| To: "VOCALIST" <vocalist> Subject: Re: Range question Date sent: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 13:16:57 -0500 Send reply to: VOCALIST <vocalist>
Hey Nancy!
> I no longer have a break, I've learned to blend it well. However, I know > where that area is and that's the basis of my question: Does the area of > your break offer any clue about where your top and bottom ranges might be?
I tell students not to worry about the break in any way, shape or form, and ditto range! Our goal in studying voice is to uncover the voice - to let it shine through. Remember that scene in THE WIZ where the factory-workers peel off their heavy, ugly, padded costumes and let their beautiful bodies feel the air and the light? Our voice is in there in all its glory; we have to let it free. A free voice - anybody's - will have a wide range, and an expressive, legato line. And when we're singing freely, the voice will find its natural center; the place it wants to call home. That's far more important than how high we can squeak or how low we can growl.
Carol S. Syracuse, NY
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