From: John Alexander Blyth
Subject: Re: Chin vibrato?/Charlotte Church
To: VOCALIST <vocalist>
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Keeping the jaw mobile will often allow the voice to be free enough for th=
e
vibrato to bloom (provided everything else is working properly). I wonder =
if
that is what these singers are doing? It is entirely possible that they
think they are making a vibrato (in the mode of some old jazz singers) whi=
le
they are actually enabling one. I confess I haven't heard the singers cite=
d
since I started to understand a bit more about how these things work.
Of course it would be hard to tell from video or film since those
things are usually dubbed and the singer you see is either singing slightl=
y
differently or lip-synching. john



At 08:43 15/12/99 -0500, you wrote:
>I have noticed some pop singers doing the chin vibrato thing.(eg.Whitney
>Houston) I presume they are taught to do this to encourage a vibrato
>sound, but have been amazed at the number of singers I have noticed
>doing it. I was never taught this, but that it was a natural flowing of
>the voice in proper placement. I can make my voice do this, but was
>never encouraged to do so. I find many younger singers seem to imitate
>it, or produce it, sometimes giving a wobble sound to their voice. Would
>be curious as to what others think.
>
>KLM
>
>Karen H=E9bert wrote:
>>
>> How does this work? Can it cause
>> > problems such as tmj?
>
John Blyth
Bass/Baritone (as opposed to Bass-Baritone) etc.
Brandon, Manitoba, Canada