accessible to deaf people and the hard of hearing, this musical activity singing is also a form of artistic expression in its own right. Sign singing can be just as diverse as vocal singing, demonstrating great creativity. There are many different forms, like rap signing, slow signing and hard signing.
How do sign singers translate music? Where does it come from? In under 3 minutes, we answer your questions!
To listen to the last episodes, you can click here:
What are earworms, the songs we just can't get out of our heads?
Is it a good idea to sleep with my pet?
Is it a good idea to fall asleep to music?
A podcast written and realised by Joseph Chance.
First broadcast: 30/03/2022
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2903 episodes
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