In a message dated 10/1/2001 10:59:01 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
lolipastor@a... writes:
lolipastor@a... writes:
<< I don't understand how you can call the female classical voice "falsetto".
>>
lauren,
in comparing that which most male singers sing in to their speaking
voices, the majority use the same voice. in comparing what most female
singers sing in to their speaking voices, about half sing in the same voice.
the other half, including all classical singers and a great deal of the
women who sing musical theater, sing in a voice i will, for now call 'other'.
when males are asked to imitate female opera singers, they resort to
'falsetto'. regardless of the quality of their imitation, the vocal
material is strikingly similar.
whether you want to call it 'head voice', 'falsetto' or 'pomegranate',
what men do when they are singing in falsetto and what classical female
singers do is more similar than either are to what someone like aretha
franklin or ella fitzgerald do. as the mechanics and construction of the
larynx is the same in both female and male voices, it stands to reason that
similar sounds are produced similarly.
one cannot call a tenor's high C and a soprano's high C both 'head' voice.
as to 'looking for a fight', this is just a friendly discussion (you
really should learn to control your 'passion').
mike
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