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From:  Isabelle Bracamonte <ibracamonte@y...>
Isabelle Bracamonte <ibracamonte@y...>
Date:  Sun Oct 1, 2000  7:57 am
Subject:  Re: [vocalist-temporary] Ian's Vocal Fortuity


> Isabelle I'm trying to absorb what you have written
> but the first problem that strikes me is that they
> are completely in opposition to the principle of
> using a support belt such as some professionals
> advocate.

Yes, exactly... the "down and out" method works for
some people -- and it was from Hines' book Great
Singers on Great Singing that my own observation (that
men use down-and-out more than women, who are more
likely to use in-and-up) was reinforced. I believe
that many of the men talked about the "push outward"
or tight-belt method of support, while many of the
women disagreed. Hines made some comment about this
tendency somewhere in the book.

Like I said, the outward method works well for some
people. But for me, the lower abs come gently inward
as I exhale (while the ribs and back stay expanded).
The counterbalancing of these two motions, which
happen almost unconsciously (and perhaps someone like
Ian does it from the start, rather like the "natural
voice" who never has to think about placement), take
all breath pressure off of the throat. I flatter
myself that I have a good long line (I can now get
through all of Donna Elvira's long runs in one breath,
as opposed to the two or three I hear in most
recordings), although that could have to do with
innate lung capacity and not the method of breath
support.

Isabelle B.

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Isabelle Bracamonte
San Francisco, CA
ibracamonte@y...




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