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From: "Lloyd W. Hanson"
Subject: Re: Speaking/Singing voice ( ranting about countertenors)
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Dear Tako Oda and List:

Your suggestions that the cords get stretched lengthwise to raise
pitch until they can no longer stretch lengthwise and must be
stretched laterally is a most confusing statement. Can you explain a
bit more? For example, how is lengthwise and laterally stretching
different?

Lloyd W. Hanson, DMA
Professor of Voice, Pedagogy
School of Performing Arts
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ 86011