To: <vocalist>
Subject: MOUTH VOICE
Date sent: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 01:10:33 -0200
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Hanson wrote:
Well, now we have a new term. "Mouth" voice. Anybody wonder what it
is? I assume its name comes from a sense of feeling about where the
voice is located or "placed". One lister claims it is different than
chest voice or head voice or falsetto. It is not in the chest, nor
the head, nor is it false. It is in the mouth. What else?


I expect next we will read about "nose" voice (or, maybe even "left
and right nostril" voice. And there could always be collarbone voice
and ear voice and . . . well, you get the idea.

.
You sound like you THOUGHT you new everything in the world. I really disliked your attitude. Listen to Sebastian Bach, from Skid Row ( mouth voice), and compare his voice to that of James LaBrie, from Dream Theater ( a head voice ) and then to that of Edson Cordeiro ( a Brazilian falsettoist ).

My teacher did them all to me and I could hear the difference. And what he says is confirmed by many differences sources I've checked, including other teachers, video lessons and my speech therapist. It's a matter of resonance and vocal cords tension ( falsetto ). I haven't come up with anything.

Concerning that nose voice, don't you think that a nasal voice is, in a way, a different kind of voice, since it has a totally different sound from that without the nose resonance?


Technically saying, the difference btw a head voice and a mouth voice is where you get your resonance by directing the air flow from your throat: if up to the head ( you can even feel your skull vibrating ), it's a head voice. If ahead to the upper tooth ridge, so that your sinus cavities
resonate, plus a smile and a v-curved tongue tip, a mouth voice. No need for irony. Maybe improvement only.

PS: calling falsetto a false voice is oversimplistic. It gets its name for being a false female voice, but it's still a voice, so, a real voice.

Best Regards,
Caio