Lloyd wrote (among other things):
<<The most commonly experienced registers for adult female voices are
usually categorized as:
Chest Voice
Middle Voice
High Voice
Whistle Voice (sometimes called flageolet voice)
Many variations on these registers are not uncommon but most female voice
experience these basic categories.>>
Dear Lloyd,
Yes, that makes very much sense. Thank you.
There is one thing, though, that is puzzling me:
It is my impression that the female middle voice do not appear in most
untrained voices.
Untrained female voices are typically more like:
Chest voice - <big ugly break> - High voice.
(with diverse variations - some use predominanty chest, some use
predominantly high voice, and I'm leaving out the whistle to simplify
things)
In other words: I perceive the middle voice more as a "passagio" area.
A while ago, someone argued that it was a matter of definition how many
registers you use to describe the voice. I think one lister wanted to define
the (male) passagio as a separate register. An argument for NOT doing so
(from another lister) was that it was more of a transition area than a
separate register.
Why the difference in description for male and female voices?
Tradition? Or practical reasons? (if you have a rather large area in the
middle of your voice you need to work on, it is practical to have a specific
name for it).
Karin (very much curious)
kmx@m...
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