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From:  "Geoffrey Yung" <geofyung@m...>
"Geoffrey Yung" <geofyung@m...>
Date:  Thu Oct 26, 2000  10:25 pm
Subject:  Re: About studying voice



Hi Mike,

I have Roger Love's book "set your voice free". Do you know what the
major difference between this book and the book you mentioned("your
voice at its best")?

Are there any particular exercises you find very useful?
Especially in eliminating the breaks.

Thanks,
Geoffrey

--- In vocalist-temporary@egroups.com, wrote:
> martti and geoffrey,
>
> dave stroud's description of what has to happen in the larynx
while
> singing from top to bottom is excellent. the cd of exercises that
comes
> with roger love's book 'your voice at its best' is really
terrific. (i have
> heard that these exercises are similar to ones he learned from seth
riggs.)
>
> having been trained by classical voice teachers, i had a
somewhat
> limited range. after working with roger love's cd (as well as
customizing it
> for my own purposes- no magic there so, don't worry), i have been
able to
> increase my range quite a bit and have found singing, in general,
to be a lot
> easier.
>
> the process does require patience and time and also trusting
that the
> thing you may call 'falsetto' will turn into something useful
eventually.
> that being said, it is amazing how well those exercises work.
they are a
> little like a monkey trap, if you give into what they seem like
they are
> forcing you to do, they'll work. i use my bastardized version on
all my
> students with great success.
>
> mike


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