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From:  Barry Bounous <bounousb@i...>
Barry Bounous <bounousb@i...>
Date:  Tue Feb 20, 2001  3:03 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] re: Healthy belt: general ideas


Laura Sharp wrote:
>
> Barry wrote: " 2) A good technical book is Jan Sullivan's "The Phenomena of
> the
> Belt/Pop Voice" ISBN 0-913943-06-1"
>
> I found this definitions at The Singing Voice website:
>
> Belt --n. 1. [A style or technique of singing] in which the larynx is
> slightly higher than in the classical voice, and the vocal cords are held
> tightly together for a longer period of time. . . . The shape of the word
> and how it is spoken is intrinsic to the sound. The sound seems [extremely]
> forward [in "placement"] . . . but is not nasal. . . . The space inside the
> mouth is not as large as in the classical technique. . . . [True] belt is
> not chest voice nor an extension of chest voice into the higher register.
> [Sullivan (1985), 16.] --v.t. 1. As used commonly, to sing (a song) loudly
> and energetically.
>
> Is this the same Sullivan you mention, Barry? And what do you think of this
> definition?
>
> Thanks for spending the time with us on this!

You are very welcome. It is the same Sullivan. This is an accurate
definition of the style of belt she taught (and more or less reflects
the style I teach).
--
Dr. Barry Bounous
Brigham Young University
School of Music
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