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From:  buzzcen@a...
Date:  Mon Oct 1, 2001  1:45 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] A question of register

In a message dated 10/1/2001 5:39:03 AM Central Daylight Time,
lolipastor@a... writes:


> Mike,
>
> using head voice does not constitute a wobble. Improper training and/or
> use
> does this. it's kind of like saying that because all Chiuhuahuas are dogs,
> that all dogs are Chiuhuahuas. Luckily, this isn't the case.
>

Bringing head voice down to where it should be chest voice or almost all
chest voice will produce a wobble. Vibrato is the result of a relaxing agent
within a contraction; there is just no the right amount or type of tension at
that point to produce a more desirable rate of oscillation when head voice is
brought down to low. You're asking the cricothyroid muscles to regulate
pitch in an area where they are designed not to do so. It's like driving a
car in the wrong gear.

Looking at your last statement about Chihuahuas is interesting. If
lolipopstar can't get out of chest without a break, that doesn't mean all
females can't get out of chest without a break. A female is totally capable
in singing in chest up to a4 and then getting out of it without a break, and
believe it or not the head voice is better in these instances.


Randy Buescher






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