At 11:33 AM 3/4/01 EST, Greypins@a... wrote: > i play a guessing game with my students. i tell them i'm >thinking of a number which they have to guess and i'll only tell them if they >are too low or too high. it is always the same number- two hundred million. > they all start with 3 or 5 and creep up. some can't get past 10 having >imagined i said 'between 1 and 10'. none of them ever guess a number that i >have to tell them is too high. the adventurous ones will make it to a >million and then toss up their arms in surrender. so my question to you is- >have you ever made a sound that was too operatic?
Dear mike and Vocalistmates,
I am only a student, so I can only humbly express my own personal experience; but it never ceases to impress me how much we are able to do as singers is "mental" or "emotional". My first teacher would say to me "You are a baritone and certainly not a tenor." and then we would really struggle with high notes. After a short while with my current teacher, he asked "You are a tenor. Why are you trying to sound like a baritone?" It wasn't a long time afterwards that the high notes appeared; very thin at first, but a little stronger and fuller every day. Tessitura that were once high for me are now the easiest place in my voice to sing. Subconsciously, I needed "permission" to sing high.
Thanks much for your post, mike. I still need reminding.
GWendel, DT
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