From: John Alexander Blyth
Subject: 'Uh', was: Re: TECH: singing "ah"
To: VOCALIST <vocalist>
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I was going to disagree, until I realized that there are as many different
'uhs' as 'ahs'. The 'uh' of my native Scotland is extremely rich in
partials, whereas the 'uh' of the prairies (as in 'huh?') sounds more nasal,
and the 'uh' of the south U.S. more covered. *My* 'uh' is extremely useful
to me, and does indeed have more of the desired 'ring' than *my* 'ah'. But
you may be quite different!
John

At 12:20 31/01/00 -0500, you wrote:
>not to be a pain in the ass (too late now) but, uh is darker than ah and aw
>according to most schools of thought regarding vowel modulation. too dark an
>ah can be caused by too 'covered' a tone. maybe throwing in a little jerry
>lewis might help.
>
John Blyth
Bass/Baritone (as opposed to Bass-Baritone) etc.
Brandon, Manitoba, Canada