In a message dated 10/31/2000 3:27:30 PM Central Standard Time, csdonnell@m... writes: csdonnell@m... writes:
<< I often have my private students and my English diction class experiment with British accents as a way to clarify vowel colors. I myself used to "think British" when singing in the lower part of my range (I'm a mezzo). The general response to this exercise is that students say that the tone/vowel sits higher and more forward. >>
Hey, if I ever need to find where something needs to sit, I think "WWJD"... that is "What would Julie do?" I pull out my best Julie Andrews impression and sing whatever needs fixing in that voice and then figure out what it was I did and how I can make it work in my own voice....
Christine Thomas Wauwatosa, WI <A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/mezzoid/myhomepage/profile.html"> http://hometown.aol.com/mezzoid/myhomepage/profile.html</A>
"I love to sing-a, about the moon-a and the June-a and the spring-a"
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