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From:  Vicki Bryant <MezzoNotte@e...>
Date:  Wed Feb 6, 2002  6:37 am
Subject:  Re[2]: [vocalist] Heavy Mechanism, Light Mechanism

Tuesday, February 05, 2002, 6:46:50 PM, Sharon Szymanski wrote:

SS> One other query: has anyone else but me experienced the
SS> feeling that achieving really good breath coordination with a wonderful
SS> onset seems easier to achieve while using more of the light mechanism
SS> (high register) than the heavy? With many of my students it seems that
SS> the lower register is much more apt to get caught in a tense
SS> throat-oriented production than is the higher. For them, working down
SS> from the top is a very helpful avenue.

No, the reverse is true for me - it's easier in the lower register.
Correspondingly, (is that a word?) my lower register was always the
stronger one.


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