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Subject: gargle: Baritone Upper Register Hook
Date sent: Sat, 29 Jan 2000 09:15:40 -0600
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Dr. Clark,
Thank you for the definition.
I was attempting to employ the gargle a moment ago -
the vibrant sensations resonated from what seemed to
be the tip of my uvula to the bridge of my nose.
Quite the eye opener & shakes the cobwebs loose!
I'll try not to overdo the gargle or the quacking sounds
(although I do use the animal sounds during my renditions
of "If I were a rich man" when Tevye describes how his
yard would be filled so that: "each loud quack and cluck
and honk and gobble will land like a trumpet on the ear"!

I hope the snow storms have passed you by unscathed
as well as for the folks out east & north.

E.V. in a somewhat cold Chicago


----Original Message-----
>From: DIANE M. CLARK (MUSIC DEPARTMENT)
>Subject: Re: Baritone Upper Register Hook
>Date: Friday, January 28, 2000 11:14 PM
>No, I don't mean gargle with liquid, tho you might start out that way if
your
>muscles seem reluctant to work. I mean singing an an extended version
of the
>uvular R (used in German and French). We don't use this sound in
English, so
>those muscles are lazy.