To: "VOCALIST" <vocalist>
Subject: Re: Range question
Date sent: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 13:16:57 -0500
Send reply to: VOCALIST <vocalist>

Hey Nancy!

> I no longer have a break, I've learned to blend it well. However, I know
> where that area is and that's the basis of my question: Does the area of
> your break offer any clue about where your top and bottom ranges might be?

I tell students not to worry about the break in any way, shape or form, and
ditto range! Our goal in studying voice is to uncover the voice - to let it
shine through. Remember that scene in THE WIZ where the factory-workers
peel off their heavy, ugly, padded costumes and let their beautiful bodies
feel the air and the light? Our voice is in there in all its glory; we have
to let it free. A free voice - anybody's - will have a wide range, and an
expressive, legato line. And when we're singing freely, the voice will find
its natural center; the place it wants to call home. That's far more
important than how high we can squeak or how low we can growl.

Carol S.
Syracuse, NY