The situation of being placed in the second basses just because I could hit the pitch is highly familiar! Thanks for sharing this info, Tako, though I confess that I don't even want to try to make the sound! I'm becomeing a prissy baritone - oh dearie me! john >On Mon, 19 Jun 2000, John Alexander Blyth wrote: >> Now here is the crux for me - though I don't know how loud Tako's >> impressive demonstration was, my low notes don't sound like that. They do, >> however, tail away in dynamic level, as I have bemoaned to this list in >> approximately this fashion: > >It's not very loud, but loud enough that choral directors in college >really wanted me to sing bass2 in their choirs (I suppose just the fact >that I could "hit" the notes was a big deal to them). I would never >expect to get away with singing in that register as a soloist, or as the >bass for a small a cappella ensemble. I have used it in the context of >"extended technique" on occasion. I generally don't sing lower than a >tenor low C in "standard concert fare" if I can help it. > >It does tail off pretty sharply in dynamic after about Eb2 or so, as >evidenced in the sound clip. It levels off after that and is possible to >take it down to G1 before it is more buzz than pitch. > >-Tako > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Old school buds here: >http://click.egroups.com/1/5536/5/_/843894/_/961521258/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: >vocalist-temporary-unsubscribe@o... > > > > John Blyth Baritono robusto e lirico Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
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