John Alexander Blyth <BLYTHE@B...> wrote: > In sum, this is helpful, especially the bit about slackening the vocal > chords, and about Tom Krause being physically large. I certainly identify > with misdiagnosis of voice type - I've gone through being a bass, a tenor, > a bass-baritone, and now I seem to be a high baritone, unless I'm actually > a couple of singers: a baritone with a big voice and a bass with a smaller > one! I'm a 5'8 and a half mesomorph, which really ought to suggest high > baritone... hmmm?
Mesomorph, huh? It reminds me of the funniest thing I ever read in a musical text. It was a section describing various voice types for the benefit of composers. For all other voices, it discusses ranges and tessituri. Here's a paraphrase for the heldentenor fach, though:
"Heldentenors are often 'pushed up' baritones. What's more, they often are broad shouldered, muscular and look like heroes."
-Tako
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