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From:  Sheila Graham <sheila@s...>
Sheila Graham <sheila@s...>
Date:  Tue Jan 23, 2001  1:24 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] BODY FAT AND SINGING WAS; singing and health


Dear Kevin and List,

Sorry if this is a silly question, but what does ISTR stand for?

Regards, Sheila

Sheila Graham
Mezzo-Soprano, Edinburgh, Scotland

www.sheilagraham.demon.co.uk

'She is a singer, and therefore capable of anything' (Bellini)



In message <031a01c0853d$140b2d70$295c96c0@m...>, Kevin Hollis
In message <031a01c0853d$140b2d70$295c96c0@m...>, Kevin Hollis
<khollis@m...> writes
<khollis@m...> writes
>> About 10 years ago, I read an article relating body weight and voice
>( the
>> fatter, the better ). Have you on the list read anything about that?
>> Caio Rossi
>
>I'm well behind on posts and haven't read the rest of the thread yet,
>so apologies if this is a repeat.
>
>Ingo Titze (ISTR) wrote an Article several years that was published in
>New Scientist. I have it in a box somewhere but by the time I find it
>global pollution will have melted the ice-caps and the UK will be
>under 3ft of water , so I'd look for another source.
>Basically it said, "Maybe, fat on body->fat on vocal folds->good
>adduction and closure-> good tone"
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>Kevin.
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Sheila Graham

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