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From:  Tako Oda <toda@m...>
Tako Oda <toda@m...>
Date:  Wed Dec 13, 2000  8:46 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist-temporary] Re: "Robust" female regsiter was: Registers, was: Comparison...


On Wed, 13 Dec 2000, Wim Ritzerfeld wrote:
> I have listened to your clip and I agree this would be the kind
> of voice that could potentially sing like a tenor. She certainly
> uses the 'heavy' vibrational pattern and she does so with ease.
> I don't hear her go into 'tenor head voice' though. The resonance
> does not change as she goes up to F4 (the top note in the clip)
> and I sense a slight raising of the larynx. I could be wrong, but
> from what I hear I suspect that if she goes higher she will probably
> go into belt mode. So for now I guess the (classically trained)
> female tenor remains hypothetical ...

I'll see if I can find any other pieces where she goes higher, and see
what she's doing there. Thanks, Wim!

Tako


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