Is it a little like that "vocal fry" sound? I do this in my vocalising, and it seems to help me really connect to my support mechanism and keep my larynx down.
Lisa-Marie --
On Sun, 18 Jun 2000 13:40:15 nancy clasby wrote: > > > >>At 09:10 AM 06/16/2000 -0700, Tako Oda wrote: >> >> >strohbass > >>Joel asked in response: >>what is strohbass? >> >>(It sounds like the name of a beer :) >> >Hi,Joel-- > >My final paper for my M.Ed. was entitled, "The Adolescent Male Singing >Voice." In looking stuff up, I found that strohbass translates as "straw >bass." It is also called Russian bass. Even mezzo me can do a form of it. >You go as low as you can go, then softly go a bit lower. Your voice comes >out as a kind of gurgle on pitch. > >Some of my (mostly music education) sources for the paper suggested that >high school students in choral classes be allowed/encouraged to sing >strohbass when their changing voices curtail their range. These sources >suggest that boys undergoing the voice change at times are reduced to only a >very few pitches, and singing strohbass can be a way for them to participate >on pitch without damaging their voices. It is also suggested that the boys >check their changing pitch range almost weekly and not sing out of it, so as >to avoid strain. > >If you try strohbass, let us know what happens! :o) I read that some bass >voices get quite firm, strong and comfortable at singing strohbass. > >Regards-- >Nancy C. > >________________________________________________________________________ > >
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