In a message dated 4/8/2001 7:03:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time, lloyd.hanson@n... writes:
<< As you know, the rule of thumb in singing diphthongs or triphongs is to always sustain the initial vowel and treat the exit vowel sounds as one would treat an ending consonant (or combine the exit vowel with the ending consonant if the word has one).
Pops singing of any kind does not necessarily adhere to this rule and instead allows a migration from the initial vowel sound to the exit vowel sound within a sustained note. >>
lloyd,
it has been my observation that a great number of pop singers, realizing how stupid it sounds to get to the exit vowel too soon, tend more to leave the exit vowel out. however, the ones who know what they are doing definitely take more liberty with this rule. ( tony bennett will often sustain a pitch on an 'n' or an 'm'. ) also, a lot of them will close more gradually to the exit vowel. this more closely resembles those occasions in speech where the length of a word is elongated abnormally. moaning 'ooooooooh gooooooood' when one finds out something exasperating, is very seldom commited in adherence to the rule you stated in the first paragraph.
i don't think it was i who brought up the affect of consonants on vowels however, vocalizing on the syllables 'gug' and 'mum' ( i first got from roger love although i am told he got them from seth riggs. it is unlikely they are sacred mantras ), produce very different results on which is essentially the same vowel. even vocalized and unvocalized consonants of the same formation create different results ( f&z, b&p, t&d, ch&j, etc. ) due to where the resistance of the airflow takes place.
just out of curiosity ( have no fear, this is not one of my crafty traps ), which pop singers (any era ) do you enjoy listening to?
mike
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