At 05:37 PM 27/02/03 +0000, you Les, wrote: >Dear Reg, >You wrote: "Unfortunately there are other aspects, as Les' rejection >of the term implies." >***************** >Sorry if I gave the impression that I was rejecting anything; that >was not, is not and never was my intention.
Passe...."old fashioned...past its prime" Well I also am sorry you should find my directness not to your liking Les. I do not like to leave my intentions unclear but this should not, in my opinion, be interpreted as confrontational.
The fact that the intercostals are SUPPORTING the muscle system is in itself sufficient reason to stay with this compact, descriptive and traditional term. As with my contention about the renaming of the octaves on the scale, there is little good reason to replace them. I'm not offended one bit by its rejection.
As regards lip trills, I have yet to find a good reason to indulge in the activity when simply to run my tongue around the inside of my lips is just as good. Lip buzzes, on the other hand, are the most helpful little exercise I've even found especially as a daily ice breaker. For speakers as well as singers.
I have no objection to the term breath management as I implied with those words, but I do think it is unnecessary to complicate still further the confusing nomenclature already in use in the vocal field.
Regards Reg.
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