>From: Joel Figen <natural@w...>
>Reply-To: vocalist-temporary@egroups.com
>To: vocalist-temporary@egroups.com
>Subject: Re: [vocalist-temporary] pitch differences (was bach and basses)
>Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 07:26:38 -0700
>
>At 09:26 AM 06/16/2000 -0400, LMorgan923@a... wrote:
> >Yes, people are on the average significantly taller now than they were in
> >the 18th century
>
>Is there a correlation between adult height and vocal range? I
>think if we factor out gender, there isn't. When I look at a
>choir, I don't notice that the basses are taller than the tenors
>or that the altos are taller than the sopranos. I would
>conclude then that different factors produce height and vocal
>range, and that body size and cord size are not proportional.
>
GOod point, Joel...I wish I knew.
Nancy C.
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