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From:  "Vale [^_^]" <valevanni@m...>
Date:  Wed Sep 6, 2000  12:16 am
Subject:  Re: [vocalist-temporary] female falsetto


On Tue, 5 Sep 2000 09:07:11
Isabelle Bracamonte wrote:
>> Even if females sing in their high range
>> or in the upper part of their middle voice with a
>> breathy tone which requires closure rates that are
>> open more than closed, they are not singing
>> in falsetto. They cannot because their vocal folds
>> are too short to obtain the falsetto position of
>> the male voice. The tone may imitate the male
>> falsetto but it is not the same functionally.
>
>I know this is true... I mean, my brain knows it. But
>darn it, it *feels* like falsetto -- it's a definite
>"flip" into a different voice, and I can't crescendo
>from one into the other without a break.
So what's the difference?




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