Dear Mike and Vocalisters:
You asked: regarding how wave behavior affects the ease with which someone can sing, is it largely through vowel modification that a singer can find this ease (is this the correct over-simplification of what you wrote?)?
COMMENT: Yes, vowel modification is a key element but so is the choice of the correct vowel for a given pitch even when it is not in need of modification. The best composers instinctively "know" the correct vowels that singer should use and give them these vowels. It is the composer's desecration to choose vowel that are to be sung; if the composer understands the voice he chooses well, if not he chooses poorly. Mozart chose well for sopranos; he chose badly for tenors.
-- Lloyd W. Hanson, DMA Professor of Voice and Vocal Pedagogy, Emeritus Director of Opera-Theatre, 1987-1997 School of Performing Arts Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ
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