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From:  buzzcen@a...
Date:  Sun Oct 20, 2002  3:53 am
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] Re: Falsettofrom Lloyd W. Hanson DMA to Mary Beth.....

In a message dated 10/19/2002 7:00:25 PM Central Daylight Time,
deanmacy@a... writes:

> It is possible for any voice to create this quality by simply increasing
> the breath flow past the vocal folds. The difference between men and
> women in achieving this falsetto voice is that
> many men, especially the lower voices, can produce ONLY this voice in
> their upper ranges.
> This is because only in their upper extremes are the vocal folds
> sufficiently lengthened so that they can achieve the partial closure of
> long vocal folds necessary for falsetto voice.
>

So women can sing in falsetto.

Randy Buescher






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