In a message dated 7/15/2001 8:03:09 AM Eastern Daylight Time, w.ritzerfeld@c... writes: w.ritzerfeld@c... writes:
<< Looking at it this way, couldn't Garcia's falsetto then be equated to the lower part of 'light mechanism' ? If this is true then Garcia's falsetto and the female middle voice would be one and the same thing, making it quite logical that he placed the falsetto in the middle between chest and head registers. >>
wim,
horne did go on to say that the male falsetto was one of her models for how she should sound (when i first heard david daniles, i thought he sounded just like marilyn horne). richard miller has stated that one of the only legitimate uses of falsetto is in a male teacher demonstrating for a female student (assuming they wish to sound like a male singing in falsetto). i have had a few students who wanted to sing like female opera singers (these were female students) so, i had them imitate me 'goofing' on female opera singers. it worked quite well and they were amazed how much easier it was to do something that felt more like 'faking it' than something that felt more like work.
their one problem remaining was a difficulty in making a transition into a chest mix without some kind of gap that was either weak or not there. with these same students, i would also train them to sing in a manner appropriate for other forms of music. in a female voice, this approach is closer in technique to a male singer's, their high range being a mix rather than what i assume to be adducted falsetto (yes, no, maybe?). in this approach, there is no gap or break. as long as they thin the folds (sound, weight, etc.) as they increase pitch, there is never a problem. and, with women, this seems easier to execute than it is for males. i would attribute that to the lighter guage of their vocal folds or, perhaps, to the stigma against males doing anything that even remotely resembles falsetto, or both.
any female opera singer would be an example of what i think is singing like a male singing in falsetto. giulietta simionato would be a good example of the same, having a gap between her 'head' voice and chest which, sounds an awful lot like a yodel to me. shirley bassey, ella fitzgerald and lauren hill would all illustrate the other approach, singing more like males do.
mike
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