I live in South Africa.Any hints on how I could get hold of this study?
Thanks Regards Susi Cape Town
---------- >From: taylor23f@h... >To: vocalist-temporary@egroups.com >Subject: [vocalist] More on registers/bulk/inventing the wheel............... >Date: Thu, Jan 25, 2001, 12:51 AM >
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> > An excellent study regarding the exact muscular activity of > the laryngeal muscles can be found in: "A Series of Four > Electromyographic Studies" by Bill Vennard, Minoru Hirano, John > Ohala, and Bjorn Fritzell, 1971." The Journal of Singing has info on > how to obtain them. These studies alone can clear up a world of > confusion regarding muscular activity of the Vocalis(TA),CT, and LCA > muscles in falsetto, head-voice, and chest-voice. Sometimes, to find > the right information- you need to dig a bit:)
> "As we have said, the chest register is generally denied or > rejected by teachers, not that one could not draw from its > application an immense advantage, nor that the supression of the > range whivh it embraces would not deprive the singer of the most > beautiful dramatic effects or the most favorable contrasts, but > because one can approach the study of this register only with the > help of profound knowledge, under the threat of ruining the student's > voice, and because the blending of this register with that of the > falsetto can be secured only by a long and ably directed labor. It > has therefore been judged simpler and more natural to free oneself > from the difficulty of studying it." > > No, this quote is not from a current source. It's Garcia II > in 1841. Also, it is interesting to note that in Mancini's book > (Practical Reflections on figured Singing) there were no examples of > vocal exercises given. Most likely he didn't think it was necessary > to include them. Many of the principles were much better understood > then and to write them out would have been to state the obvious. > Open many voice books today and what do you see-- pages and pages of > vocal exercises- interesting huh? > We as voice teachers don't need to reinvent the wheel. We > need to find out how the heck the wheel was made. > > Take Care All, > > Taylor L. Ferranti > DMA Candidate in Vocal Pedagogy > LSU > > > > > > > > > >> >> perhaps there is a limit to brute strength's usefulness in the > operation >> of the larynx in singing. i can imagine the increase of bulk in > the folds >> making the voice lower and i can also imagine that it might make it > possible >> for extending the heavy mechanism higher. but, i wonder if, in > the latter >> case, would that make it more difficult to incorporate the action > of the >> crico-thyroid muscles? i suppose thay could be built up too > (headline: >> 'singer strangles himself to death- no hands!'). >> >> i have to admit i'm too stunned to get carried away imagining > all the >> possibilities. >> hey, maybe peter hoffman will make a comeback with a workout video > for the >> larynx. >> >> dazed and confused, >> mike > > > > >
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