In a message dated 12/11/2000 11:23:16 AM Central Standard Time,
ODivaTina@a... writes:
ODivaTina@a... writes:
<< Now that is interesting. Christine is a mezzo. I am a mezzo. Yet I can
bring
my chest up to B if I wanted (although I no longer want to; used to do it as
a pop singer.) At any rate, I have read in various books that another way to
classify voices is how far they can bring their chest voice up. And I've
read
opposite things on that, as well. . .Contraltos can and should bring it up
to
Ab, Mezzos to F# - G, Sopranos to E-F vs. Sopranos to G, Mezzos to F,
Contraltos to E. I've come to the conclusion that that analysis is faulty. >>
I really disagree with that. Frankly, I think that sopranos can and do bring
up chest voice much higher than mezzos. I have NEVER had a problem with a
lower break, not even in my pre-lesson days, back in the Stone Age. My young
sopranos (and not-so-young sopranos) often come to me with a huge clunk at
around E-G. Many of them do not have problems with an upper passaggio...
that was my primary problem until my early 30s.
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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