Date sent: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 13:03:53 EST
Subject: Re: demise of the umlaut/rounded vowels
To: vocalist
Send reply to: VOCALIST <vocalist>

In a message dated 02/08/2000 12:29:51 PM Eastern Standard Time,
Delphigaia-at-aol.com writes:

<< However, I would hate to see the umlaut go away...I use the u umlaut a
great deal in vocal excercizes to help singers find head voice. I believe
it is the fact
that the jaw retracts a bit (rather than the rounded lips) which makes this
vowel so effective in finding true head voice. >>

I don't think the vowel sound is going away - just the umlauted spelling of
that particular sound.

Lee Morgan
Mezzo-soprano