In a message dated 9/16/2002 2:30:04 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
DCLARK@r... writes:
> This does not mean eliminating vibrato, just making it do your bidding.
> This is all related to good breath management and proper abdominal support.
> This lady can certainly be helped, if she is willing to work and change
> some habits.
>
Typically older voices will develop a wobble, not because of lack of proper
support, but because of lack of proper vocal fold tension. Most singers have
this happen as a result of carrying their head voice too low into the chest
voice. If you simply work on her developing a true chest voice that mixes
into the head voice, you should immediately hear a difference in the vibrato
rate.
Try simple exercises such as singing a short a sound, as in apple, on a three
tone scale beginning on the A below middle C. If she can hold the connection
to the third note and sustain it, you should hear an immediate improvement in
the vibrato rate........without proper vocal fold adduction, adding more
breathe pressure/support will only make matters worse. Additionally, if my
hunch is right, you will notice that her voice becomes "bigger" and more
"controlled" on the upper pitches of the staff, but she will have few notes
above the staff.........
Lots of luck,
Mary Beth Felker
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