----- Original Message ----- From: "Tako Oda" <toda@m...> From: "Tako Oda" <toda@m...> To: <vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com> To: <vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com> Sent: 12 March 2001 19:27 Subject: [vocalist] David Daniels speaks on the CT voice/Was it falsetto?
> Thanks, Ken! Very interesting. I have to say I can utterly relate. When I > have to sing 1st tenor for even a few minutes (the Episcopalian ATB chorus > I was in often switched to TTBB for certain anthems), it takes a while for > my brain to rewire into alto mode again. It is a very different kind of > coordination. > > It's interesting, the converse is apparently true as well. A certain > heldentenor on this list (who is participating on this very thread ;-) once > told me he felt his former countertenoring interfered with his development > as a dramatic tenor voice. > > Tako >
Hmm, this rings a bell. In my pre-tenor days as a choral baritone, I was often called upon to cover alto. I definitely considered myself a falsettist in this role, although my falsetto was quite powerful, had vibrato, and I had dynamics (so maybe not what Tako would call true falsetto). This mechanism really interfered when I made the switch to tenor. I found that if I ever "cheated" on a piano note above the passaggio, then I subsequently found it far more difficult to sing the same note in true head voice (or even mix). Now I try to avoid this falsetto mechanism like mad, otherwise it still creates real problems for me.
Colin Reed, tenor Newark, UK
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