From: Isabelle Bracamonte
Subject: re: maturation of the voice
To: vocalist
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> And in older people, the cartiledge begins to
> ossify and harden. That causes a wobble in
> older voices.

I have heard this before, but I have trouble believing
it. What cartiledge is there in the cords? I think I
just saw an article by some pedagogical woman in the
latest NATS Journal that said (I think) that the
instrument does NOT ossify as it ages.

However, I have often heard the rumor (never backed
up) that something in the throat (but what??)
calcifies and gets hard, which is what causes wobbles.
Can this be true? For women, do hormone replacement
therapies delay this occurence? If this is not true,
what does cause that distinctive older-diva wobble?

Isabelle B.

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Isabelle Bracamonte
San Francisco, CA
ibracamonte-at-yahoo.com



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