Naomi Gurt Lind wrote:
> What are the thought cues that you all use to avoid the "bump" on the
> decrescendo? Do you find certain
> tessituras easier in messa di voce?
>
Hi Naomi:
I use a rubber band that I slowly stretch on the crescendo and then slowly
release on the decrescendo. It gives me something to look at as well as feel
in a different part of my body that correlates to the subtle and smooth
changes in muscular activity necessary for a well executed messa di voce. It's
much easier to do a controlled contraction (slowly making a tight fist) than a
controlled relaxation (slowly releasing that tight fist), and if I think of
relaxing while I'm decrescendoing, I invariably get a bump or two. As I
crescendo the elastic is resisting my pull but I'm winning and as I
decrescendo, I'm resisting the elastic's pull, and it's winning! Does this
make any sense??? I'm a tenor and I find that A3 to F4 is the easiest range
to do a messa di voce
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