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From:  Greypins@a...
Greypins@a...
Date:  Sun Jul 15, 2001  3:09 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] Re: falsetto (was lower register)


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


  Replies Name/Email Yahoo! ID Date Size
13184 Re: falsetto (was lower register) Wim Ritzerfeld   Sun  7/15/2001   3 KB
13187 Re: falsetto (was lower register) Lloyd W. Hanson   Sun  7/15/2001   3 KB
13188 Re: falsetto (was lower register) Wim Ritzerfeld   Sun  7/15/2001   3 KB
13189 Re: falsetto (was lower register) Lloyd W. Hanson   Sun  7/15/2001   4 KB
13198 Re: falsetto (was lower register) Wim Ritzerfeld   Mon  7/16/2001   4 KB
13200 Re: falsetto (was lower register) Tako Oda   Mon  7/16/2001   2 KB
13186 Re: falsetto (was lower register) Lloyd W. Hanson   Sun  7/15/2001   2 KB

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