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From:  gsanders@b...
gsanders@b...
Date:  Fri Mar 16, 2001  2:35 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] For those who've not had enough countertenor blather


on 16/3/01 2:28 PM, thomas mark montgomery at thomas8@t... wrote:


For one thing, it's hard to find an equivalent to the castrato voice.
"Physiologically," Mr. Minter said, "in terms of the size of the chest
cavity, and the pressure on the vocal cords, the closest thing we have to
a castrato today is a dramatic tenor. A countertenor is probably the
furthest thing away."


This sounds very suspect to me. I bet that I don't use any more pressure on
the vocal cords as anyone else. Some doctor or scientist want to test me??
I'm serious and interested.

Ciao,

Graham

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