| Date sent: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 13:03:53 EST Subject: Re: demise of the umlaut/rounded vowels To: vocalist Send reply to: VOCALIST <vocalist>
In a message dated 02/08/2000 12:29:51 PM Eastern Standard Time, Delphigaia-at-aol.com writes:
<< However, I would hate to see the umlaut go away...I use the u umlaut a great deal in vocal excercizes to help singers find head voice. I believe it is the fact that the jaw retracts a bit (rather than the rounded lips) which makes this vowel so effective in finding true head voice. >>
I don't think the vowel sound is going away - just the umlauted spelling of that particular sound.
Lee Morgan Mezzo-soprano
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