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From:  "DIANE M. CLARK (MUSIC DEPARTMENT)" <DCLARK@r...>
"DIANE M. CLARK (MUSIC DEPARTMENT)" <DCLARK@r...>
Date:  Thu Mar 8, 2001  6:28 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] students with pitch problems


In reply to Lisa N:

In my experience, problems with matching pitches are almost always a problem
of coordination between what the ear hears (usually correct) and what the
vocal instrument can produce (usually undeveloped). If the student cannot
audiate (hear/think sounds silently in his head) correctly, there is no hope
of pitch matching. Once he can auditate, he still must teach the vocal
mechanism to be responsive tto his mental commands. All of this has nothing
to do with rreading music.

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