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From:  buzzcen@a...
buzzcen@a...
Date:  Mon Feb 12, 2001  5:07 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] Teen belter with scary symptoms


In a message dated 2/12/01 10:42:06 AM Central Standard Time,
bounousb@i... writes:
bounousb@i... writes:


> >For those who are interested, I feel obliged to share
> this highly informative comparison between belting and chest voice
> provided by Dr. Steve Chicurel in response to my personal inquiry.
> What I find new here is
> 1. both vocalis and cricothyroid seem to be active in a new balance
> 2. false vocal fold is involved in belting
> 3. filtering mechanism is radically different
>
>

#2 is very disturbing in that extreme hyperfunction is needed for this to
occur.

Randy Buescher




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