In a message dated 3/31/2001 11:03:18 PM Eastern Standard Time, dolphin_aura@y... writes: dolphin_aura@y... writes:
<< I do have a break when I am singing in that kind of grey zone, where I am going from my middle to high voice also. >>
dolphin,
breaks, from an execution point of view, tend to be caused by trying to stay in a 'voice' too long. if you examine any instrument (you could see this on a piano very easily), from bottom to top, or vice versa, the timbre of the instrument is constantly changing rather than staying the same. many singers get it confused when they try to keep doing the same thing in order to avoid a break. (a break is really just a sudden contrast between one usage and another.) so, if you are singing a scale up from the bottom, for example, in order to affect a gradual change, as in the piano, you would have to start changing over to whatever you do next and take longer to do so in order to get rid of a break. getting rid of breaks allows you to use whatever part of your voice is strongest for that range.
different styles have different requirements. if you are under the impression that you should sing in 'head' voice in your low range to satisfy the needs of a particular style (hypothetical), you will not have the ability to sing as loud as you could in 'chest' voice in that range. that would mean there would be some music where you might have to chose being heard over being tasteful. and, of course, if no one can hear you, there's no point being tasteful.
mike
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