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From:  Tako Oda <toda@m...>
Date:  Wed Jun 21, 2000  6:12 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist-temporary] Re: Head voice range (was: Height/Range)


On Wed, 21 Jun 2000, Dre de Man wrote:
> Miller's books, a lyrical tenor mostly has a passagio starting at E4
> sharp and ending at about G4 (eventually sharp) (leggiero E4 and A4),
> but many lyrical tenors head voices go up to F5, so that would be more
> than an octave.

Many? How many lyric tenors have a workable F5? I can think of two off
the top of my head, but I don't think the standard repertoire ever
expects higher than C#5...

-Tako



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