John,
If ever you're in Switzerland, I'll take you up on the offer the the
half-hour to "trick" me into singing with a vibrato!!
Arado
> It's certainly possible that a vibrato just won't happen, but
unlikely. I
> wish I could spend just a half-hour with you and I could 'trick'
you into
> producing a vibrato. It's important to realise that, although one
may 'do'
> all sorts of things to begin to get the idea of how a vibrato
feels - it is
> essentially a natural thing resulting from freedom or dynamic
relaxation.
> For what it's worth, I first noticed a vibrato in my own
voice at about
> age 39, after singing in a very controlled way in choirs for much
of my
> life. I was tired, had been assigned what turned out to be a big
solo part
> in Praetorius' Christmas Oratorio. I had just been sick, hadn't
sung for a
> few days and thought that I would sit at the piano and look through
this
> music. I played it over on the piano (saving my voice, you see) and
got it
> into my head before I tried to sing this unfamiliar stuff. When I
started
> to sing, there was a vibrato. perhaps if I had been full of energy
I could
> have controlled the hell out of it, but, being low key I observed
what it
> felt like, and tried to remember the feeling. By the way the
subsequent
> richness in my voice and the drama of the performance led to me
getting
> many of the plum solo gigs in this community, and encouraged me to
really
> develop my solo instrument.
> May you have such fortune. john
>
> At 03:11 PM 6/26/01 +0000, you wrote:
> >I seem to have one of those "pure" voices. I can not do a
vibrato.
> >I have been to two different teachers without success. I don't
want
> >to be stuck singing plainchant or something like that for the rest
of
> >my life. Any tips? My support seems to be okay, I usually do
> >the "yawny" relaxed throat and mouth, no problem with long phrases
> >but ... no vibrato!!! Help. Oh yes, I've tried singing trills
and
> >all sorts of exercises that are supposed to help but without any
luck!
> >
> >Arado
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> >
> >
> John Blyth
> Baritono robusto e lirico
> Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
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