In a message dated 10/1/2001 9:07:17 PM Eastern Daylight Time, peggyh@i... writes: peggyh@i... writes:
<< Mike, I have to respectfully disagree with you. You may choose to call the way a woman sings unsupported tone in her head voice "falsetto", but it most definitely is nothing like the male falsetto. It's an unsupported low-resonance head tone, that is similar to the male falsetto in that the singer can do nothing with it. But I think the tone you call the female falsetto is instead comparable to the unsupported, low-resonance, "mouthy" sound that a tenor might make in the main tenor tessitura - sort of like the way most choral (untrained) tenors sing. And the way most choral, untrained, sopranos sing. It is not falsetto. >>
peggy,
this is not an accurate assesment of my position. i really mean to say that what david daniels sings in and what almost every professional, famous female opera singer sings in, is the same and, whatever that is, is not the same as what someone like aretha franklin sings her high notes with. i'm not talking about lame singers, i am talking about good singers. what aretha franklin does and what most male singers do, is to play their vocal folds similarly to the way a brass player would use his/her lips. what daniels and all those famous female opera singers do is closer to someone whistling. the flute, being a low resistance wind intrument does not lessen its value compared to a trumpet. so, even though i, personally can't stand the sound of operatic females singing, does not mean i degrade the quality of their art or effort (at least, not consciously).
i believe it could very well be possible that daniels and female opera singers are producing sounds that only sound similar but are produced in a very different way. it could be that no one really wants to look at this for fear that the mockery of female opera singers by those who would deride them, is a little too close for comfort. if the latter is the case, the implication to be derived from that, is benefitial to women who wish to pursue that art. if 'faking' it (as some men making fun, can) works just as well, if not better and easier, then why not 'fake' it and spend all that effort on developing the rest of the art?
mike
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