I would suggest for now that you follow your teacher's advice, unless you
have some reason to doubt his ability - in which case why pay to study with
him. Since we have all been listening to the Pavarotti clip I thought I
would quote some of his thoughts on this.
"Learning to control the passaggio is very difficult and takes much time and
work. There are different techniques for doing this, and different teachers
have their preferences. The important thing is to pick one technique and
stick to it." From Pavarotti: My World. Published 1995. Chatto and Windus
ISBN0701163232
He later mentions that it took him six years to be able to sing confidently
through his passaggio. It has taken me about the same length of time, and I
went through the same thoughts of "this isn't working - must try something
else". I too thought about what people describe as register blending, but I
stuck with my teacher's method and now feel very comfortable singing through
my passaggio. If you feel you must try a different method then you must
have the courage of your convictions - change to a teacher who teaches the
method you want and stick with it.
Colin Reed, tenor
Newark, UK
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To: <vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: 07 February 2003 17:30
Subject: [vocalist] Re: Chord closure problem
>> Dear Catherine.
> I have discussed this issue with my teacher.
> He doesn't believe in building head voice from falsetto.
> He prefers using trills, humming exercises,etc.
> He claims that falsetto can be streghtened,but it can't reach the
> quality of pure head voice.He also thinks that this method is also
> unsuitable for blending the registers.
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> What should i do?
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> Thanks for once more.
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