To: vocalist
Subject: Re: questions
Date sent: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 12:25:56 PST
Send reply to: VOCALIST <vocalist>

>From: AQueenTeen-at-aol.com
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>Hi I have some questions on singing that I really, really need answers to!
>First of all, I only have about two (maybe a little more) octaves that are
>really usable. Is that bad?

Not if those two octaves are good and smooth, from one end to the other.

How can I make my high notes stronger so they
>are as strong as my lower notes?

Find a good voice teacher. Chances are, she (or he) will help you work on
your breath support and vowel modification.

Is singing loud bad if you're doing it the
>right way?

I don't have a problem with it. But then again, I'm not you.

ANd is it OK to sing with a sore throat?

HELL NO. Drink some tea, eat some chicken soup or pho (or minestrone, if
you're vegetarian), watch some cartoons and get well first!

>SOrry I have so many questions, they just kinda came to me...

That's OK. That's what we're all here for.



Elizabeth Finkler
mightymezzo-at-hotmail.com

Consider the singular wisdom learned from animated sages like Bugs Bunny.
The irrepressible, Oscar-winning rabbit and his cartoon cohorts have taught
millions of American children precisely the sort of powerful, subversive
truths from which adults try to shield them: that smart-alecks have more
fun; that mocking authority is often the right thing to do; that tortoises
beat hares (especially when tortoises cheat); that the world is often a
cruel and desperate place that would just as soon drop an anvil on your head
as give you a hand up; and, most important of all, that a sense of humor and
resilience is the only way to make it through the years to come.
---Nick Gillespie


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