By the time I get over there (I plan to visit France with my daughter in a couple of years) you'll be just fine, I'm sure! john
At 06:52 AM 6/27/01 +0000, you wrote: >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 >> > >> > >> > >> >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to >http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ >> > >> > >> > >> John Blyth >> Baritono robusto e lirico >> Brandon, Manitoba, Canada > > > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > John Blyth Baritono robusto e lirico Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
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