In a message dated 3/18/2001 3:12:38 PM Eastern Standard Time, toda@m... writes:
<< > i would also like to know, if, in the middle of your range, if > you can go from your 'regular' voice to what you call 'head' and > i call 'tomato', i mean 'falsetto' on one pitch without any > noticeable glitch (noticeable to you, that is) and if so, at how > high a volume level.
I can, but the higher and louder I do it (i.e. more tenoriffically), the more I limit my top. I think most women will report the same experience, which is why most singers who use their upper voice a lot will switch before F4. Those that specialize in switching higher have more of a core, but they limit their options at the top (i.e. Whitney Houston and hautes contre.) >>
tako,
i wonder if there are really two different kinds of counter-tenors. one would be the baritone or tenor who, instead of singing the high range in what is essentially a mix, sing in 'falsetto' (as i call it) and the other would be the very high voiced tenor who sings the high range in a mix yet, it sounds very similar to what the former catagory of ct does. it seems to me that the former would have a bit of trouble going from model voice to 'falsetto' at louder volumes and higher pitches whereas, the latter type would have no problem going from model to what is really a mix. i guess this would be the distinction between cts like minter and daniels and haute contres like russell oberlin. yes, no, maybe?
mike, bass @#$%^& baritone
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