Although maybe a good idea, I actually have no real use for my falsetto, and
would like to increase the "compulsiveness" of my true tenor head voice.
Maybe it's for reasons such as this that Jussi Bjoerling claimed that he
could not sing in falsetto. Now there's a good model to aim for.
Colin Reed, tenor
Newark, UK
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From: "John Link" <johnlink@c...>
From: "John Link" <johnlink@c...>
To: <vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com>
To: <vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: 13 March 2001 18:22
Subject: Re: [vocalist] Changing mechanisms
> Colin Reed wrote:
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> >Just to clarify, I had no problems when I was singing in two different
> >ranges. The difficulty would come if I had to sing the same range in the
> >different mechanism. ie if I sang a phrase from say middle C to the G
above
> >in falsetto, I could then not do the same phrase in head voice. I could
do
> >it easily an octave down in chest, however.
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> I would suggest that to improve one's singing one sing simple phrases
> alternating between falsetto and head voice (or whatever you want to
> call them!). If you find that you can't do it, then shorten the
> phrase, maybe to a single note. Surely there is a single note for
> which you have a choice between mechanisms. Sing the single note
> simply and easily, without ambition. As the alternation becomes
> easier, start to increase the length of the phrase one note at a
> time. By doing thie experimentation I suspect that you will improve
> your use of both mechanisms as you reduce the compulsiveness of their
> use.
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> Good luck,
> John Link
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