I thought belting was basically forced resonance in the upper range, and
could be done by any voice type. I'm sure I've belted in my misspent
youth?..?... john
At 08:49 AM 4/21/00 -0500, you wrote:
>At 06:55 PM 4/20/00 EDT, LikeSoMuchFish@a... wrote:
>>I asked my voice teacher(Dr. Bill Reed),if men could belt ..
>>His answer was Yesbut only high voices.. The higher the voice the easier to
>>belt Lower voices(basicaly every voice that can not be classified as Tenor)
>>can not.
>
> I've often wondered if there isn't some correlation with female
>voices, or at least for mine. Sopranos I've know are more likely to be able
>to produce a belt sound, but it seems to be much more difficult for most low
>mezzos or contraltos, like myself. I gave up the notion long ago that belt
>was *entirely* a matter of carrying chest voice up, but that seems to be
>part of the equation (thus tenors being able to belt, since the transition
>from chest to head happens higher for them). I have over an octave of "pure
>chest" voice, but it's primarily middle C and below. While I can produce a
>"mixed" sound above that, it's a very "classical" sound. Any thoughts?
>
>Leslie J.
>
>Leslie Jones, D.M.A.; Contralto
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John Blyth
Baritono robusto e lirico
Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
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