In a message dated 3/22/2001 3:43:58 PM Eastern Standard Time,
taylor23f@h... writes:
taylor23f@h... writes:
<< When I spoke of the F4 as being the top of the chest-register I was
speaking
ONLY about classical voice use. For certain styles a singer would need to
make different choices. That's perfectly fine too:) >>
taylor,
i would conclude from this statement that the concept of registers is
then an artificial concept placed on a voice that may have no registers at
all. and, that it is our expectations of certain sounds that place an
unnatural 'sameness' throughout a range of the voice that should be
constantly changing rather than remaining the same. when one sings into a
pillow, the perceptions of timbre are largely removed. it is amazing to me
how much more easily almost everybody, in fact everybody i have ever had do
this, sings from bottom to top without a break.
i can't remember where i read this but, i remember someone refering to
writings by someone dealing with the voice outside of singing refering to
three different uses of the voice; fry, modal and whistle. whistle was
described as literally whistling with one's vocal folds in the same way one
would whistle using the lips, the description of fry i don't remember and
modal was described as that with which we speak or sing.
they did go on to say that the ideas of 'chest' and 'head' were perceptual
delusions.
(i wish i could remember where i read that however, i must say that my
recollection of it might just have easily been something that came to me in a
dream.)
mike
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