From: Lisa-Marie Olson
Subject: Re: speech-level singing
To: Vocalist <vocalist>
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I'm getting in at the end of this conversation, and I
am not familiar with Seth Riggs, but I just wanted to
add that as a high soprano, I was always taught to
ignore or change my speaking voice.

When I was younger, teachers heard high notes and
assumed that I was making my speaking voice
artificially low. After years of experimenting, I
realized that if I add more of my "speaking voice" to
my singing, I get improved support, a wider range,
more drama, and generally easier production. I don't
mean that I carry weight up high, but that I warm up
from the speaking voice rather than warming up from
the singing voice, which for me tends to be more
"artificial". Does this make any sense? My high
notes are still my best ones, but everything is much
freer as I learned to use rather than ignore my
speaking voice.

Lisa-Marie
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