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From:  "Lloyd W. Hanson" <lloyd.hanson@n...>
"Lloyd W. Hanson" <lloyd.hanson@n...>
Date:  Sun Aug 5, 2001  1:27 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] Re: Seth Riggs' Recent SF Master Class (Wim's question)


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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