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From: "Tako Oda" <toda@m...>
"Tako Oda" <toda@m...>
Date: Mon Oct 1, 2001 1:12 am
Subject: Re: [vocalist] A question of register

--- In vocalist-temporary@y..., > what i don't understand is, if tenors can go higher than F above > middle C, without having to resort to falsetto, why do women feel > they have to (and I can answer this. Notice that even a very high tenor can only sing up to about E5. This is because by pushing the chest so high, he severely limits his "falsetto" capacity at the very top. "Classical" women and countertenors switch to the lighter registration much earlier (circa middle D), allowing for a smooth transition. It is very difficult to make the transition above an F above middle C, because by then, the chest voice has so much brilliance to it that it is hard to manipulate the head voice to match it on the notes directly above. If I use a lot of chestiness into my sound, I top out at about a D5. If I keep the emphasis on a headier sound, I have more than a fifth above that. The basic rule is, the higher my change, the lower my top. Mind you, I don't think it's *unhealthy* for women to sing high in their chest voices... it's only unhealthy if they intend to have the high notes required for classical music. If their intention is to stick to chest voice singing (a la Whitney Houston), they're fine. Tako, countertenor

	Replies	Name/Email	Yahoo! ID	Date	Size
14399	Re: A question of register	Jennifer		Tue 10/2/2001	3 KB
14413	Re: A question of register - Pain singing high i	Tako Oda		Tue 10/2/2001	2 KB