--- Greypins@a... wrote: > dear karen and the rest of you grumpy > vocalisters, > > one could legitimately criticize my > knowledge of physiology as being > incomplete, inarticulate and, at times, even > scatter-brained. so, i shall > quote richard miller on the subject of vocal > agility. > > in his book 'training tenor voices' on > page 88 in the chapter > 'developing agility', mr. miller says: > > "it is clear that the tenore di grazia > (tenore leggiero) requires > facility in negotiating rapid running passages. > not so widely recognized is > the need for agility from all catagories of > tenors who sing roles from the > romantic and even verismo lteratures of the > nineteenth century and early > decades of the twentieth century. passages > such as rodolfo's opening lines > from the first act of la boheme must be agile, > supple, and flexible. > > the ability to be flexible is a > requirement not only of running-note > passages, however. unless a tenor of any > vocal weight or catagory can move > his instrument with ease, he will lack freedom > in singing sostenuto." one > would assume this applies to all other voices > as well. > > not only does miller suggest that all > voices are physiologically capable > of agility, he insists that it is required. > the examples in the chapter are > 'il mio tesoro', 'ev'ry valley' and 'ecco > ridente'. so he is talking about > the same type of coloratura we have been > bickering about. > > it seems logical that any voice capable of > giggling or chuckling would > also be capable of coloratura. miller says > one of the things that happens > to tenors who are mistaken for baritones is > they have difficulty with agility > as they have been attempting to artificially > darken their voices. it is not > unusual to find singers calling themselves a > voice of a lower fach when they > have difficulty with their tops. in order to > validate their claim, they > often find themselves artificially weighting or > darkening their voices. > > i am not one who would say if you can't do > it for real, don't do it. > my motto is 'do what you can and fake the rest' > but, know the difference. > > still praying for world peace, > mike > AMEN Brotha GREAT SERMON! NANCY FONTANA
===== Nancy Fontana The Rocky Mountain Woman
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